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Corona Virus Experience

March 29th, 2020 I’ve been home since I first left for spring break on March 6th, 2020, aside from the day that I returned to NCCU to move out all of my things. I live in Bowie, MD, and it’s about a 4 1/2 hour drive from NCCU, 6 if you take the bus, whichContinue reading “Corona Virus Experience”

Jasmine Crowe TED Talk

“Food is health, food is life.” -Jasmine Crowe On March 3rd, 2020 in my MSCM 2400 class, our class watched a TED Talk hosted by Jasmine Crowe, an NCCU alumna dedicated to helping solve the challenge of world hunger. Jasmine Crowe is a very accomplished woman, and she shared during her TED Talk some statisticsContinue reading “Jasmine Crowe TED Talk”

Shaquille O’Neal Interview

“If you’re an educated man, they can’t take anything away from you.” -Shaquille O’Neal In my mass communications class on February 18th, 2020, Professor Chambers showed us a clip of Shaquille O’Neal doing an interview with Wall Street Journal, discussing his path to where he is now. I found the interview to be very interesting,Continue reading “Shaquille O’Neal Interview”

‘Hair Love’ A Short Film Reflection

During our MCSM 2400 class recently, Professor Chambers showed us an animated short film titled ‘Hair Love’. The film was very well received and received an accolade from the Academy Awards for best animated short film. ‘Hair Love’ is a story that focuses on a young black girl who needs to get her hair doneContinue reading “‘Hair Love’ A Short Film Reflection”

Tyler Perry’s Speech @ NABJ in Detroit

In class on January 23rd, 2020, we watched Tyler Perry’s speech from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in class. Throughout Tyler Perry’s speech, they not only mentioned his triumphs, but they mentioned how he struggled on his way to fame. I found it inspiring how in the beginning, Tyler would have such aContinue reading “Tyler Perry’s Speech @ NABJ in Detroit”

Reflection on Trigger Warning w/ Killer Mike Episode

In class on Tuesday, January 21st, we watched an episode of Trigger Warning with Killer Mike. Even though I didn’t agree with everything in the episode, I thought that they made some valid points. One thing in the episode that I thought had a very interesting perspective was Killer Mike’s point of view on segregation.Continue reading “Reflection on Trigger Warning w/ Killer Mike Episode”

My First Blog Post

I’m gonna take you all from being passive consumers, to being active creators. — Prof. Chambers On Tuesday, January 14th, I began my first day in the class Introduction to Mass Communications MSCM 2400. I enrolled in the class because I recently changed my major from Business Administration to Mass Communications, so this class wasContinue reading “My First Blog Post”