http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:24:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With one last spring break to indulge in as a college student, I decided to do something different and found myself in New Orleans. But not for the typical spring break experience. Instead, I traded relaxation for reporting, fly-by moments for long-lasting memories, and a week's worth of bar tabs ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=23 NEW ORLEANS (March 22, 2008)—I speak for all 26 Howard University student volunteers when I say that the week we spent with the seventh and eighth graders at Thurgood Marshall Middle School has forever changed our lives. For me, I thought I would have a modestly ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=20 NEW ORLEANS (March 19, 2008)—Today one of the children I have been working with at a public school in New Orleans was arrested and expelled from school. This situation deeply affected me. It was only the day before that the same student told me this week had been the ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=19 Howard journalism major Thomas Warren interviews a man left homeless by Hurricane Katrina at the tent village under an overpass along North Claiborne Avenue. The tent village is within walking distance of downtown hotels and the French Quarter. NEW ORLEANS (March 17, 2008)—It was only a day ago that the 10 ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=18 WASHINGTON (March 15, 2008)—Long lines waiting to check in, big crowds anxious to go to New Orleans, luggage spread from here to there and everywhere. This was the scene at Howard University today as more than 550 students prepare for a "mission trip" to New Orleans in the continuing effort ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=17 Howard student reporters are in New Orleans to listen to the stories of distressed Katrina victims as well as to report on the presidential campaign to determine if Katrina remains on the political agenda? Is poverty, racism and classism  a priority for the presidential hopefuls?  Watch for the student blogs, articles and other multimedia on blackcollegeview.com.  The students ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=16 Howard student volunteers will board buses on March 15 heading to New Orleans to spend their Spring Break assisting victims of Katrina.  Student volunteers will build houses working with Habitat for Humanity, and student journalists will report from the front line.  Watch for the student blogs, articles and other multimedia on blackcollegeview.com.  The ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=15 Own It Or Leave It Alone My journalism experience here has taught me all the lessons I have wanted to know and many, many more that I had not anticipated. I’ve come to the conclusion that I will either own my medium or own my medium. I have realized many things about ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=13 After enduring a twenty-four hour bus ride with loud group of freshmen singing everything from Disney soundtracks to New Jack and current “radio” R&B, you, too, would rejoice at the sight of Dillard University.Over 500 hundred Howard University students gave up cook-outs and lying under beach umbrellas to do the good ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=12 Southern Comfort by Courtney Bowe Our bus: no running water and no flushing toilets. Our bus mates: forty-three rambunctious freshman. Our technological resources: no Internet access, and fighting for outlets to charge cell phones, laptops, and cameras. Our budget: I won’t even go there. Limited transportation: one car, six people. Our ... http://blogs.blackcollegeview.com/?p=9