Fruit for Thought: the Intersection of Education, Culture, and Performance

Before my current writing life, there was  The Hilltop ,  Howard University’s and the Nation’s Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper, where many of the questions and themes I still explore first found their voice. What follows are my early published works, preserved in their original form. From The Hilltop Archives Originally published in   The Hilltop , Howard University — December 5th, 2003 __________________________________________________________________________________ Bison Short Circuit Red Flash     The posters are now available, get them while they're hot because supplies are limited.   For student who left after at halftime, the Bison comeback against the Red Flash of St. Francis paled in comparison to the "Dunk Heard 'Round the Mecca."    With 13:46 left in the second half, James "Mac" Wilkinson shifted into sixth gear, went baseline and rose over a St. Francis defender for a jaw-dropping facial. Spectators weren't interested in the name of...

Before my current writing life, there was  The Hilltop ,  Howard University’s and the Nation’s Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper, where many of the questions and themes I still explore first found their voice. What follows are my early published works, preserved in their original form. From The Hilltop Archives Originally published in   The Hilltop , Howard University — December 5th, 2003 __________________________________________________________________________________ Just Two Points When I am sitting at home watching a basketball game, start to think of Cali.    I am not from Cali and no I don't like the Lakers (by the way, what the hell is a Laker). I will give y'all love (besides half the Hilltop staff, including my man Jozen claims Cali). I'd love to visit, but couldn't live there because I still can't get over that whole earthquake thing.    The ground is not suppose to move, I mean people and cars move, but the ground, now I see why people come...