Success, the intended outcome of all I do. It’s all I allow myself to achieve.  Actually, it’s all my parents have allowed me to attain. Growing up the youngest of five children, I was designated the over-achieving younger sister. The one who consistently surprised my parents with my wit and knowledge. The one who did everyone’s homework for monetary gain. I was what my mother coined her “ticket out of the ghetto.” Typically, my report card boasted A’s, a few B’s and, due to a teacher who despised me (or the words that came out of my smart mouth), an [...]

Maybe it’s the way she holds her head up high when she walks. Or it could be the way she looks a person directly in the eyes when she speaks to them. It may also be the way she smiles with her entire body and laughs with her whole heart. Whatever it is, Candace Walker oozes confidence from the dreads that fall all squiggly beside her freckled tan face to the fresh pair of Nike sneakers that style her feet. This type of confidence is a result of the hardships that life sometimes forces upon us, something that Candace knows [...]

Parental Notifications and Off-Campus Conduct Shift Parameters

At a recent campus meeting about updating the code of conduct, students and university officials paid little attention to President David Wilson’s proposal concerning off-campus behavior. Some students seemed more concerned about plans to notify parents when they misbehave.

Pushing a pile of papers and books to the side, a weary Morgan State senior takes a break from a lengthy research paper to skim through his photo library. It is filled with images that chronicle his near ending undergraduate journey through college. Smiling, he stops on a picture of him posing happily with a few of his many peer mentees. “It feels good to open the doors for the people coming in after you,” he says as he continues scrolling through more images. Sequean Zev Mahnke has firsthand experience on the tremendous impact a helping hand can have on [...]

Morgan View officials have begun a series of mass towing in an effort to rid the parking lot of commuters and visitors who have not purchased a parking pass. Now, upon entering any of the apartment complexes, one is greeted by a sign that reads, “Towing Enforcement in Effect.” The sign, which has been up for more than a week, came days before several tow trucks took the parking lot by storm. “I saw about three tow trucks Saturday night,” said Morgan junior and resident of Morgan View Alicia Agramonte. “One of my friends got their car picked up.” The [...]