2008 Woodie Awards
On May 22, North Carolina representative David Price (D-NC) and Connecticut representative Christopher Shays released legislation that peaked the interest of Congress, and if passed will benefit college and university students across the nation. The bill proposed, the Roosevelt Scholars Legislation (H.
ECU and the Magnolia Art Center presented the 2008 Blu Moon Film Festival on Saturday, May 3. This day long event offered a variety of workshops and panel discussions, followed by a red carpet gala final screening of the prize-winning films in the A.J. Fletcher Music Building at 7 p.
Many were surprised by Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey's recent nuptials, however, Carey told People magazine in their May 19 issue that since the pair both got matching tattoos a few weeks before the wedding, no one should have really been shocked. According to People, the wedding took place at Carey's Bahamian estate on April 30, after the couple's brief courtship that started in March.
Since the exhaustingly long Democratic primary opened for business, a niche art form has blossomed in the black diaspora: the Barack Obama praise song. The rhythms and melodies range from Jamaican reggae to Kenyan benga, but that pulse of a people's collective hopes racing into the ether is unmistakably familiar: "Yes, We Can" sounds the same in Luo as it does in English.