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President-elect Barack Obama will be traveling to the inauguration celebrations in Washington, D.C. by train Jan. 17, according to reports, kicking off a weekend of balls, a parade, and the ceremony that makes it all official.
When Victoria’s Secret Pink visited Florida A&M University (FAMU) last fall to announce that the historically black university would be included in Pink’s roll out of its collegiate collection—the largest retail distribution that has ever been given to an HBCU collegiate apparel—the students responded by buying out every single item at the makeshift Pink pop-up campus store. So it’s no wonder that Richard Dent, CEO of Victoria’s Secret Pink brand is expecting huge returns when Howard University, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T University, and Southern Louisiana University joins FAMU in the second phase of Pink’s collegiate collection, which already includes 33 other schools that were launched in June 2008.
Finally, you’re fresh out of college and ready to settle into your first apartment. Sure you’ve seen matchboxes bigger than your new place, but it's your own humble abode. Now that the arduous task of coming up security deposits and rent is squared away, it’s time to figure out the best and most cost-effective way to furnish your new apartment with style.
One (of several) important cost-cutting lessons I learned was to purchase furniture that serves more than one function. Sure, at first the television can rest on the bookshelf until you save up the money to buy an entertainment center. But a few months in you might notice that the TV actually looks good on the bookshelf, and the CDs, DVDs, and of course, books surrounding it actually complement the piece.
AS OF 2006, 90% OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE white and nearly 40% of public schools had no teachers of color on staff according to the National Education Association. In...
