Carrington Jones From video games to 4Lokos to social media, the American youth has a new addiction: Juuling. Look around any teenage party and I bet you’ll find yourself a couple of patrons with a cup full of their mother’s vodka in one hand and a black USB-shaped device […]
Elisabeth Trzyzewski On September 20th, the youth of America filled the streets and joined together in protest about climate change. Climate change has been a very important topic in science and politics. For years there has been the ongoing debate about wether or not climate change is really […]
Elisabeth Trzyzewski The Delaware State University Aviation program has officially received its 11 newest aircraft. This information was revealed at a program held at the Delaware Airpark on September 18th. With the help of the Delaware Higher Education Economic Development Funds’ $3.4 million grant, the university has purchased a fleet of […]
Kayla Bennett All college students know about the “University Struggle.” Struggling with finances, asking our parents for money all of the time, even splitting Wendy’s 4-for-4’s— sadly we’ve all been there. Delaware State University student, Roger Louisaire, is changing that narrative for himself by making money on his […]
Alicesa Miller Ayn Rand once said: “The question isn’t who’s going to let me, it’s who’s going to stop me.” This is a quote Ms. Senior for the 2019-2020 academic school year, Damaria Joyner, chooses to live by and keep her motivated. Raised in the Foster care […]
Cayla Jones Delaware State University’s annual homecoming concert takes a twist as it’s on a Wednesday rather than a Friday. This hasn’t deterred students at all as the excitement for Megan Thee Stallion has made students rather frantic to get tickets before they are sold out. The line-up […]
Brian Cavicante If you missed the home opener for the Hornets at Alumni Stadium on Saturday, you missed a good one! The Delaware State University Hornets got their first win of the season by defeating the Lincoln University Lions in a lopsided victory. The final score was 58-12. […]
Jadyn Batch Some Delaware State University Mass Communications students have volunteered as the production Team for ESPN’s First Take Live with Stephen A. Smith. From Thursday to Friday, September 19th and 20th, the students will be involved in assisting VIP, managing social hubs, setting up and taking down the event, […]
Christian Chapman Three years ago, Marcus Dunn was completely not into campus politics– he had never held a student leadership position. The most he had done was become Vice President of the on-campus organization, The Godbrothers. Now he is the 15th Mister Delaware State University under the Legacy […]
Delaware State University has canceled classes and on-campus activities for Tuesday, September 17, including the Freshman Convocation that was slated for 11a.m. today. The cancelation of activities was prompted because, “earlier, some students reported receiving anonymous texts of a potential shooter on campus,” said Tony Allen, the Executive […]
Demaurea Moore DSU Alumni President, Cliff Burrell, has invited the lady Hornets basketball team to the Alumni’s Cookout tent for Homecoming. Mr. Burrell saw the team picture of the girlsat Welcome Back night and contacted Coach Dave Caputo. “Bring the girls by and we will feed them and […]
D’Aja Christopher DSU Students gathered Thursday, September 12, at the basketball courts to celebrate Delaware State Hornets Football Team, as they prepare to go head to head with Lincoln University in the year’s first home game. To start off the pep rally, The Approaching Storm Marching Band, came in […]
Vanaija Shelton The Fairy Godsisters of Delaware participated in the annual org fair at Martin Luther King Student Center on Wednesday Sept. 4th. The Fairy Godsisters of Delaware is a nonprofit community service organization whose mission is to “Help Heal a Hurting Humanity.” President Joy White says her […]
Jonae Adams Thursday, August 30, 2019 all of the spotlights were on the Delaware State Hornets as they took on University of Delaware’s Fightin’ Blue Hens. Thursday night’s football game against the Blue Hen’s, DSU was tied in both first and second quarters. In the end hornets fell […]
Azonn Cale Delaware State University Hornet Activities Committee on Wednesday, Sept 4th, hosted it’s organization fair, allowing newly enrolled students to see what campus life has to offer. There were over 30+ organizations and student-owned businesses on display. The Fairy God Sisters, The God Brothers, L.I.F.T, and CSA […]
Cayla Jones On Thursday, September 5, 2019 Delaware State University’s HerCampus chapter hosted its first meeting of the semester. The HerCampus organization held its first interest meeting on the first floor of the new apartment building, Tubman Laws Hall at 11:00 am. It was coordinated and directed by […]
Keion Smiley “Freshman 15” is a term that refers to an amount of weight gained during a student’s first year at college. There has been a bunch of speculation from students that Conrad and the Village Café are putting fibers into the food to help with the students’ […]
Chad Chevannes Delaware State University’s Career Services department has hired new career coaches. As we enter the Fall, 2019 semester, Tamika Lee, one of three new career coaches will serve as the career coach for students in the College of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences and the College of […]
Essence Sommers After years of cramming for exams, long nights studying in the library … graduation is finally near. It’s crunch time! Applications for graduation and final senior audits are due by Friday, September 27, 2019. To complete the paperwork potential graduates must visit their advisors. 120 credits minimum are needed […]
Jadyn Batch Delaware State University’s homecoming is fast approaching. The annual homecoming date was moved up to September 15th, when in the previous years, the big event took place in October. By doing so, the school’s Welcome Week will take its place in October in order to fill the […]
Canaan Sims Delaware State University located in Dover, Delaware, recently opened its new residence hall on August 23. The hall has been under construction for a year and was planned to open on time, which it did. The new building replaces two residence halls that used to be on the […]
The Friday, August 30th election results held in the Martin Luther King Jr. Building had everyone excited for the upcoming year. D’Aja Z. Christopher Delaware State University held its’ Student Board Elections to elect the freshman board, and other positions that weren’t filled from last semesters’ campaign. Running […]
DOVER, Del. – The Department of Defense has awarded Dr. Mukti Rana, an associate professor of physics and engineering at Delaware State University, a $227,834 grant that will fund the purchase of an X-ray Diffraction System. Known among researchers as an XRD System, the X-ray technology is used […]
Alyssa Coustenis In a tweet over the weekend, President Donald Trump attempts to insult Senator Elizabeth Warren who claims she has indigenous heritage. He attempts to do so by making a joke about the genocide of Native Americans. This feud started after Trump publicly vowed to give 1 […]
Destiny Wharton “Gender equality is a human fight, NOT a female fight.” – Frieda Pinto. It is bad enough women have to deal with the everyday stereotypes such as, they should be the one in the house cooking and cleaning. However, the fact that gender inequalities still exist […]
Loyal Ricks Jr. When college students arrive on campus, the various opportunities of living a self- sufficient life greets them at the freshman dormitories. The days where authority figures watch over your shoulders have been postponed for the upcoming learning process. To some, this new freedom can act […]
Maximilian Farley A last minute blown call that might have changed the team representing the NFC. A controversy stemming from three years ago causing another controversy today. A super star notorious for the way he achieved some of his past successes. And the polar vortex messing up travel plans. […]
JaNa’ Cheatham The Mass Communications Department of Delaware State University has begun plans for its Spring semester Mass Comm. Day, now tagged Mass Comm. and Visual and Performing Arts Day, which is coming up on March 28. This year’s program presents a departure from those of the past […]
By The Editorial Staff Kicking Off the Semester Normally, an article such as this would be about how you should take your classes seriously. That article has been written and hardly read countless times, and rewriting one would be a waste of time. Instead, we offer a bit […]
Latayla Branson Students of DSU came out in droves to support the university’s first diversity and inclusion day. Held on November 28th from 1-4p, students were able to get a glimpse of the many cultures represented on the Dover campus of Delaware State University, through displays around various […]
Aaminah Sareé Foye It was a somber weekend for the DSU community. On Saturday, November 3, DSU student, 20-year-old Lonae Moore and her friend, 21-year-old, Aniyah Gillespie were pronounced dead after a car accident on Route 42 around 9:30 p.m. in Gloucester Township, New Jersey. It was reported […]
Kevin Coque Alarcon The fall open house welcomed a wave of aspiring hornets. The event started off with an opening program, then followed by an information fair where students could go to different booths for information on different areas of study. Marching band performance during opening ceremony […]
La’Shae Eden-Clemons Dover, Delaware- Delaware State University has just crowned Raphael Jason-Morgan and Olivia Moncrieffe who will serve as the university’s Mr. And Miss. D.S.U for the 2018-2019 academic school semester. The event took place on October 21st in the Education and Humanities Building and the coronation was […]
Quincee Tellis At a HBCU, homecoming is the biggest event of the fall semester or maybe even the year. It is not just a game but something more, a family reunion, a week-long party. The Ivy League HBCU of Howard University recently had a performance from a Madea […]
Delaware State University’s Chapter of NABJ (National Association of Black Journalist) is up to new and exciting things this academic year. According to the President of the association, Senior Latayla A. Branson, “this year we are starting something new called the “Director’s Dish,” where we bring various Mass […]
Tiffany Harvey Who would have thought that people in 2018 would be living in a world where technology would play a huge role in their daily activities? On October 16, 2018, ABC News reported that China has made it possible for travelers to check-in for flights and their […]
Tiffany Harvey For more than 30 years, the Internet has increasingly found intimate ways to keep us connected with individuals across the world. Through our smartphones, tablets, and desktops we have the world at our fingertips ‘literally’. When it comes to the human search for love and sex, […]
Tiffany Langhorne Let’s talk about sexual assault! That isn’t a question you hear many people ask randomly, but Why not?. Why don’t we talk about it? Many people use different hashtags and statuses to let their opinions be known and to start movements. It has increased […]
By Marco Robinson On September 16, 2018, F.O.R.C.E. Ministries kicked off the semester strong, with their first worship service. After a long week of classes, extra curricular activities, and work, it was liberating to start the Sunday in God’s presence. The service began with an opening prayer, […]
Miyah Tucker The God Brothers of DSU hosted a female only event, entitled “Operation Get Engaged.” This was an event to inspire the women of Delaware State University to get more involved and become great student leaders. The event that took place this past Wednesday featured some of […]
Kyra Black The Freshmen of the 2018-2019 school year started receiving their iPad Pros and MacBook Pros this week. Not only did the freshmen receive them, some faculty did as well. This is all thanks to the partnership with Apple in a new Digital Learning Initiative. The initiative […]
Kevin Coque-Alarcon The Dreamers at Delaware State University held an interest meeting September 11, 2018 at The Price Building. At the meeting some of the topics discussed included: creating awareness of the Dreamers, DACA program, other minorities on campus, as well as more insight on the mission of […]
Aaminah Sareé Foye Delaware State University’s Women’s Senate organization has a new look for this school year. Women’s Senate is an umbrella organization of the Student Government Association that advocates for women’s rights and equality on campus. The organization has pushed its mission to reach out to young […]
By Kionna Stanley The Divine 9 Greek-letter organizations on campus are kicking off the semester the right way. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) held the Annual Greek Retreat on Saturday, September 8th in the MLK Parlors. This event was hosted by Rasheed Ali Cromwell, a speaker and member […]
Kyra Black Are College Students really smarter than a 5th Grader? That was the question of the night, Friday September 7, 2018, as 5 contestants participated in the popular game: ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’ with a cash prize for the winner. The event was hosted […]
Anikeyawna Barber Delaware State University has officially hired three new Assistant Women Basketball Coaches. Coach Dave Caputo got the job mid-July and he has begun to make a turn for the best in this new program. He is very excited about turning this program from a failing program […]
Alexis Atherley There are noticeable construction works going on around DSU campus. Like all buildings, with age, inevitably, comes issues. Though the dorms may be in good enough condition to readily house the attendees of the university, there are still some alterations that current residents would like to see occur. […]
Miyah Tucker and Tiffany Harvey It is a brand-new school year and the Students Against Godless Society (SAGS) organization are off to a great start. The first interest meeting and bible study this past Thursday night, was filled with new faces and great energy. They greeted their guests with bright smiles […]
Tanaysha Fields The Hong Kong protests of 2019 have been going on for more than 6 months as of October 2019. First beginning on March 31st, 2019, the protests, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (ELAB) Movement, have become increasingly alarming. These protests began in efforts […]
Brian Cavicante The great debate on gun control continues. Gun control has been a topic of conversation in politics for a long time now, but what is being done to control who can purchase them legally? What measures are being taken to ensure that the people who buy […]
Tarvarius Niles For years basketball has been the same routine of running up and down the court. Some players will have their own signature move like dunks, dribbles, or shooting forms. This was like ritual keeping fans engaged to their styles of play. This is what made some […]
Washington DC closed down one of its busiest streets to traffic for the day on Saturday October 5th. Georgia Avenue was shut down to all traffic for 3 miles to allow citizens to come out and exercise and participate in the events set up along the way. Open […]
Essence Sommers Joshua Brown, a man who was Botham Jean’s next-door neighbor, was shot and killed in his own Dallas apartment on October 4, 2019. Joshua Brown was a key witness in the murder trial against Amber Guyger. Guyger was a former Dallas police officer that was […]
Jadyn Batch The Ocean Cleanup Project has successfully begun picking up trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a big collection of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean. According to The Ocean Cleanup, “The GPGP covers an […]
Carrington Jones California legislature has passed a bill that will allow college athletes to get paid for use of their image and likeness. On Monday, September 30th, 2019, California governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the California “Fair pay to play” act or S.B. 206. The bill will finally let athletes at Californian […]
Johquin Wiley The NFL is full of contact and is one of the more physical sports in the world. Some injuries just cant be fought through or brushed off. Mainly trainers and coaches want what’s best for the players and their teams. Have you ever been through a […]
Demaurea Moore A Virginia sixth grader claimed her white male classmates held her down and cut off her dreads. She is now saying she made the story up. Amari Allen, an African American 12 year old, attends Immanuel Christian School in Springfield. It’s a private school where the […]
D’Aja Christopher The UNCF’s 17th Annual Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon celebrated 75 years of service to the nation was held recently. With a guest list of over 1,000 people in attendance, keynote speaker, Oprah Winfrey, shared remarkable news leaving the crowd cheering in fascination. Oprah’s support […]
