The Black Collegian articles from September 1993

The Black Collegian archives from September 1993

Cornel West: talking about race matters. (race discrimination and white supremacy)(interview with Colonel West, director of Princeton University's Afro-American Studies program) (Interview)
September 1, 1993... Cornel West speaks like a real "down brother," sporting an accent that blends a taste of Southern homeyness with a blast of New York street hardness. West seems somehow to have effectively mastered the dialects of both academia and the...

Volunteer Slavery.
September 1, 1993... by Jill Nelson The Noble Press, Inc. 213 W. Institute Place, Suite 508 Chicago, IL 60610 243 pages-$21.95 (hardcover) Jill Nelson is a very gifted writer, but I can't for the life of me figure why she felt the need to graphically (and I do...

Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy.
September 1, 1993... by Houston A. Baker Jr. University of Chicago Press 5801 Ellis. Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 110 pages--$16.95 (hardcover) Finally, a leading African-American academician/writer/scholar has discovered "Rap" as a major African-American cultural...

Black Journalists: The NABJ Story.
September 1, 1993... by Wayne Dawkins August Press P.O. Box 802 Sicklerville, NJ 08081 198 pages--$12.95 (softcover) A disappointingly lightweight treatment of a potentially heavy subject, Dawkins' NABJ Story is a metaphor for the major problem of the NABJ as...

Malcolm X: Justice Seeker.
September 1, 1993... edited by James Gwynne Steppingstones Press P.O. Box 1268 New York, NY 10113 112 pages--$10 (softcover) Within the space of a few pages, editor Gwynne covers a wide expanse of opinion/analysis of the man who became El-Hajji Malik...

Eric Dickerson's Secrets of Pro Power.
September 1, 1993... by Eric Dickerson with Richard Graham Walsh Amistad Press 1271 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 10020 308 pages--$9.95 (softcover) For young athletes looking for some excellent training tips to build strength, speed, and endurance for...

Africans and Native Americans.
September 1, 1993... by Jack D. Forbes Univ. of Illinois Press 54 East Gregory Dr. Champaign, IL 61820 344 pages--$14.95 (softcover) A well-researched, instructive document that should be a part of the library of any serious student of the history of North...

Cultural Forces in World Politics.
September 1, 1993... by Ali A. Mazrui Heinemann Educational Books Inc. 361 Hanover St. Portsmouth, NH 03801 262 pages (softcover) The exquisite thinker/writer Ali Mazrui offers a masterful yet passionate analysis of the power of cultural forces which drive the...

Facing your career crossroads: where dreams and reality meet.
September 1, 1993... Whenever I meet young people, my professional background as a career counselor drives me to inquire about their plans for the future. I am always impressed by their dreams, but I am also struck by how much distance there often is between their...

Jump start your career with the 'Black Collegian': you've got the power - go for it!
September 1, 1993... African-American collegians, you've got the power!--the power to accelerate up the on-ramp to the highway of career success, to weave your way into the fast lane, toward the best jobs, and to cruise down the yellow brick road to the Emerald...

Career planning: build on strengths, strengthen weaknesses.
September 1, 1993... In planning a career, the average person might not dream of becoming a multitalented author, playwright, producer, director, singer, dancer, and Poet Laureate. That's what's happened to Maya Angelou, but it wouldn't have happened if she had not...

Career planning strategies that really work!
September 1, 1993... Although landing a job in America's downsized employment market is a major challenge for new entra the employment forecast is brightening for well-educated, highly competitive, and innovative persons Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 24.6...

Career planning & job search guide: 1993-1994.
September 1, 1993... There are four key areas to consider as you position yourself for effective career planning and job searching. These include researching and ultimately being able to answer personally the following questions: 1) How do I conduct a personal...

Making the most of your college experience.
September 1, 1993... College--new faces and places: the library, the student center, freshman orientation, term papers and final exams, "after parties," Greek life or dormitory life, registration lines, cafeteria food, "all-nighters" (studying or partying),...

Careers in finance: the action is back on main street.
September 1, 1993... The late Reginald Lewis was the greatest African-American corporate takeover artist in history. In 1987, he bought the food company he renamed TLC Beatrice International (still the world's largest Black-owned company), by pulling together a...

The real choice: a career in early childhood education.
September 1, 1993... Stop! Listen! Hear the calling of the little voices. Hear the message loud and clear. Teachers, teachers where are you? Teachers, teachers, to read and write! We want to learn to read and write. We want to use our minds and see the world so...

Is there hope for liberal arts majors? (job opportunities)
September 1, 1993... Though it's only the beginning of the school year, the thought of a job after graduation is rumbling around in the back of most students' minds. Everyone knows it's a tough economy, that jobs are scarce. The conventional wisdom says that the...

E3 = electrical engineers 'R everywhere. (job prospects for electrical engineers)
September 1, 1993... It's no secret that "double E" majors far outnumber students in other engineering disciplines. Electrical/electronic engineering owes much of its popularity to the fact that it's the essential building block to achievement in so many other...

Career opportunities for certified public accountants.
September 1, 1993... Working as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) can be one of the most rewarding and satisfying of all professions that African-Americans collegians can aspire to enter. There are many reasons why a career as a CPA is so appealing to the...

Biotechnology careers: making other living things work for you.
September 1, 1993... That's part of what biotechnology is: using "bugs" to make compounds for us. More precisely, it's using "modern molecular techniques to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific uses,"...