life and style - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:21:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg life and style - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 How One Howard Drop Out is Determined to Give Back to Fellow Bison https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/03/28/how-one-howard-drop-out-is-determined-to-give-back-to-fellow-bison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-one-howard-drop-out-is-determined-to-give-back-to-fellow-bison Thu, 29 Mar 2018 02:29:10 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11248 Khalil Saadiq wants to help you win your race with his new scholarship By: Clarice Metzger, Life+Style Editor (@_itsClarice) Your first introduction to Khalil Saadiq may have been in 2014. He is the former Howard University student responsible for the viral #DontShoot photo taken at Cramton Auditorium in response to the shooting of unarmed teenager […]

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]]> 11248 Black Culture and the Digitally Driven World https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/03/28/black-culture-and-the-digitally-driven-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-culture-and-the-digitally-driven-world Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:17:55 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11294 By: Jaylin Paschal, Contributing Writer (@creativelbrtn)   When the popular hashtag #GrowingUpBlack took over the Internet, an eerily familiar feeling was experienced by Black Internet users nationally. It felt like discovering you had millions of long-lost cousins throughout the diaspora you could connect with over everything from having bonnet-adorned mothers calling you to “pass the […]

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]]> 11294 The Black Kennedy’s: How The Shakur Family Bridged Rap And Politics https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/03/28/the-black-kennedys-how-the-shakur-family-bridged-rap-and-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-black-kennedys-how-the-shakur-family-bridged-rap-and-politics Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:15:15 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11300 “I just cried, as all mother’s cry, for the beautiful boy who said he and Mike Tyson would never be allowed to be free at the same time…” By: Xavier Handy-Hamilton, Contributing Writer (@fnr_zay)   On September 7, 1996, after a Tyson fight that ended so abruptly the crowd was convinced Bruce Sheldon took a […]

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]]> 11300 “FEAR”: A Social Commentary https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/03/28/fear-a-social-commentary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fear-a-social-commentary Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:05:36 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11296 By: Jequcory Davis, Contributing Writer (@groovycory)   Kendrick Lamar never fails to draw us in politically with his lyrical social commentary, and his last album DAMN. was no exception. There are a number of gems to unpack and take a lot from including “XXX.” (police brutality), “FEEL.” (Who’s praying for Kendrick Lamar) and “YAH.” (religion). […]

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]]> 11296 D.C. Brunch Chronicles https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/03/04/d-c-brunch-chronicles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=d-c-brunch-chronicles Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:19:52 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11141 By Sonniya Springer, Life+Style Reporter (@slimmthedoll) Brunch is the food phenomena that has taken over the nation’s capital over the last couple years. But what exactly is brunch? Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch usually eaten around 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on weekends, preferably on Sundays. The best part of brunch? Bottomless […]

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