meccaverse - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:20:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg meccaverse - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 The Meccaverse: A Highlight of Howard’s Past and Present Athletic Talent https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/10/18/the-meccaverse-a-highlight-of-howards-past-and-present-athletic-talent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meccaverse-a-highlight-of-howards-past-and-present-athletic-talent Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=16167 This year’s Homecoming theme, “The Meccaverse,” was made to honor the many generations who have contributed to creating the unique environment known as Howard University. Therefore, it is essential to highlight the history of athletic talent that has left a lasting impression at Howard. David Oliver was on the Howard track and field team from […]

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]]> 16167 How Blackness Fits Into Homecoming’s ‘Meccaverse’ Theme https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/10/18/how-blackness-fits-into-homecomings-meccaverse-theme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-blackness-fits-into-homecomings-meccaverse-theme Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=16201 In the culture of science fiction, there is a Black alienation in a largely white saturated genre, but Howard University students have high expectations for what the University plans to bring to Howard’s homecoming theme, the “Meccaverse.”  In the article “Why Blacks Don’t Read Science Fiction,” Charles R. Saunder states, “A Black man or woman […]

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]]> 16201 ‘The Meccaverse’: Howard University Announces Theme for Homecoming 2022 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/09/08/the-meccaverse-howard-university-announces-theme-for-homecoming-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meccaverse-howard-university-announces-theme-for-homecoming-2022 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:15:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=15847 Howard University designated “The Meccaverse” as the theme for Homecoming 2022 in an announcement made on Sept. 8. This year’s Homecoming events will be held in-person Oct. 15-23 and will welcome alumni to participate for the first time in three years.  According to a statement from the University, the theme was chosen to honor alumni […]

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