Onyekachi Akalonu - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:42:51 +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 Onyekachi Akalonu - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Essay: Young Athletes Should Know HBCUs Can Compete, Too https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/11/20/essay-young-athletes-should-know-hbcus-can-compete-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=essay-young-athletes-should-know-hbcus-can-compete-too Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:06:08 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12358 By Onyekachi Akalonu, Staff Reporter As the year draws to a close, high school students everywhere are looking ahead at what the new year will entail. Prom, senior trips and ditch days, and most importantly, college acceptances, become the focal points of the new year as a new graduate class steps onto the collegiate landscape. […]

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]]> 12358 How “Hustlers” Portrays the Necessity of Female Camaraderie in the Patriarchy https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/03/how-hustlers-portrays-the-necessity-of-female-camaraderie-in-the-patriarchy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-hustlers-portrays-the-necessity-of-female-camaraderie-in-the-patriarchy Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:57:25 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12127 By Onyekachi Akalonu The Lorene Scafaria-directed Hustlers, released Sept. 13, is based on the New York article, “The Hustlers at Scores,” written by Jessica Pressler. The article speaks on the drug and run schemes executed by a quartet of exotic dancers against their Wall Street clientele during the 2008 economic recession. The movie, which grossed […]

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]]> 12127 Short Story: We Regret to Inform You https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/03/short-story-we-regret-to-inform-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-story-we-regret-to-inform-you Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:41:32 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12123 By Onyekachi Akalonu 8:30 AM. My alarm is ringing. I briefly contemplate if graduating is even worth it. Nothing that makes one have to be fully functional before noon seems worth it really. Plus I have so many skills that I highly doubt a Bachelor’s degree will overshadow that. People on YouTube probably do not […]

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