Zaina Fairey - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:46:31 +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 Zaina Fairey - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 The Coronavirus Outbreak and What it Means for US Citizens https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/02/13/the-coronavirus-outbreak-and-what-it-means-for-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-coronavirus-outbreak-and-what-it-means-for-us Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:00:02 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12464 By Zaina Fairey, Staff Reporter The Coronavirus, now named COVID-19, was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December. Since then, more than 42,000 people have been infected in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, although 99  percent of the confirmed cases are in China. The disease is highly contagious and over 1,100 people have died. […]

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]]> 12464 Opinion: State Absentee Ballot Systems Aid Voter Suppression, Need Reform https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/11/18/opinion-state-absentee-ballot-systems-aid-voter-suppression-need-reform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-state-absentee-ballot-systems-aid-voter-suppression-need-reform Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:08:27 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12329 By Zaina Fairey, Staff Reporter Absentee voting, or mail-in voting, is the process in which a person who is unable to be present at the polls on Election Say completes a ballot that typically has to be mailed in prior to the election. Absentee voting varies greatly in terms of both regulation and usage from […]

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]]> 12329 Freshman Girls Air Housing Grievances with #HUFailedQuad https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/10/freshman-girls-air-housing-grievances-with-hufailedquad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freshman-girls-air-housing-grievances-with-hufailedquad Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:08:52 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12223 The Trending Twitter Hashtag Prompted Conversation on Living Conditions By Donovan Thomas, Campus News Editor and Zaina Fairey, Staff Reporter Recently residents of the female freshman dormitory, Harriet Tubman Quadrangle, have taken to Twitter to reveal the quality of their living conditions after the reopening of the residence hall at the start of the Fall […]

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]]> 12223 On-Campus Assault Awareness Remains Topic of Concern https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/10/01/on-campus-assault-awareness-remains-topic-of-concern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-campus-assault-awareness-remains-topic-of-concern Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:11:25 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12109 By Zaina Fairey College students entering the first semester of the school year are at the highest risk of being sexually assaulted.  According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, the period from the start of the semester to Thanksgiving break is the most common time for sexual assault on college campuses. Nicknamed “The […]

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]]> 12109 Breakout Moments From the September Debates https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2019/09/17/breakout-moments-from-the-september-debates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breakout-moments-from-the-september-debates Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:48:29 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12073 By Osaro Grayson and Zaina Fairey The top 10 Democratic candidates met at Texas Southern University on Sept. 12 for the third presidential debate. Prior to the debate, the Howard University Student Association (HUSA), the Howard University College Democrats (HUCD), the Howard University Texas Club, and the Politicking Mobile App collaborated to hold a panel […]

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