Fatia Kasumu

To tweak or not to tweak a literary classic: Pro-censor

17 January 2011 Fatia Kasumu

Replacing the racial slur will let readers learn about “Huckleberry Finn” without feeling uncomfortable, especially in a classroom. Everyone has come into contact with this word at one point or another. Lately, this racial slur

Student party promoters put business into campus nightlife

20 September 2010 Fatia Kasumu

Student entrepreneurs turn to party promoting as a means of income.

Un-associating words

13 September 2010 Fatia Kasumu

People may want to reconsider the association of words like “urban,” “suburban” and “rural” with race and economic status. The word “urban” now seems to be associated with words like African American and city dweller

Rapping conversation with B-Eazy

06 September 2010 Fatia Kasumu

Temple rapper Brandon “B-Eazy” Smith talks about how he got into the game and where he plans to take his efforts. Whether you like Nas, the “old” Ludacris, Jay-Z or Kanye West, upcoming Temple rapper

Please your every tastebud with a trip to Kilimandjaro

30 August 2010 Fatia Kasumu

Kilimandjaro serves fare from West Africa, specializing in classic dishes from Senegal.

Familial Discontent

20 April 2010 Fatia Kasumu

Say the N-word around my family, and tensions will spark. Raised in a Nigerian family, my immigrant parents never heard of the word, which was used by slave masters in the United States to threaten