(Gainesville, GA) After just receiving a $4 million dollar ring from Kanye West, Kim K was held at gunpoint inside her hotel room in Paris just days after. The reality television star was staying in the luxury Hotel de Pourtalès, when five gunmen who disguised themselves as police officers held her captive during the […]
Archives for October 2016
Poetry of the Week: “Word Warriors” by Aja Monet
As the youngest individual to ever win the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe Grand Slam championship title, nineteen-year-old Aja Monet is a poet, writer, singer, song writer and human rights advocate who feels her duty as an artist is to “tell it like it is.” In 2010, she published her first poetry book “The Black Unicorn Sings.” […]
October 25 Program Goes ‘Beyond the Talking Points’ with Kristen Soltis Anderson and Maria Teresa Kumar
Exactly two weeks before the historic 2016 presidential election, Brenau University will host a public program with two of the nation’s most visible experts on the impact women, minorities and younger people now have on American politics. The Oct. 25 program will feature Republican pollster and strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson and Democratic organizer and commentator […]
Adult Coloring Helps Benefit Mental Health Issues
For many of us, coloring was a childhood hobby that we would frequently engage ourselves in. However, in late 2015, coloring breached a new demographic. It’s now adults who are favoring the therapeutic trend of coloring, opposed to the younger generation. While many people color to pass the time, some do it for the therapeutic […]
The First Presidential Debate of 2016
(Gainesville, GA) On Sept. 26, 2016, the first presidential debate for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was streamed live at Brenau University in Thurmond McRae for any students who wanted to attend. It started at 8:45 p.m. with a facilitated discussion about the debate and the upcoming election. The event was part of Brenau’s initiative of […]