I subscribe to The Hilltop, the Howard University newsletter. They would not be happy about the new (and hysterically funny)diary now on the recommended list. Sorry to be such a party pooper
(Skippy, if you are reading this, keep your thoughts to yourself, thank you very much).
See below -
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/...
HUSA Leads Rally at the Washington Post
By Kevin Harris & Tomi Akinmusuru
Looking to refute charges that Howard University students lack political activism, the university's student association led a protest yesterday outside of the downtown offices of The Washington Post.
The Howard University Student Association (HUSA), along with more than 100 students and heads of campus organizations, went to the Post demanding an apology from metro columnist Courtland Milloy, who in recent columns insinuated that Howard students lacked the political activism of past alumni and cared more about homecoming celebrations than social issues affecting the black community.
"We are here today because we strongly disagree with the way in which we are being portrayed by The Washington Post," said HUSA vice president April Harley, speaking to the crowd of students.
The anger of students at yesterday's protesting centered around two columns written by Milloy. The first column was published Oct. 30 after a campus visit by President and First Lady Laura Bush for a conference on Helping America's youth ended with students protesting.
In the column following the protest, Milloy wrote that "Howard is not some hotbed of political activism" and that "the biggest event of the year is homecoming which features two fashion shows, a step show, and lots of hip-hop celebrities...in order to set off a protest at this school you'd have to be politically tone deaf in the extreme, out of touch and flying blind."
Even more offensive to students was their belief that Milloy's column erroneously implied that the real reason students were protesting the Bush visit was because it interfered with "Soul Food Thursday," a weekly event in which the cafeteria serves fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, corn bread, and collard greens.