32 Killed at Virginia Tech

As you all have surely heard by now, Cho Seung-Hui, 23, shot and killed scores of students at Virginia Tech yesterday morning. Seung-Hui was from South Korean and a student at the university. His motive still remains a mystery.From the LA Times:Police said Cho used two guns in the classroom building, where the [...]

After 40 Years, Interracial Relationships Flourishing

“Factoring in all racial combinations, Stanford University sociologist Michael Rosenfeld calculates that more than 7 percent of America’s 59 million married couples in 2005 were interracial, compared to less than 2 percent in 1970.
“Coupled with a steady flow of immigrants from all parts of the world, the surge of interracial marriages and multiracial children is [...]

Party Review: Dina’s Game Party

Naked “Twister,” Body Shots, Taboo, Truth or Dare–we played it all. Nah, just kidding. This past weekend, a few of us got together at Dina’s for her annual Game Night. The guest list looked like a Janet Jackson video–every conceivable race on earth (and every combination one could think of) was in attendance. I [...]

Natasha Trethewey: Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry 2007

The Native Guards
The Daughters of the Confederacyhas placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance–each Confederate soldier’s name raised hardin bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards–2nd regiment, Union men, black phalanx.What is monument to their legacy?
All the grave markers, all the crude headstones–water–lost. Now fish dart among their bones,and we listen for what [...]