How do you define beauty? Do you define it by an unchangeable personality? Do you define it by the models you see in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, or in music videos? Do you let others define it for you? While we all may have our own definition, allow me to show y...

MySpace burst onto the scene with an unprecedented popularity, marking one of the first highly successful social networking sites. Its success was closely followed by that of Facebook, and most recently, Twitter — which has turned out to be one of H...

Changing one’s skin color is very rare in today’s society. Most often the lightening of skin color is due to the disease vitiligo, a chronic disorder that causes depigmentation of one’s skin. The late entertainer, Michael Jackson suffere...

For nearly every incoming college athlete, there is a time of adjustment as they transition from high school to college. Often, freshmen in college sports are regulated to smaller roles as they try to acclimate themselves to the nuances of the college gam...

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff of Howard University: We are taking steps to prevent the spread of seasonal or H1N1 flu here at Howard University. We need your help to accomplish this. To date, the overwhelming majority of cases of new influenza A (H1N1)...

The 2009 H1N1 virus has caused a major uproar across the globe.  Known as perhaps one of the most dangerous pandemics to hit the world in as many as 20 years, the virus has already killed a number of people and promises to kill many more if it goes u...

In the fashion industry, black is the new scarce. Although African Americans are the number one consumers of retail, especially apparel, the presence of African Americans in the fashion industry is not as prevalent.  The Howard Chapter of National Co...

Radio, television and film (RTVF), journalism, electronic studio art and computer science students can now look forward to a new interactive media minor, which will make its debut in the spring 2010 semester. Geared towards those students with an interest...

Mark McKinnon may have walked to the large, upscale apartment building as a 23-year-old from southern Maryland, but he stepped over the threshold of the rehearsal room and became Emmett Till. Rehearsal began for a play entitled “Anne and Emmett,&rdq...

We’re almost at the end of the road! Today marks the last Meccanisms page for the semester; next week marks the last week of publication for us until January! It’s been a journey. We’ve gone through ups and downs, had good days and bad d...

Facebook, one of the world’s most popular social networking sites, recently announced that it will be advancing its technological abilities to begin memorializing the profiles of the deceased at the request of mourning family members.  “W...

In conjunction with the global entrepreneurship week, the Georgia Avenue Development, Growth & Enterprise Transformation (GADGET) Center at Howard University is hosting an open house tonight from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 2800 Georgia Ave. NW. Staffed by gr...

Francesca Harper woke up at six in the morning, went to the gym, then headed back to her house to prepare for an audition that she had at FOX studios at 2 p.m. After her audition was over, Harper headed to walk her dogs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Once she was ...

On a sun-kissed but breezy Sunday morning, Gary Harris sits inside a cozy Busboys and Poets in Shirlington, Va. to unwind from a stressful work week. Behind the windows of a colorful and artsy backdrop are other visitors like Harris scattered about, study...

The House of Khamit is a black-owned cultural shop that began with the vision to help black people find a way back to their roots and connect with their culture.  It has been on Georgia Avenue since 1982 when it was opened by owner Mykeil Raufu-Bey; ...

Northeast D.C. resident Stanley White spends his Thursday evenings at the Sherwood Recreation Center tennis court, using tough coaching and drills to make his students work up a sweat and bring out the best of their tennis game. He is no joke.  Every...

I recently attended an all-day foreign student seminar which was somewhat of a snoozefest, but during the last lecture my ears perked up once the question was asked: Being abroad, does that make you act more American, or do you try to hide yourself in a v...

From opening doors and covering the bill,  to do it yourself and get it yourself,  dating has evolved over time. Dating standards have shifted and continue to be revised.  Some people draw inspiration from the past while others make up new ...

Last week, several members of The Hilltop entered the Bethune Annex residence, flashed identification, and waltzed right onto the dorm’s elevators. These members of The Hilltop weren’t residences of the dorm, yet were granted entrance without ...

The world is on a lunar high, as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed reports of water on the moon. In October, NASA conducted a mission to impact the Cabeus crater of the moon and, for the last month, has been analyzing data fro...