Category Archive: Lifestyle

Eniola Shokunbi: Middle School Genius

Middle school is arguably the most awkward time in a person’s life. From wearing mascara for the first time to shuffling around a gymnasium listening to a “clean top hits” playlist in a dress your mother bought on the Dillard’s sales rack for your very first school dance. Middle school seemed like a constant struggle.For twelve year old Eniola Shokunbi, however, middle school became so much more than just a time of self-discovery, she also discovered how to be a leader in respiratory care. 

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John Hope Bryant: The Power of Financial Knowledge

It’s election week in America. It's the once-every-four-years moment we consider how we view ourselves as a nation. Central to both campaigns is an American myth told over and over again: America is a place where anything can happen, where anybody can pull themselves up by the bootstraps and make something of themselves. A wild west where only the strongest and the fittest sit at the top of the hierarchy.

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Dragon Con: A Weekend of Magic

Labor Day weekend in Atlanta is historically one of the busiest weekends in the city, with football season kicking off at the Benz, Dragon Con attracting America’s most devoted fandoms, House in the Park celebrating 20 years of dancing and all the joys that come with Black Pride. For Labor Day weekend, the streets of Atlanta were full of roller skating dragons, frat boys in polos and Khakis, a million Harry Potters and Bulldogs fans painted in UGA’s signature red and black. It’s always refreshing to see such a different mix of people all coming together for a weekend of unanimous enjoyment. 

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