Students hone interview skills on Lynx players, coaches   By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   It can be a whirlwind experience for novices who attend such events as a pro or college team’s media day, where every player and coach is made available for interviews and photos. However,…

  By James L. Stroud, Jr. Contributing Writer   In April 2012, the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Foundation for Children (RKMC) unveiled a public service campaign aimed at bringing more attention to the Black-White educational achievement gap problem in Minnesota and a focus on solutions that have worked towards…

    By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer   Minnesota watchdogs are barking about what they assert to be “predatory” payday lending. A payday loan is a small, short-term, loan secured against a customer’s next paycheck. Upwards of 250 groups are accusing the banking system of exploitation, claiming U.S. Bank, Wells…

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   When Joel Maturi steps down next month to become a special assistant to the school president, he will leave a collegiate athletic environment that is markedly different than it was a decade ago when he was hired as the University of Minnesota’s…

    Corny as it might sound, some people are just born to give. They have a big hearts that way, and a big heart appears to be what draws Kelechi Javaaid to work with youngsters. “Kids,” he says, “need a role model. They need somebody to kind of give…

        The term “American Dream” was invented in 1931 by writer and historian James Truslow Adams. He coined the term in his novel The Epic of America where he states, “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer…

        Treme Season One (HBO-DVD) could’ve been worse and should’ve been better. The first season, anyway. Even with Khandi Alexander (The Corner, NewsRadio, Sugar Hill) Wendell Pierce (The Wire, B.B. King and I) and Clarke Peters (The Wire, Legacy) starring. Treme is filmed as documentation of and…

By Dwight Hobbes Contributing Writer   A problem with living in a small market, especially if you happen to be a movie nut, is that many flicks, even those with major stars, don’t make it here to the Twin Cities. There just aren’t enough theaters, not even with the multiplex…

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   C. Vivian Stringer has been head women’s basketball coach at Rutgers since 1995. Over 13 of her players later became WNBA draft picks. She is a strong advocate for Black women choosing a coaching career. “I started coaching when I was 21,”…