Estella's Hats Boutique Is Priceless

Rhode Island Ave Store Still in Business Despite Owner's Death

Black College View:
LeeSandra Alexandre
Issue date: 11/4/07 Section: Community Profiles

Contrary to rumors and internet postings, Estella's Hats is not for sale. After the death of Estella Forbes Wheeler, hat designer and former owner of the boutique, the fate of the black owned business was up for speculation.
Wheeler did not simply make hats, but designed symbols of dignity for African-American women. She started the hat boutique more than 30 years ago and became a local fashion icon among celebrities and D.C residents.
(full story)
photo by LeeSandra Alexandre

For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop

Suggestive, certainly. Misogynistic, sometimes. But dangerous?

By TARA PARKER-POPE, The New York Times
Published: November 6, 2007

Hip-hop, with its suggestive lyrics, videos and dance moves, has long been criticized by public health experts and parents, who fear that it leads to risky sexual behavior among teenagers.

But it has never been clear whether there is something uniquely insidious about hip-hop or whether the problem is simply that most people over 40 just don’t understand it. After all, nearly every generation seems troubled by the musical preferences of the next; remember, Elvis’s gyrating hips were once viewed as a corrupting influence on the nation’s youth.
(full NYTimes article)
Snoop Dogg photo from Wikipedia

A High-Heeled Halloween Frenzy

A Different Kind of Drag Race Captivates Dupont Circle
Veronica Dingwall
Black College View, 10/28/07

The traditional ghouls and goblins of Halloween took a back seat to dozens of contenders clad in their most bold and inventive drag costumes. Hundreds of spectators lined the streets of Dupont Circle between 17th and P Streets last night, for the pre-Halloween tradition known as the "High Heel Race."
(full Black College View story)

Genarlow Wilson Released From Jail After 2 Years

ESPN Sports Video, 10/26/07

Stringer Still Angry at Imus

ESPN Sports Video 11/1/07

Don’t Be Shy

By RACHEL AVIV, The New York Times
Published: November 4, 2007
Reticent students learn to raise their hands and speak up. At stake: grades and graduation.
(see full NYTimes article)

note: Shyness is a habit, form another habit, extend yourself and engage your professors and classmates. Those connections have value, they increase your value. ch

Prostates and Prejudices

COMMENTARY

By PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES, Op Ed
Published: November 2, 2007
Rudy Giuliani has a habit of saying things that are demonstrably untrue. And the American people have a right to know that.
(full NYTimes column)

note: Krugman also takes on the habit of misstatement of fact of other politicians. After the mistakes and misstatements of the Iraq War and the "War on terror" America and the west should be more critical in it's examination of the political discourse. Our collective authority and resources may be directed to some purpose we do not intend. ch