Tips on Maintaining a Healthy Computer
Tips on Maintaining a Healthy Computer By Andre’ Gilkey In this week’s edition of the Onyx Newsletter, I was tasked to provide an article relating on something most of us use every day: a computer. Most of us live on them, but sometimes they can give us grief when the unexpected happens, such as crashing [...]
Black Fatherhood Research Study
Researchers at the University of Kentucky, Department of Family Sciences are conducting a study about the parenting experiences of Black fathers who have at least one child not living in their home 24/7. More needs to be known about what it’s like to parent when your children do not live with you 24/7 and how [...]
Why Aren’t More African-American Engaged in Local Civic Debates?
Why aren’t more African-Americans engaged in local civic debates? by Haven Harrington This is a question that I have often contemplated. I have had the pleasure of being a part of the bridges debate, the failed attempt to save the Brinkley-Hardy buildings on East Main, and several other worthy civic causes. I have been to [...]
This is Why I’m Single by Shawn Gardner
This article was posted on a local website by Shawn Gardner. What are your thoughts? Love and Marriage: This is Why I’m SIngle After reading an article about why women might be single I thought it appropriate to put together a list of why men are single. Then it dawned on me, it’s not the [...]
At Bat vs. On Deck
As you all know, I have an athletic background, playing three sports in high school (basketball, football, and track in case you were curious) and football in college—shoutout to the Cardinal Nation! Participation in athletics doubles in purpose, as many situations encountered in sports, on and off the field of play, occur in real life; [...]
I’m a Gentleman…Most of the Time
Prior to creating the Just GQ blog, I posted “Daily Acts of Chivalry” on Facebook and Twitter to gauge the initial response to my ideas. The DAOC were practices as simple as “if you see a lady struggling with full and/or heavy bags, then offer a helping hand to ease her load” to things more [...]
Does 3:30 Work For You?
Time plays the pivotal role of an unavoidable element involved in every aspect of life, and much like the beat, it goes on and on. The importance of timing can be found in all things from the perfectly orchestrated two-minute drill to convert the deciding score to a clever, comedic punch line in a song [...]
No Cuffing Zone!
Now, I have never been shy about being a member of Team “Don’t Chase ‘cuz Chicks Choose”, and I am equally adamant about not co-signing guys who suffocate girls without being in a relationship—suffocation, at that point, seems to be greatly subjective, as a number of girls may enjoy that type of stalker-ish, 24/7, “I [...]
Reality Bites
http://JustGQ.blogspot.com In the digital age of innovative technology, people have become consumed with their immigration into world of social media. Facebook serves as a chronicle of users’ lives, available for all (including employers and some parents) to observe the various moods, statuses, and late night drunken activities in which people participate and have participated in [...]
Pride In My Duffle Bag
Men and women both have their proud moments, where you KNOW you are wrong or you KNOW what to do to make a situation improve, but instead of working towards what is important to you, you decide to be spiteful and further the feud. Most of you have seen the blockbuster, “The Break-Up”, starring Jennifer [...]