As we can tell from this tragically brutal day and age, life is not as simple as living, growing old, and dying. It’s about fellowships, golden moments, and making the most out of a violent and selfish time on this earth....
Read MoreThe issue of racism still occurs in this year of 2012. To kill a black teenage boy because he’s wearing a hoodie and is walking down the street talking on his cell phone is racist. Trayvon Martin was found dead laying face down in the grass with a fatal bullet wound to the chest. It is pretty obvious that George Zimmerman had something to...
Read MoreI’m sure you’ve all heard of the Call of Duty FPS (First-Person Shooter) franchise that has sold millions of copies over a span of 8 years. To be exact, it has sold 55 million copies worldwide which equals to about $3 billion in revenue. Infinity Ward and Treyarch are the main developers for the series, but Infinity has been widely renowned...
Read MoreWe experienced a different side of Capitol Hill while on our quest to the Sweet Lobby - and like many quests, we had a stop along the way. On a nice, cool, fall Friday morning, nine FNN reporters walked from our school to an old mansion. What was in store for us inside? Come and see what...
Read MoreKarima Danielle Scott, Friendship News Network Alumnus, is known for more than her natural look... she’s known for her natural vocals that have graced stages from Ras Lounge and the Electric Maid to Billie’s Black Bar in Harlem, NY – and most recently – at Koffee’s Lounge in...
Read MoreEmpty your mind from reality for a second and imagine living in a country where your opinions don’t matter. Imagine having to agree with everything someone tells you to do. Imagine that... well... you are a student. If you are like most teens, then you probably want to have more independence...
Read MoreDexter Williams, Friendship News Network Alumnus, was born and raised in our hometown of Washington D.C., but has crossed state lines to work as a staff assistant for Maryland Senator Ben Cardin....
Read MoreHave you noticed that some dogs are very helpful to people, like police dogs and firefighter dogs? They have a job to assist people in the community and are called service dogs. Dogs can be our eyes and our ears. I noticed that some dogs that help people can go everywhere even....
Read MoreThe Robotix Starz went on a trip to Pittsburgh, PA to compete in a robotics competition. The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) sponsored it. We had to compete against different middle schools with a Lego Mindstorm NXT brick (which means "brains"). We did not win the...
Read MoreHi. Do you know who Dr. Martin King, Jr. is? We had a whole day to celebrate him on January 16th 2012! I interviewed a nice and intelligent girl named Tynisha and I asked her, “Why do you think Dr. Martin Luther King is important?” Her response was, “Because he did so much for us, we should...
Read MoreNow that I have graduated from college, I've been using this free time to reflect on what my future plans are and how I intend to bring them into fruition. I graduated from Howard University on May 12, 2012 with a Bachelor’s of Science, Health Sciences (Health Administration) degree.
Read MoreAt first, revisiting Friendship was like revisiting an unfinished poem… some parts are so familiar that you can instinctively recite the words without hesitation, while other parts are as blurry as vision during a torrential rainstorm in the African savannah. Other parts, still, are memories that...
Read MoreAn avid writer and poet, FNN alumnus Chantell Leak had gone AWOL (Absent Without Leave) from Washington, D.C. We wondered where she was. Being the journalistic beasts we are, FNN hunted her down to have a few questions answered....
Read MoreFriendship Collegiate Academy alumnus Joanna Preston ends her internship at Fox and Friends in NYC with a bang! View video for more details....
Read MoreJust last week, I graduated from the Art Institute of Washington-Dulles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in Photographic Imaging. Not only did I receive the the Washingtonian Honor Roll...
Read MoreHis real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. But he is better known by his stage name Lil Wayne. He was born on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is 29 years old. He wrote his first rap song at age eight. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the...
Read MoreTrayvon Martin, a 17 year old African American, was shot and killed February 26th, 2012 while walking through a gated community in Sanford, Florida. His accused killer, George Zimmerman, who has a Hispanic mother and a white father, told police he acted in self-defense and did not get...
Read MoreOn March 2, 2012, legendary singer/song writer Smokey Robinson was featured as a guest at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. He attended a master class and rehearsed with Duke students prior to a benefit concert he was giving for Ellington School at the Kennedy Center. The purpose of the...
Read MoreOn February 23, 2012, a classmate Lamar Penny and I had the opportunity to attend a press briefing and cocktail party at the Embassy of Australia. It was awesome. I saw members of the National Press Club who I had recently met at an earlier event at the home of the ambassador...
Read MoreOn February 9, 2012, a fellow student, Lamar Penny and I were guests at a dinner at the home of Shankar P. Sharma, Ambassador from Nepal. We were invited by foreign correspondent Eddie Walsh and the National Press Club who hosted the dinner. The purpose of this gathering was to...
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