Tuesday, December 6, 2011

SALTnewspaper.com

We thank you all for the countless support you have given us over the last several months, but this will be our last post on blogger.com. On Thursday December 8th 2011 we will be moving to SALTnewspaper.com!!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Barbershop Talk Episode 1

Video by Delvin Arnell

Friday, November 18, 2011

Ambitious Woman of the Month

Article by Delvin Arnell 

For the month of November Ms. Jocquelyn Hill is SALT Newspaper’s Ambitious Woman of the month. The College Park, GA native earned her pharmacy degree at Ohio Northern University and has 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical field. Starting her career as an intern in Berkley California, she later interned here in Atlanta before spending 3 years in Nashville, TN. She now holds the position of Head Pharmacist at Walgreens in Lake City, GA.
                                                                                                      Full article in the next issue of SALT

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

From Lecture Hall to Recording Studio: The Life of Key Wane


ARTICLE BY AMBER  LACY




    “Stay focused and make time for what’s important and most of all keep faith and pray towards your goal. Also speak it into existence” is upcoming producer and rapper, Key Wane’s, advice to college students striving to achieve their goals while maintaining their academics.
  Born in Detroit, Mich., Dwane M. Weir II began playing the piano at 12-years-old. It was a DVD featuring
producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo making beats that intrigued him into the world of music. “I thought that was the coolest thing ever,” he explains. After watching the video, Key Wane and his mother purchased music equipment as he began taking piano lessons at 14 to help master his craft.

Spill The Salt , Shame The Devil PT. IV

POST BY JERALD BUTLER

An anonymous individual stated, “If you wanna hide something from black people, put it in a book”.  Is this true? Has it really gotten to the point where reading is no longer fundamental? Has it ever been for blacks? We’re aware that many of our young people, especially males, continue to struggle in the arena of education.  If we’re aware of this continuous decline, why are the statistics relevant?  The world is a totem pole. We have the resources, the power, and the opportunity. Why are we still at the bottom? Spill it.


Pardon My Flowing Thoughts

ARTICLE BY BLAIR FORTSON


Pardon My Flowing Thoughts is SALT’s take on political and socio-economic issues in our City, our State, our Country, and our World. Too many people our age are ignorant to the political and social factors that affect us as citizens of this global economy. As a form of media it is SALT’s responsibility to help educate and inform its readers on these issues in an effort to better stimulate political, social, and economic awareness. 





Just Be P.R.E.T.T.Y.

ARTICLE BY DELVIN ARNELL

After the creation of SALT's Barber Talk we received a lot of flack from our female readers about getting a column solely dedicated to their needs. So, after the guys at SALT wrecked our brains trying to come up with what seemed like an impossible task, we were later approached by our friend Ms.Courtney Wesley who