AlumniUnit.com » Deborah Battle http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 BATTLE’S FIELD: Dressing Like a Morehouse Man http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/dressing-like-a-morehouse-man/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/dressing-like-a-morehouse-man/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:19:35 +0000 Deborah Battle http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3804 BATTLE'S FIELD: Dressing Like a Morehouse Man

 Whenever anyone mentions Morehouse College I instantly think of its most famous alum, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I imagine a college campus filled with intelligent, ambitious, over-achieving brothas just waiting for their chance to change the world, students who want to make a difference in the Bla... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/26/dressing-like-a-morehouse-man/feed/ 6 BATTLE’S FIELD: The First Day of School http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/20/battles-field-the-first-day-of-school/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/20/battles-field-the-first-day-of-school/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:01:56 +0000 Deborah Battle http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3480 BATTLE'S FIELD: The First Day of School

I stood in the rain this morning waiting with my son, a newly minted fourth grader, for the familiar sight of the school bus as it rode up the hill toward the bus stop. <!--more-->The kids did... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/20/battles-field-the-first-day-of-school/feed/ 0 Battle’s Field: Conspiracies “R” Us http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/03/conspiracies-r-us/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/03/conspiracies-r-us/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:35 +0000 Deborah Battle http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3098 Battle's Field: Conspiracies As the mother of three I know that the best way to get a young child's attention away from something they want (that extra scoop of ice cream perhaps, or that ridiculously expensive toy at the mall) is to get them to focus on something else.   Steer the child toward their stu... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/08/03/conspiracies-r-us/feed/ 0 Whatcha Gon’ Do When They Come For You? http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/27/whatcha-gon-do-when-they-come-for-you/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/27/whatcha-gon-do-when-they-come-for-you/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:37 +0000 Deborah Battle http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3060 Whatcha Gon' Do When They Come For You?I remember once watching one of those amusing police videos on TV. It featured a State trooper from Maine, who had pulled over a motorist for speeding. ( Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/27/whatcha-gon-do-when-they-come-for-you/feed/ 0 The Republicans and the Supremes http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/15/the-republicans-and-the-supremes/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/15/the-republicans-and-the-supremes/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:15:27 +0000 Deborah Battle http://alumniunit.com/?p=2744 The Republicans and the Supremes

Weeks before President Obama had even made a long list (let alone a short list) of Supreme Court nominations, the Republican party was poised to oppose his choice.  Whomever he chose, they theorized, would be a liberal, activist judge who would be unfit to serve on the highest court in the land. Almost as if... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/15/the-republicans-and-the-supremes/feed/ 0 BATTLE’S FIELD: The “H” Word http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/04/06/battles-field-the-h-word/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/04/06/battles-field-the-h-word/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:41:46 +0000 Deborah Battle http://alumniunit.com/?p=1625 BATTLE'S FIELD: The

Last November, NBC broadcasted the annual clash of the SWAC football titans better known as The Bayou Classic. It is one of the few times that the pageantry and showmanship of HBC... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/04/06/battles-field-the-h-word/feed/ 1