In Case You Were Wondering : NBA “Super-Max” contracts

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In Case You Were Wondering : NBA “Super-Max” contracts

With all the controversy and craziness this summer the NBA has shifted from a basketball league to more of a reality show. However, one thing that has inspired some of us to dust off the old high-tops--the seemingly outrageous contract extensions which have been handed out to some of the league’s biggest superstars. Jon Wall resigning for $ 170 milli, Steph Curry making $ 201 milli, and James Harden coming in at $228 milli.

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5 Minutes w/ The Sociologist

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5 Minutes w/ The Sociologist

In the first installment of #5Minutes Austin sits down with Jovonne J. Bickerstaff, a scholar of gender, race and emotion work. She is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Mellon-funded African American History, Culture & Digital Humanities Initiative at University of Maryland, College Park. Her dissertation, “Together, Close, Resilient: Essays on Emotion Work Among Black Couples,” probed the emotion strategies partners co-construct to foster emotional intimacy, navigate differences and cultivate a shared identity - offering a rare window into black intimate lives. 

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Mental Health: Another Look [Opinion]

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Mental Health: Another Look [Opinion]

Many of our peers are ever developing yet unbalanced young adults. We have been given the power of the internet which contains an unlimited resource of misinformation and quasi facts. For some, healthy and humanizing interactions and connections have been lost or replaced with half witted social media affirmation via our trusty iPhone or Android distractions. Don't get me wrong, there are definitely faults in the ways that our parents and big cousins learned to deal with life's happenings and mental health, but you would think the generation that came up in the "age of information" would have used the resource to actually help their peers instead of for temporary entertainment.  

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4/21/17

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4/21/17

After eating I was walking back to my crib, playing a game that I often play while in public. If you’re a black man you should try it sometime. I call it the Eye-Contact Game or ECG for short. It’s best played while by yourself on subways, walking, or even in the workplace, I like to count how many people intentionally attempt to avoid eye-contact with me. It’s so comical. You know, that “I see you, but can’t see you” thingy. In order to score a point you have to see with a level of certainty either a quick neck jerk, or look away—no maybes. I think I was somewhere around 15 points when my eyes got stuck on something lovingly familiar.

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