Author Archives: Deron Snyder
Big sigh as Antonio Brown and the NFL get what they deserve
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By DERON SNYDER (as published by The Grio) You can be a fan of NFL football and dislike the NFL. You can relish the action and the competition while loathing the machinery behind it. You can be conflicted about the … Continue reading
A Winning Legacy for Competitive Esports
By DERON SNYDER (as published by Howard Community College) Howard Community College esports coach Mark Winkel remembers how he felt after the esports program’s first-ever match in September 2020. The Dragons lost so badly to UCLA, Winkel honestly wondered if … Continue reading
Travis Hunter’s move to an HBCU is just the latest infuriating change
By DERON SNYDER (as published by The Grio) Like prized recruit Travis Hunter, Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has a lot of gall. The nerve of them! They clearly don’t know their place in college football’s billion-dollar industrial complex. The … Continue reading
Performing Arts Medicine Clinic Helps Ballerina Return to ‘Nutcracker’ for Christmas
By DERON SNYDER (as published by Atrium Health) Like multitudes of students around the nation in early 2020, Elise Franchi had to take virtual classes as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. But studying dance on Zoom might have contributed to … Continue reading
New Courses, Certification on the Menu for Hospitality and Culinary Programs
By DERON SNYDER (as published by Howard Community College) Professor Tim Banks has always been passionate about maintaining a growth mindset, especially since becoming department chair for the Howard Community College (HCC) Center for Hospitality and Culinary Studies in 2018. … Continue reading
A Career in Accounting Rarely Follows 1-2-3
By DERON SNYDER (as published by Howard Community College) Professor Michelle Sotka grew up in a family business but fell in love with her first accounting course in college. Now she chairs the entire accounting program at Howard Community College. … Continue reading
Can Black America Ever Welcome O.J. Simpson Back Home?
By DERON SNYDER (as published by The Grio) “I’m a free man I’m a free man and talking ‘bout it.” – South Shore Commission In the 1975 disco hit titled “Free Man,” a guy makes a pass at a sister … Continue reading
Lifestyle Changes for Prevention and Management of Diabetes
By DERON SNYDER (as published by Atrium Health) As a provider who lives with diabetes herself, Trang Vuong, MD, an internal medicine and pediatric specialist at Atrium Health Primary Care One Health Family Medicine Matthews is passionate about sharing advice on how to … Continue reading
‘Woke’ Descendant of Columbus has Message for Fellow Americans
By DERON SNYDER (as published on Medium) A “woke” descendant of Christopher Columbus visited last night and asked me to pass this along: Dear fellow Americans: Some of you have mixed feelings about honoring my two-dozen-times-removed-great-grandfather, Christopher Columbus. I understand. … Continue reading
NESSA’S NOTIONS: Authenticity Never Gets Old
By VANESSA W. SNYDER People say that the older you get, the less you care about what people think. You’re more likely to do and say what you feel because the filters are gone. I don’t think that’s a bad … Continue reading
