Talon Articles

The connection between music and our memory. 1. If you take a moment to think about the song "Happy Birthday", it may bring you a memory of circling a table with your friends, eating cake, or blowing out candles when turning eight years old.  "I think of when I was...

The unique experience of pit musicians The alarm went off, scream ing its high-pitched blares. Elaine got dressed and walked out of her apartment, feeling the morning breeze. She took the empty subway to the studio, and set up her trumpet. At 4:30 in the morning, she...

HBCU fair at M.A. demonstrates interest in unique college option We all know about the famous hate crime surrounding George Floyd, who was viciously killed by Derek Chauvin in May 2020, and of similar crimes involving Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbery and many others (see...

Trauma of Floyd's murder still burdens the Black Community On May 25, 2020, an innocent Black man named George Floyd was murdered in the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after he kneeled on Floyd's neck for exactly 9 minutes and 29 seconds....