You know what the “N” word is. It’s one of the most hateful things one human being can say to another human being. Yet, it’s in our music, our conversation, and casually batted around every day.
11 year old, Jonathan McCoy is trying to raise awareness about the harm the word does. He’s trying to get 100,000 signatures on a petition to send a message about hurtful and degrading the word is.
He won a special oratory award for an essay he wrote for his cause. Here’s the video of Jonathan giving that speech:
Pennsylvania State University, aka Penn State, has decided that the brainy need trading cards too. Though they’re known for their football prowess, they’ve created a line of trading cards for their researchers and faculty.
The cards come in a 10 card set. They’re handing them out for free at various school functions–including football games.
The set is the brainchild of school president, Graham Spanier. The cards are being produced in association with the Penn State Alumni Association.
The cards were first produced last year as a test. This year the cards are a bit more professional looking. These are the people featured on this years set of cards:
• Richard Alley, glaciology
• Stephen Benkovic, chemistry
• Moses Chan, physics
• Nina Fedoroff, plant genetics
• Russell Marker, chemistry
• Masatoshi Nei, biology
• William Pierce, medicine
• Catharine Ross, nutrition
• James Tumlinson, entomology
• Alan Walker, anthropology
