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Style Watch on Campus

Vintage is in; the year of the gentleman is upon us and there's new life in college prep. Students from across the country mix it up for Facebook-ready profiling.

Famous HBCU Grads

We salute an august body of celebrity graduates.

2009 HBCU Campus Queens

This year our queens go digital! Find your alma mater or your favorite among our gallery of more than 70 HBCU queens. Long may they reign.

Take Me Higher

In this tight economic climate, students still have options for higher education. Explore the many roads to getting that paper.

Howard or Harvard?

Can earning an HBCU education rival one from the Ivy League? The answer may surprise you.

EBONY 2009 Scholarship Listings

Find your perfect match. Check our scholarship listings for tuition, housing, books and other resources.

HBCU Hot Facts

From state-of-the-art faciliites to performing arts, campus programs worth noting.

What is Sexy? Men Tell Us What They Think

Justin Timberlake might have said he was bringing sexy back, but for women—especially Sisters—it has never gone anywhere! Ebony spoke to a few men to find out their definitions of sexy. (p. 80)

The Tameka Files

Tameka Foster Raymond goes on the record about her surgery, her family and life after Usher. (p. 78)

The ’09 Holiday Gift Guide

’Tis the season and we have eight pages of irresistible ideas guaranteed to make gift giving a hit. (p. 86)

The Ebony Interview: Van Jones

The longtime eco-warrior talks candidly about why the future of our communities depends on our full participation. (p. 56)

Test My Ride

What’s the skinny on the newest wave of autos coming off the line? Six celebrity drivers ditch their own cars and get behind the wheel. (p. 62

'Why I Had Gastric Bypass Surgery'

Photo: Dudley M. Brooks

Three Blacks share their journey through the procedure as our culture battles the deadly condition of obesity. Obesity and its related ailments––hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and stroke––are the leading killers of African-Americans today.