Author: Erica Hilton

  • Failure Doesn’t Always Mean Failure

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    Things don’t always go as planned, but I’m sure you’ve experienced that at least once already. If you would have asked me this time last year where did I see myself in a year and a half down the road I would have told you that I’d be living in Miami, going to the beach…

  • AIDS Activist Reprimanded for Tweets

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    Yesterday Rae Lewis-Thornton posted a blog post about having her honorary membership with her sorority rescinded because of tweets she posted about a year ago. Now just in case you don’t know who Rae  Lewis-Thorton is… Rae was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1986 when she was 23 years old. Nine years later, Rae had full blown…

  • It’s Okay to Take a Brain Break Every Now and Then

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    For many students it’s either the last week of classes or it’s approaching quickly. Just before you get to take a relaxing exhale because the last week of classes is over, you realize that you still have to deal with finals week! You’re feeling overwhelmed! You’re swamped with last minute work and papers, and some…

  • Never JUST Network!

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    Networking is a strategy. Treat it like one. Introducing yourself and exchanging business cards won’t always give you the desired outcome that you’re looking for. It’s important to establish your plan of networking before attending  an event. Never just assume networking for every event is the same. I love networking; so many opportunities come out of meeting new people!…

  • I’m Black, But I’m Also an American

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    For four years I attended a historically black university in Charlotte, North Carolina. Looking back I realize that it was the best decision that I could have made. The education and experiences that I received at Johnson C. Smith University completely immersed me within African American culture. It was revitalizing. After graduation, I moved to Washington,…

  • You Can’t Twitpic Everything

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    Peyton Manning, former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, had dinner at Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC on March 2. At the end of the night he was charged $739.58, which included an 18% gratuity. He also left an additional tip of $200. How do we know? His server twitpic’d the receipt.  Here’s the kicker… the server was fired…

  • Top 10 Tweeting Commandments! (Thanks Glamour!)

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    To some people, social networking and media sites are nothing but a space to vent and a way to keep up with friends. Truth is… with most companies now having accounts on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Tumblr, there’s a certain social network etiquette that we should keep in mind. Social networking…

  • 1/09/12

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    Your success shouldn’t be based off of comparisons with someone else’s success. Figure out your own grading scale!