VOLUME 47 • EDITION 26 APRIL 20, 2016 Your Pot Culture Update STARTS ON PAGE 4 LBCOMMUTER.COM
[email protected] PAGE CAMPUS NEWS 2 APRIL 20, 2016 CAMPUS NEWS APRIL 20, 2016 PAGE 3 GENDER, RACE, STAFF MEMBErs HONORED AND SEXUALITY Three staff members earn top LBCC awards ThrOUgh POETRY Cave Canem Poet and activist Makalani Bandele visits LBCC Cover Credit: Richard Steeves With a calm demeanor and surreal student Ashley Horne. personality, poet and activist Makalani Some sources he gains inspiration from On the cover: Bandele wanted to create a more intimate are free-jazz and abstract art. Josh Wolfe discussion, so instead of standing, he sat “There’s nothing worse than listening on the stage. to outdated moldy poems,” said Bandele. On Friday, April 15, Bandele visited His advice for aspiring poets is to The Commuter is the weekly student-run newspaper for LBCC, OW ITA OVE LBCC for a poetry reading and held a read contemporary poetry and look financed by student fees and H R D poetry workshop the following day. up the national book winners from the advertising. Opinions expressed in “He is the type of human being that last 10 years. The Commuter do not necessarily lets his soul reach out to other people,” “Let your teachers help guide you reflect those of the LBCC said LBCC advisor Tim Black. when reading someone like Whitman,” administration, faculty and students of LBCC. Editorials, columns, letters, ADE OETRY Black and Bandele met at Cave Canem, said Bandele. “My favorite poets are M P an annual retreat for African American contemporary poets.” and cartoons reflect the opinions of the authors.