The Scent Of A Woman

RESPECT made you LOOK frEEdom in a wHoLe NEW Dimension GET EQUAL peace NO DOUBT every success starts with a place B.E.T Star Dark and LoveLY I reMEMBER the beginning "Proud To Be The Original African" V.O.I.C.E.S. let YOUR OPINION be HEARD exCLUSIVEly On HIP HOP ShowTIME get the LOW down "Black people say ROCK 'N' ROLL is our music. But you don't listen to it. Why's that? IMAGE? Me, I WANT what's coming to ME. The world Chico and EVERYTHING in it. You're like the sun/You brighten my day/Happy ending of any story."- START what's the sexiest thing about you? SOUL "When you're a young celebrity, YOU have TWO options: to CONFORM or to REBEL. I don't THINK SO i keep IT movin. I REBELLED. TOgether make Changes In Motion it's THE PRIDE that you FEEL life WITHout PASSION is UNforgivable Do Unto Your Enemy FORGIVE me SEEK The PEOPLE enter MY VIBE spot V.I.P. Cool-ade On the INSIDE, This WORLD BE IN MY HAND the FASHiON Frontline The beST pART Mix It Up INTRODUCING new RealITY face to face BLACK TO THE BONE and PrOVE REVoLUTions WE reCOGNIze the Most POWERful Talk TruER deTAILS in YouR eyes COLOR isn't what it WAS back in the DAY COLOR brings yOU a CONtent legacy OUTKAST show RESPECT the unExpected F L A S H B A C K where? ThE waY it is It's SO hard...NOW WHAT All Star? Where you at? WhY aRE wE Even hErE? urbanWORLD VIBe in ProgreSS inTROducing NEW MUSIC frESH V.O.I.C.E.S of COLOR are THEy Hip Hop's greatEST group? shOW REcognition BaTTles aRe Won KATT WillIAMS "Let a Playa Play" FuNNAY kEEp it THAT WAY ENTER COMFORTABLE VIBE PHOTOGRAPHY Don't just make the statement, SCREAM it. From the top. Of your Lungs. Of the heap. Of the mountain. Don't survey it. Climb it. Move it. They look up. Not at you. But to you. If not you. Then WHO? Being that rave. Being that bold, it takes something. It's the recogNITION of yOUr OWN grEATness. You OWN poWER. ANd once you seee it, all that is to be done, is UNLESH it. EvERY little STEP the CHOICE is NOW OURS! Shake 'N' Bake. OKAY! I'm REloaded!

The best gift anyone could ever give to themselves is the gift of a friend.

Lesson 1: People will always offer you advice and tell you what THEY think is best, parents included. Of all the advice you will recieve, take what YOU think is most benefitial and LEAVE the rest with the trash. It's your life that you will have to live. It doesn't belong to anyone but you. The CHOICES you make, whether good or bad, right or wrong, are ours. Make certain that whatever choice you make in life, you have no regrets when the end has come and all is said and done. I HAVE NO REGRETS IN MY LIFE....even those that resulted in error and poor choices...I've learned from then all.(I live by this)

A gREAT LEader COMMANDS RESPECT thROugh the fIRE be ORiginal.COM on film CLASS is IN seSSION FACE GOD'S availABLE ANSWERs BOARDING PASS Nas Speaks "CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR SOLDIERS AND TROOPS AWAY WITH HELMETS AND BOOTS AND FAMILIES BACK HOME THAT PRAY THEY MAKE IT HOME SAFE." And YOU don't KNOW... YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT...i'm coming sOOn

Friends in this lifetime are our guardian angels heaven sent.

Lesson 2: Every experience is a learning experience. Just like advices that people offer, take what you must from the lesson and move on. Sometimes in life you may even repeat the same lesson over until you get it.

ARE YOU privileged? say GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY WE REPresent uNBELIEvable CHOICE for OUR chANCE OUR lives lOOK aGAIN the REEL DEAL noW yoU KNOW youR MIC check MIC check... youR THE ONE

Lesson 3: Everything happens for a reason. Yes, it's as simple as that. Everything will work itself out in the end...it always does. And even after the storm(your problems) whether it is a simple shower or a killer hurricane...when it has passes, you'll still be standing.

WHAT'S GOOD? firST TIME? CURIOUSly stRONG E X P L O R E the FLAVa noW aren't YOU WORTH it? "NOBODY KNOWS ME, I'M A SHADOW MY ARMY FATIGUES MADE FOR BATTLE POCKETS FULL OF AMMO." states the fACTS gEttin over BY aLL MEans NECESSARY think DIFFERENT whY? L O N G E R IMPACT sucka frEE if youR goal is TO plAY it COOL leave BEhind shoes NO MAN cAn FILL. SOURCE THE PATH TO VICTORY beGinS with A firST STEp wiLL N E V E R bE tOO muCH GOD save the quEEn iN LIVin COLOR

Lesson 4: What goes around, comes around (Amen)...and when it (whatever the action) get back to you...it won't look the same, feel the same, or even taste the same, but it will come back...whether positive or negative. DON'T EVER FORGET THIS LESSON. I kid you not, your actions come back to you...it might not be tomorrow or even a week from the day, but everything comes full circle. EVERYTHING. I promise. And this is why, that even when people treat you poorly and unkindly, you should not follow suite. You must believe...I REALLY DIG THIS LESSON...I just think about Ghandi and his new points on non violence...kill them with kindness.

A GOOD LOOK do yOU have to be close to be gettin warmer? BEtween Friends comPLETES the MIND, BODY, SOUL get UP get CREaTive EMPOWERED ON MY OWN "I've always been a FRESH trendsetter" STAR can't GET EnoUGh lOOk aGAIn kingDOM COME i aiN't NO JOKE bamboozled? BE cool BE exotic BE sexy BE original REASONable doubt? lOOk Again GirlFriends Pick uP on I ROCK THE MIC "I've got the hustler mentality. I don't sit around waiting for anything to happen." RISE and SHINE bEAUTY

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. -Sydney Smith

RING THE ALARM it's SO HARD to say GOODbye WE UNDERSTAND and YES...YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL proMISE hi my name is BEautiful, Glowing, Healthy FLAWLEss FOUNDations CHECK FOR THIS w a y b e YOND music and BONDS that go heLL to p a y FAMILY MATTERS "i ain't alone and it makes them feel like they ain't alone" We hear you..."I want you to take me/Where I belong/Where hearts has been broken/with a kiss and a song/spend the rest of my days/without any cares/everyone understand me/in the walley of tears."-Fats Domino. PEACE SHE's B o S Sy RunAWAY D R E A M S ...and still HALF the StoRY has N E V E R been TOLD Feel My Pain "ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME" I AM A CHAMPTION stronger, healthy The It List the SEASON's best ways to SPOIL the WOMAN you LOVE most...YOU inTrigue me...sometimes to the point where I become UNeasy.

It is a wonderful thing to see friendship in action and experience two friends each intent on promoting the good and happiness of the other.

S P E A K I N G VOLUME TO TRUTH it's about TIME CHOICES WE MAKE DEFINE WHO WE ARE walkin out the room and RUNNIN' things BEYOUND EXPECTATIONS pure character GRAD HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR SWAGGER pOWER You're like Gold-Not the Gold you buy or sale. The Gold you keep F O R E V E R-You know, the P R I C E L E S S kind. "Priceless like a D R E A M come TRUE, gurl whY can't the WORLD bE a little bit more LIKE YOU sweetest thing "I play the song 'Imagine Me' every single morning. It helps me get through the day."

YOU make MY LOVE come down SOUL STAR the round's oN ME Their Eyes Were Watching God StarGazing eVeRyDaY a CONverSATION BEtwEEN starwars NATurAL selection SUPA FRIENDS touch the skY we look to the PAST to SEE our FUTURE girls learn lOve hard CapRIcorn: Saturn's stay in Leo inspires you to connect with your heart. Your holidays will brim with intense emotion. Take time to reflect on what you've learned; it's not the season to forge ahead. In the second half of January, marry your list of practical goals with a passionate expression of the authentic you. GEMinI December's off to an exhilarating start. Because the full moon is in your sign on the 4th, you'll be energetic and open to change. Relationships enter a potent new phase after the 20th, filling you with a disconcerting mix of faith and fear. Tremors in you career house could introduce a lucky partnership or a wise mentor in January or February.

Lesson 5: THE LAST LESSon. (Ok this one has some personal references due to the situation so again bare with me and substitute what you have to ya know) I know that right now it may seem like no one in the world loves you, EXCEPT YOUR FRIENDS, but both your sister and your parents love you unconditionally. It is a hard lesson to understand right now because of the hurt and frustation within you, but just realize it later in life. For all my childhood, my friends have been closer to me than my own sister. I use to C, N, Z, and N would move in and replace J. To this day, they know more about me than she does. No matter what, I will always be closer to my girlfriends than my own sister, and she knows this...and is hurt by this realization. Why you ask? It's too long to talk about in this letter, but if you want to know more than what I am about to say tell me in your next letter and I will. In a nutsell, growing up, J never tried to be my sister. As a child it is difficult to love a person who is constantly trying to purposely get you into trouble, boss you around, and mother you rather than be cool, hang out, ect. Now she wants the closeness, and I have found it elsewhere. Do you understand that? As for PARENTS-I tried to fight my parents (not physcially)...really my mother, but in the end...she is the one true friend outside of my girlfriends who I can talk to. When all is said and done and all others have deserted you (even if temporarily), it will be your mother holding your hand and supporting you at your side. And the older YOU get, the more you will see this I hope.

fUNKy eNOUGH DO THE LADIES FUN THIS MUTHA...? forEVER ONE SELF BEHIND the SCEnes sO dId WE the CULture CREW the LIFEstyles SPECIAList a warm TOUCH I LOVE IT NO ONE eLsE this tIME G's Up PUBLIC EMEMY Fight The POWER! smOOth FAMily vIbE WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO WHEN YOU GROWN UP? 100% beauty by nature

INTROducing the PRESENTation of QuEEN Starsheemar Byrum, ECSU '07

December 6, 2006...

The David and Janet Philips Scholarship was established in honor of David and Janet Philips by their children, Donald, Kimberly, Evan, and Sandra--all ECSU graduates. This scholarship is funded through contributions from family, friends, and colleagues of David Philips, ECSU English Professor Emeritus, who retired from teaching in 1990. It is awarded annually to an undergraduate student who has excelled in the field of English, and has participated in student government, theatre, the sudent literary journal Eastern Exposure, or the Campus Lantern.

Lord willin' FOREVER TWENTY-ONE because age ain't nuthin but a number SERIOUSLY where is the love? sexY, EroTIC, senSUal AmaZing SECRET that pays off "What am I going to DO? Run oFF into the sunset? KARma never FORGETS gO AGAINST THEM THEY laught at YOU because YOU are DIFFerENT I LAUGH at THEM because THEY are ALL the SAME glow "Our alone time cannot be relegated to the bathtub, ladies. We've got to get out on solo missions so we can remember the sights and soundtracks of our dreams." FOCUS I read somewhere that the official start of fall happens when the sun is in a certain position. For me though, the seasons really change when I pick up my new Wardrobe. YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH- Take a lesson from an "Instructional Negress" AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW NOW YOU KNOW. RESPECT ME. I kEEp Faith someTHING you should KNOW "As meticulous as I am with my work, I'm even more meticulous with my lovemaking...I like to do it for a long time. " DIDDY bop EVERYTHING I NEE TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM the MIGHTY life here to experience LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTiON

STOP THE MADNESS

Spreadin' the Love

The snow DAY at school was a day of REFLECtion. SIGNificant for classes to be cAnCelled on Valentines Day THEY say EVERYthing happens for a REAson Celebrate it or NOT Spreadin' love is SOMEthing that WE should dO EVERYday of OUR LIVES Keepin' in mINd the SIMPle things in LIFE that CAN and WILL make someONES day TODAY was some what UPliftin for me I reaLIZED how C O N N E C T E D I have BEc o m e with PHENomenal BEings that I am in CONtact with IN my HEART I have grEAT APPreciation for the RESPECT we SHARE for ONE another. AROUND my WAy I sPRead the L O V E EveryDAY.

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"somehow you came along and set my soul on fire" WILD huh UneXpected to sAY the leasT so Often I feel completely A.....LONE my THOUGHTS my DESIRES my LIFE of assistin HELPING others ThOUgh a Friend I Am it Comes NATUral if I dig YOU then I DO if I don’t then I won’t WANT you to Understand mE that is :pause: U Know beCause plAIN N siMPLE you DO NOT undeSTAND ME but SHE that is DOES N SHE that is IS Alone means a GREAT deal to ME but SEE there is MORE to it THAN that THAT is ME I that is ONE that ME I that is Wants to get to KNOW you for a LifeTIME that is Experience filled that is UnTIL the crossRoads have Met RealIZING that is we MUST not rUSH you see I feel you YOU feel me LEts take it s l o w ride IT Out N breathe ENJOY the Essence WE both persERVE mind, body, SOUL I hope YOU that is SHE oneday that is Can fully Understand ME that is a beING Who COULD Live Without "IT" get it? that is I get Fulfillment when I hear "Can you Handle It" I VISUALIZE "Ms.Syracuse" on the OTHER end that is Don't GET me WRONG you wILL see EXperIENCE that is what is MY True Heart, True Story, "Tru Life Narrative" that is

2005 to 2007

Senior in high school ampt to go to Eastern CT State U playin softball for the WaRRIors maroon, white, and blue majorin in Sports Management minorin in Communications the excitement AMAZING Eastern or out of state with consideration I CONSIdered what was best at the time EASTERN nOW 2007 I attend Eastern CT State U I play softball BUT I am in school to graduate in May 2009 regardless of WHAT you say with a Bachelors Degree in Sports Management and a minor concentration in Graphic DESIGN of my future MEntality has changed a lack of challenge? yes or no YEsss athletics then being a senior I thought was a bigger deal than it IS D3 to me that IS I take PRIDE in what I am apart of AMbitiOUS don't knock my goals ASpirAtions are what gets me THOUGHT of transferin HONESTY

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Her ConFIDENCE comes from INSIDE she likes who she is MONICA ROCHON aNy Moment cAn DEFINE You HOME Uplifting Life Experience GET FOCUSED Inspire Twin Value FAMILY smile FRIENDS ImPROVE Life rallies against racism HUMAN RIGHTS and EQUALITY for WOMEN show your FACE not your SHADOW “Economic empowerment is the civil rights of today” FINISH the Job Community TIPPING POINT altitude in YOUR ATTITUDE The symbols for knowledge word and sun are combined to show that knowledge spread like the sun’s rays benefits the world at large PURE Loyalty Peace Kindness Love Wisdom Tranquility Prosperity Strength Tolerance Truth Maybe IT IS People want to be on a TEAM they want to be apart of something bigger than THEMSELVES always Good-Spirited WARRIOR challenge UNC Tar Heels supporter EARN YOUR SPOT new Generation Volunteer There are two MOTIVATIONS in sports which is yours LOVE OR MONEY? L O V E Don’t get LOST in the CROWD competitive Cranked up LISTEN to the INDIVIDUALS who LOVE YOU, not the “People” who Benefit off of What YOU are DOING for THEM TRUE story

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