Profile for Shayna Hodge

A UDC track runner, Shayna Hodge speeds her way into excellence.

Shayna Hodge sped into her 2014 school year with a smile on her face, and excitement in her heart. A graduate of Duval High School, Shayna graduated with a 3.8 GPA. The second oldest in a family of 5, Shayna has shown as much care and love for her siblings, as she does for her parents, Mark and Jaqculine Hodge.

Born in July of 1996, Ms. Hodge was raised in River Dale, Maryland. At the age of 6, her family moved to Glenn Dale Maryland, where she spent the rest of her grade schooling education. Before she began her athletic career, shayna was a dancer. She gracefully completed ballet and tap performances. When she got to High School, she began her athletics and working with her school newspaper.

Shayna was a runner in the track program at Duval High school. With very good stats, she graduated winning several silver medals for her performances. Shayna’s more than just a track runner however. In high school she was also an honor roll student. While she might not have been the valedictorian, she was definitely giving them a run for their money.

Shayna is a multifaceted student. Her habits are watching tv, listening to music, reading, and writing. She stated that she loves to write more than read, but she hasn’t been able to write as much due to her busy schedule. Shayna hopes to take her love of writing to the work place, with a potential future in either a magazine or newspaper as a columnist.

Shayna is currently unemployed, but that’s due to her making swaths through the UDC athletic program. Currently a track runner for the university, Shayna has been described as a “quiet teammate, that’s great at sprints” by her teammate Brittany Okon. Shayna says the only thing that she doesn’t like about her HBCU, is that she wishes that the school had a larger campus life and school spirit.

Ms. Hodge is available to be followed on twitter @shaynaaaaa, and on instagram with the same name.Shayna’s Blog

50 Shades of Black Review

In 2015, 50 Shades of Grey was released to theaters across the world. Based on the book of the same name, the film attempted to retell the story of Anastasia Steele and her turbulent romance with the mysterious and seductive Christian Grey. Now what would happen if you took the plot of that movie, added gratuitous amounts of unfunny self-referential humour, and outlandishly out of place pop culture references and made the main two actors African-American instead of white? You would get the romance turned tragedy that is 50 Shades of Black.
This movie is not a parody. It can barely qualify as a film. It serves as an active and very vivid representation of the lost comedic ability of Marlon Wayans. This movie was only created to get a check from the fools that expect the hilarity of the original Scary Movie.
50 Shades of Black stars Marlon Wayens, and Kali Hawk, in the roles of Christian Black (Because he is black, and his last name is black. Get it?) and Hannah Steale (Because she’s a black woman, and black people steal. Funny, I know). Overall the movie follows the same-ish plot line of the original movie/book. Somewhat dopey looking Kali Hawk goes to an interview with suave millionaire Christian Black, and everything else you remember from the original continues. Which is the entire point of the parody, same plot but played for laughs. But the parody here fails by not being funny. Bathroom and  gross out jokes galore,  50 SoB caters itself to the lowest of the lowest common denominator. At times the movie tries to make references to current events, with as much failure as a penguin trying to fly.
A failure as a film, and an even bigger failure as a comedic film. 50 Shades of Black should not be viewed anywhere near a theater, unless you plan to take your 13 year old little cousin, that the movie caters to. Otherwise stay away from it with a 1,000 foot pole.