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Texas St. Philip's College www.alamo.edu Huston-Tillotson University www.htu.edu Jarvis Christian College www.jarvis.edu Paul Quinn College www.pqc.edu Prairie View A&M University www.pvamu.edu Southwestern Christian College www.swcc.edu Texas College www.texascollege.edu Texas Southern University www.tsu.edu Wiley College www.wileyc.edu Virginia Hampton University www.hamptonu.edu Norfolk State University www.nsu.edu St Paul's College www.saintpaulsnet.com Virginia State University www.vsu.edu Virginia Union University www.vuu.edu Virginia University of Lynchburg www.vul.edu West Virginia Bluefield State College www.bluefieldstate.edu West Virginia State University www.wvstateu.edu U.S. Virgin Islands University of the Virgin Islands www.uvi.edu

North Carolina Barber-Scotia College www.b-sc.edu Bennett College For Women www.bennett.edu Elizabeth City State University www.ecsu.edu Fayetteville State University www.uncfsu.edu Johnson C. Smith University www.jcsu.edu Livingstone College & Hood Theological Seminary www.livingstone.edu North Carolina A&T State University www.ncat.edu North Carolina Central University www.nccu.edu Shaw University www.shawuniversity.edu St Augustine's College www.st-aug.edu Winston-Salem State University www.wssu.edu Ohio Central State University www.centralstate.edu Wilberforce University www.wilberforce.edu Oklahoma Langston University www.langston.edu Pennsylvania Cheyney University www.cheyney.edu Lincoln University www.lincoln.edu South Carolina Clinton Junior College www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu Denmark Technical College www.denmarktech.edu Allen University www.allenuniversity.edu Benedict College www.benedict.edu Claflin University www.

Alabama Alabama State University www.alasu.edu Miles College www.miles.edu Oakwood University www.oakwood.edu Selma University www.selmanuniversity.org Stillman College www.stillman.edu Talladega College www.talladega.edu Tuskegee University www.tuskegee.edu Arkansas Arkansas Baptist College www.arkansasbaptist.edu Philander Smith College www.philander.edu University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff www.uapb.edu Delaware Delaware State University www.desu.edu District of Columbia Howard University www.howard.edu University of the District of Columbia www.udc.edu Florida  Bethune-Cookman University www.cookman.edu Edward Waters College www.ewc.edu Florida A&M University www.famu.edu Florida Memorial Univ-Miami Gardens www.fmuniv.edu Georgia Albany State University www.asurams.edu Clark Atlanta University www.cau.edu Ft Valley State University www.fvsu.edu Interdenominational Theological Center www.itc.edu Morehouse College www.morehouse.

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Men, think you're having a hellish week? From an African tribe in the Thonga of southern Africa, there is a cultural tradition that has been adopted by men and college societies and religious leaders all over the world--in one behavior or another: aka Hell Week.      When a boy is somewhere between 10 and 11 years of age, he is sent by his parents to "circumcision school", which is held every four or five years.  In company with his age-mates he undergoes severe hazing by the adult males of the society.  The initiation begins when each boy runs the gauntlet between two rows of men who beat him with clubs. At the end of this experience, he is stripped of his clothes and his hair is cut.  He is next met by a man covered with lion manes and is seated upon a stone facing this "lion man." Someone then strikes him from behind and when he turns his head to see who has struck him his foreskin is seized and in two movements is cut off by the "lion man." Aft