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Feb 8, 2024

Black History Month Events

Black History Month is here! This month we celebrate Black people, culture, struggles and everything in between. This month, there are events all around campus to engage students and help them celebrate. Below are some events that you can’t miss. Black Alumni Society On Mon., Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., students are invited to a…

Sep 8, 2022

Elikem’s Corner: Wonder

With the change of every season, I think of you Wondering what you’d be doing if you were still here  What new memories, new experiences, new joy, new things life could’ve brought  There was so much left for you in this life I often wonder with every move that maybe this was a mistake  Leaving…

Apr 14, 2022

Annual Fashion Exposé: Student Designers Showcase Their Work

On Thursday, April 7, the African American Textile Society (AATS) hosted its 24th annual Fashion Exposé in the Talley State Ballroom. This event was a part of Pan-Afrikan week and featured a hand-selected panel of highly decorated judges. The judges were Meredith Howell, a fourth-year in Fashion and Textile Management, Dr. Katherine Annett-Hitchcock from Wilson…

Apr 14, 2022

Elikem’s Corner: Interested

You may have had my 21 but you will not get my 22.   22 is about keeping, I am no longer interested in refracting I am no longer interested in entertaining these twisted narratives I am no longer interested in payments and registrations  I am no longer interested in the bruises or the headaches…

Mar 31, 2022

Elikem’s Corner: End

I know that all good things must come to an end but I didn’t expect it to come so soon  I don’t know how I’ll ever fill this space  And I don’t know if it’ll ever get easier  Each day seems to be harder than the last  And just when I think I’ve accepted it,…

Mar 3, 2022

Bye, Bye Masks? Well, In Some Places

Here is a condensed timeline of the removal of mask mandates within North Carolina: In a press conference on Feb. 17, Governor Roy Cooper recommended that masks be optional after Mar. 7, 2022.  On Feb. 18, Wake County released a statement saying that the Wake County Government will be lifting its mask mandate effective 5…

Feb 17, 2022

Elikem’s Corner: Ain’t Nothing Better Than You

You were among the first pages of a new chapter  A catalyst for change A breath of fresh air Forcing breath into my lungs Because baby, You are the breath in my lungs,  The air that I need  Filling me with warmth and life  With just enough to feed my desire for more  More life,…

Feb 17, 2022

Black History Month Around The World

Black History Month (BHM) is a month dedicated to educating and celebrating the African diaspora and their contributions to society. BHM originated in the United States but it is also observed in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The predecessor of BHM was Negro History Week. Created in 1926, the second week of February was…

Feb 3, 2022

The Conception of Nubian Message

There were several events that led up to the conception of Nubian Message.  Before we proceed, I want to pay homage to the Black publications that came before us: The first was the Minority Affairs Adhoc (MAA) Newsletter in 1980. MAA was designed to address the needs of the African-American community on campus. Next came…

Feb 3, 2022

Elikem’s Corner: Token

I am Black  365 days out of the year Sometimes even 366. 7 days a week,  24 hours a day. In the classroom, In the car, In the office,  In the gym, And In every single space in between.    My Blackness extends beyond your 28 days so forgive me for not wanting to be…

Feb 3, 2022

Numbers don’t lie. UNC System – What’s good?

What will it really take for the UNC School system to value students’ health over profit? With as much as we are paying in tuition, you would think we could at least be provided with a safe environment to learn in. Truthfully, the only acceptable amount of COVID-19 cases is none. While it may be…

Feb 3, 2022

I wish I never knew love

To know love is to know pain  To know a blade slicing through all the layers  The blood dripping from my hips  The late nights in my bathtub  Filled with tears and gallons of blood  Cold, wet, sticky hair  Wishing that someone would intervene and take on this burden  Knowing that nothing will be enough…