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Feb 5, 2024

NC State Struggles to Retain Black Faculty

On Jan. 12, the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Warwick Arden, announced the release of the “Black Faculty Retention and Success Task Force: Final Report, Spring 2023.” Vice Chancellor Arden’s email to students stated that the task force was created in Oct. 2022 to “make recommendations that support the retention, success and well-being of Black…

Feb 14, 2023

Here’s What You Missed

Representative Ilhan Omar’s Removal On Feb. 2, the United States’ Republican-led House of Representatives, in a 218 to 211 vote, passed a resolution to remove Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House Foreign Affairs Committee considers legislation that impacts the diplomatic community, which includes the United Nations and Peace Corps.…

Jan 12, 2023

Here’s What You Missed

SZA’s SOS History Making Album On Dec. 9, Grammy Award-winning artist SZA released SOS, her sophomore album. The New York Times describes this album as  “a roundelay of infidelities and reunions, betrayals and connections, self-doubt and self-affirmation.” SOS debuted at No.1 on the 200 Billboard albums chart earning 318,000 equivalent album units. This is the…

Nov 30, 2022

Here’s What You Missed

Shanquella Robison On Oct. 29, a 25-year-old hair braider and Winston Salem State University graduate, Shanquella Robinson, was found dead in her room while on vacation with her six friends in San Jose del Cabo. Initially, Robison’s friends told Robinson’s mother, Salamondra Robinson, that she had died from alcohol poisoning. Salamondra Robinson informed WJZY “They…

Oct 20, 2022

I can’t do it all but I am supposed to

School. Homework. Job. Sleep. This is the daily routine that most college students are stuck in. As a college student, I am expected to stay on top of my schoolwork, have a job, find an internship for the summer, go to all of my classes, take care of my mental health and find time for…

Sep 22, 2022

CHASS: Surviving NC State

When I walk on the Centennial campus, I see the wealth invested in the buildings. The same cannot be said for Main Campus. Main Campus is home to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) students. Centennial Campus is home to almost all of the engineering departments. The financial gap between the two sides…