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Oct 17, 2014

Kornelius Bascombe’s Journey to VH1

Kornelius Bascombe, T.V. personality and 2012 graduate of N.C. State, is continuing to make progressive strides after graduation. In 2010, Bascombe got 4th place in Oprah’s “Your OWN Show” competition and was able to host a show as a result of Time Warner Cable’s “Born to Shine” competition. Kornelius is currently auditioning to be a…

Oct 15, 2014

Tenise Taylor: Raleighwood to Hollywood

NIA DOAKS | Managing Editor Tensie Taylor, a 2009 graduate of N.C. State, has been steadily achieving success and making strides since her time at the undergraduate level. Along with earning her master’s of education and moving to California, Taylor has had the opportunity to network with many A-list celebrities, be on the Wheel of…

Oct 15, 2014

One-on-one with Historian Dr. Kelley

Professor & New Assistant Dean in CHASS QUIANNE’ HOLMES | Correspondent  Dr. Blair Kelley is a woman of many endeavors. Recently named Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs for NC State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Kelley has been at NC State since 2002. She is also an associate professor…

Oct 15, 2014

This day in history…The Black Panther Party was founded by college students

  On this day, October 15, in the year 1966 two college students, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seales echoing the words of rapper Rakim, “thinking of a master plan” formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.What later became known simply as the “Black Panther Party.” From 1966 to 1982 the paramilitary-style political organization’s main…

Oct 15, 2014

Emerging Artist, Alum shares latest collection

    J. Stacy Utley highlights an economic and political issue currently facing cities throughout the country. Utley’s latest collection is inspired by Gentrification and currently on display in the African American Cultural Center Gallery in the Witherspoon Student Center. His collection is entitled “Any City, AMERICA,” it opened on Monday, Oct. 6. Gentrification is…

Oct 13, 2014

Photo Spotlight: Wake youth March in protest of ‘School-to-prison pipeline’

Student demonstrators marched from Raleigh’s Washington Elementary School to Central Prison on Friday to illustrate what organizers call the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Students of color in area schools are suspended at higher rates than other students, according to the organizers of the march NC HEAT, Youth Organizing Institute and the Education Justice Alliance. Friday was the…

Sep 30, 2014

Fall 2014 Publication Schedule

Sep 24, 2014

“Dear White People”: Nationally Anticipated Movie examines racism from the setting of an American PWI

JESSICA STUBBS | Correspondent “Dear white people, please stop touching my hair. Does this look like a petting zoo to you?” Is one of the many hilariously biting lines from this fall’s newest releases, “Dear White People.” A Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is…

Sep 24, 2014

‘B’ Student: Rutger’s Ph.D. candidate teaches “Beyoncé” course

TAARI COLMAN | Staff Writter A new course was added to the Department of Women’s and Genders Studies at Rutgers University in January of 2012. Instructed by Kevin Allred, a doctoral student at Rutgers, “Politicizing Beyoncé” is a class dedicated to more than just the vocalists’ very successful musical career. In an interview with Rutger’s,…

Sep 24, 2014

Daddy Debate: Terry Crews

VERNON HOLMAN | Staff Writer Those interested in gender role differences and the ‘nuclear family’ may have noticed some of the controversial philosophical and sociological arguments about the significance of a father figure in American society. Actor Terry Crews recently suffered a mix of criticism and adulation over his comments and opinions on the role…

Sep 24, 2014

The Disappearance of the Black Coach

CASLEE SIMS | Staff Writer Only 8.7 percent of all Division-I college basketball head coaches are African-American, according to the 2013 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport. In 1966, John McLendon became the first African-American to coach at a Predominantly White Institution, PWI. In 1970, North Carolina native Will Robinson became the first African-American…

Sep 24, 2014

NFL Horror Story

AALIYAH SINGLETON | Staff Writer The NFL has a problem, for the entire month of September their issue with domestic violence has been on public display. Earlier this month the disturbing elevator footage of former Baltimore Ravens running-back Ray Rice decking his now wife Janay Rice sent shockwaves through the nation, especially when coupled with…