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May 24, 2024

Why Not Us? For Palestine

How NC State's Student Government participated in bureaucratic obstructionism and fearmongering to prevent a ceasefire resolution

Apr 1, 2024

Creative Genius: An Arial View

Image Contributed by Shabazz-Norris The Soular Lab is the online inventory of Arial Robinson, with a heavy emphasis on “soul” because, for Robinson, to be Black is to be soulful, soul-filled and soular. Amidst a modern-day Black Renaissance, N.C. A&T alumna and multidisciplinary artist, Arial Robinson stands as a world-changing, convention-bending force. In 2020, she…

Mar 26, 2024

New Year, New Election

Image from Creative Commons A photo of the White House In 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated incumbent President Donald J. Trump in one of the most historic presidential elections in U.S. history. The election is marked as the highest voter turnout in more than a century, with a remarkable 50% of young people, ages…

Mar 26, 2024

Interview with ASO President

Captured amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestinian territories are haunting images of parents carrying their children’s bodies in bags. In addition to this, some parents end up having to name their bodies for identification. While many students view these tragedies through a six-inch screen, the Arab Student Organization (ASO) at NC State is fighting for…

Mar 26, 2024

Charlotte’s Lost Slave History

Image by Alexia Alexander In the heart of historic Charlotte, an enslaved man named Bonaparte operated a barber shop at the Charlotte Hotel. Hired by his owner in the mid-1800s, Bonaparte worked as a barber and even had an advertisement in the newspaper to coincide with it. “With Scissors sharp and Razor keen, I’ll dress…

Feb 8, 2024

Black Reparations

On Jan. 31 California’s Legislative Black Caucus introduced a slate of reparations bills for Black Californians. This first-in-the-nation reparations package brings California one step closer to fulfilling the long-awaited promise of restitution for Black Americans affected by slavery and centuries of racism. In recent years, California has championed the effort to turn reparations into law.…

Nov 16, 2023

ASU’s First Met Gala

Step into a world where Afro beats set the rhythm, dance moves paint the night and fashion takes center stage. The first Met Gala hosted by NC State’s African Student Union (ASU) on Nov. 9 was a night of cultural extravagance. Hence the theme ‘Young, Rich, and African.’ From star-studded gowns to sleek suits and traditional…

Nov 2, 2023

Protests from Raleigh to Palestine

“From Raleigh to Palestine!” “Intifada, Intifada!” shouted protestors as they called for an end to the bombing of Gaza by Israel.  On Sunday, Oct. 23, a peaceful protest in support of Palestine occurred at Moore Square in downtown Raleigh, just blocks away from where an Israeli protest calling for the release of hostages by Hamas…

Oct 20, 2023

We Are Not Your “Type”

What’s your type? Don’t be shy because when it comes to dating in college, everyone is in everyone else’s business. As college students, we’re expected to explore our sexuality, date around and possibly find the one. Sounds easy, but as we all know dating is difficult, especially for people of color attending a predominantly white…

Sep 28, 2023

Women in STEM & the UN

Perhaps you’ve crossed paths with her while walking along Hillsborough Street, sat beside her on the bus or quickly slid past her desk in class. Meet Sanskriti Deva, the youngest council member of the United Nations National Council, who, just like you and me, is a student at NC State. Deva, a fourth-year computer engineering student,…

Sep 18, 2023

UNC Chapel Hill Shooting

“ARE YOU SAFE? WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU ALONE? GUYS IM SO F—— SCARED.” These were the messages received by terror-stricken students at UNC-Chapel Hill as they fled indoors, escaped through windows and barricaded themselves in dark classrooms.  On Monday, Aug. 28, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)…

Mar 23, 2023

Jane Crow: The Story of Pauli Murray

She wore many faces — an unabashed feminist, legal scholar, civil rights activist, prolific writer, Episcopal priest and more. Pauli Murray was a multifaceted, multihyphenate revolutionary in American history, and yet, few say nor remember her name — let’s change that. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray was born Nov. 20, 1910, in Baltimore but was raised…