Apr 18, 2018

Top Moments of the 2017-2018 Academic Year

2 0 1 7 April BIRT Established: April 2017 The Bias Incident Response Team of NC State started, serving as an entity to identify and handle reported incidents of bias on campus. August Solar Eclipse: August 21 Over 5,000 people gathered in the Brickyard to view the solar eclipse. NAACP Returns: August 2017 The National Association…

Nov 29, 2017

Questions You Can Stop Asking the Nubian Staff Now

Nubian Message Staff As the staff of an African-American newspaper, there are some questions we get asked pretty frequently. So, to put all those questions to rest, or at least have somewhere to point when we’re just too done to respond, we’ve compiled a list of answers in the hopes that it’ll be the last…

Mar 2, 2017

Staff Editorial: The Nubian Message endorses Gonzalez and Connell for SBP & SBVP

Nubian Staff The Nubian staff is proud to endorse Jackie Gonzalez and Mia Connell for Student Body President and Vice President. Both have a strong background within Student Government and are committed to making positive changes at NC State. Jackie Gonzalez is studying political science and serves as a College of Humanities and Social Science student…

Nov 16, 2016

Staff Editorial: Ignorance will not be rewarded

Nubian Message Staff The Nubian Message was created in 1992 to give a voice to the African American community on campus. Our first issue was published on North Carolina Central University’s campus due to initially receiving absolutely no university funding by NC State and being prohibited from using NC State’s media equipment. We have had to fight…

Oct 28, 2016

STAFF EDITORIAL: Your Vote is Your Voice

  Nubian Message Staff Why We Can’t Wait For many of us and our readers, this is the first time we will have a voice in how this country is run. According to the Pew Research Center, the 2008 General Election saw the highest voter turnouts for African-Americans at 65.2 percent, up from 60 percent…

Oct 5, 2016

Staff Editorial: We Deserve and Expect Better

Our Response to No Response The latest events at NC State have left us puzzled, disheartened and disappointed. We have been made to believe that NC State has held their students to a certain caliber. We believed coming in as freshmen that we were going to be attending a school that wanted only the best, that only…

Aug 27, 2014

STAFF EDITORIAL: MIKE BROWN

This unsigned editorial is the opinion of the Nubian Message’s editorial board, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.  Six. Six is the number of bullets an American police officer thought was appropriate to fire at an unarmed teen. Its been reported U.S. Navy SEALs used only three to kill wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden.…