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Mar 26, 2024

All We Know About the Poe Hall Closure

Photo by Jeremy Byrne | Staff Photographer A sign on the doors marks the continued closure of Poe Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Poe Hall was closed in November 2023 due to the presence of environmental contaminants (PCBs). NC State University initiated the closure of Poe Hall, home to the College of Education and the…

Nov 2, 2023

NC State’s New Budget

Image From Creative Commons  At the beginning of October, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a new $30 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Governor Roy Cooper announced that it would come into law without his signature. The budget wasn’t passed until three months after the 2022-23 fiscal year came to an end due…

Jul 23, 2020

Petition Updates

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Jul 6, 2020

GUEST COLUMN: NCSU Still Singing Dixie

Dr. Fred Cubbage | Guest Columnist The right on Black Lives Matter movement and protests have begun to provoke deserved and overdue changes throughout the U.S. and the South.  Inappropriate statues are falling; racial discrimination and social justice have become recognized more and cities and universities are removing tainted racist and Confederate statues and names…

Jun 29, 2020

A Call For Protection: A Letter From Student Senate President And Graduate Student Association

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Jun 26, 2020

Q&A with Chancellor Randy Woodson

On Friday, Jun. 11, we were able to sit down with Chancellor Randy Woodson to discuss recent events such as the petitions, students making racial comments, the Free Expression Tunnel, COVID-19 plans, and much more. Nubian Message: Have you seen the recent petitions? How do you and your administration plan on addressing and prioritizing their…

Jan 17, 2019

OP-ED: Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is: Get Involved With the Student Fee Process

Student Government is hosting a Student Fees Town Hall in the Currituck-Hatteras Ballroom on Tuesday, January 22 from 6:00 to 7:45 PM. The event will feature representatives from the campus entities to whom we as students pay the largest fees: Transportation, Wellness and Recreation, Student Centers Operations, Student Health, and the Education and Technology Fee.

Sep 6, 2017

Chancellor Releases DACA Statement

Staff Report On Tuesday, September 5, Chancellor Woodson released an official statement in response to the announcement by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Trump administration will begin a “wind-down” of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Also known as DACA, the signature Obama-era policy allows undocumented immigrants who emigrated to the US as children…