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Jan 26, 2017

Campus MLK commemoration features TV anchor, Roland

Dion Figueroa | Correspondent As a part of NC State’s 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration NC State’s African-American Cultural Center invited television personality, author, and journalist Roland Martin to speak at Talley Student Union’s Stewart Theatre. Despite having originally been scheduled for the 9th of January and rescheduled due to the wintry weather around…

Jan 19, 2017

GUEST COLUMN: Creating community for GLBT students of color through QPOC discussion group

Preston Keith | Guest Columnist Institutions of higher education often cite diversity and inclusion as a central component of their mission. Students are asked to bring their whole selves in the hopes of building community, furthering dialogue, and celebrating the diverse identities present. Oftentimes, diversity is only seen from a singular perspective and focuses on…

Jan 19, 2017

Kenton’s Corner: Black women and mental health

Kenton Gibbs | Staff Writer Simply put, the greatest privilege of all nonblack women is the fact that they are not constantly typecasts and forced to be monolithic. Black women have to fit into certain boxes and cannot step outside of those boxes without instantly being bashed for what society feels like they should be.…

Jan 19, 2017

Goodbye Obama, the end of an era

Stephanie Tate | Editor-in-Chief   On January 20, 2009, a chilly Tuesday in Washington D.C. and a snow day in High Point, NC, I sat cross-legged on my living room floor in awe. The inauguration of President Barack Obama was a required viewing in my household. All other electronics had been turned off in order…

Jan 19, 2017

The Whipping Man: A story of race and religion

Penny Lawrence | Correspondent The audience walks into a burnt house and is instantly transported to Richmond, Virginia in 1865. Right at the end of the war, when slaves have been freed. The lights flicker and a storm brews outside, setting the stage for an intense and intimate experience. The audience was in the scene,…

Jan 19, 2017

Association for black grads re-emerges

Anahzsa Jones | Managing Editor On Tuesday, Jan 17, NC State’s Student Involvement approved the re-emergence of the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA). The BGSA is an organization that offers both structured and informal opportunities for supportive mentorship, peer support, service learning, social capital and professional growth for African American graduate students. Whitney McCoy, a…

Jan 19, 2017

MLK film describes his final days

Dion Figueroa | Correspondent On Thursday January 12th, NCSU Libraries, along with the Black Jedi Zulu Durham Chapter, hosted a film viewing and Q&A session at State’s D.H. Hill library. The event was held in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. A modest crowd filled the auditorium in the Library’s West Wing to…

Jan 19, 2017

Reclaim MLK march demands action

Crowd members circle in front of the North Carolina State Capitol building to listen to speakers during the ReclaimMLK March at Raleigh on Jan. 16, 2017.  Many individuals who spoke were students from UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University, highlighting issues that included the privatization of higher education, police brutality, and North Carolina House…

Jan 19, 2017

Letter from the Editor

Hey family, Happy 2017! I hope that your return to campus and the new year has you feeling as rejuvenated as the Nubian staff is. Recently our President-elect has made it a point to attack credible news organizations and deem them “fake news.” In a time where fake news is a hot topic, I can…

Nov 30, 2016

Penny’s guide to being a good white friend

Penny Lawrence | Correspondent Navigating the fine line between supportive and overbearing can be tricky, but if you mean the things you say and understand that while you may support another culture it is not your culture, you’ll be fine. To clarify, just because you love and respect black culture, that sure as hell doesn’t…

Nov 30, 2016

Kenton’s Corner: Black men and mental health

Kenton Gibbs| Staff Writer The hospitalizations of Kanye West and Kid Cudi have made me step back and closely examine how mental health is treated in the black community as well as in my own family. Although these men have immense amounts of wealth and fame, their stories and the reactions to them are very…

Nov 30, 2016

Your Voice: What Mama Thorpe means to you

“Her hugs are incomparable. Her wisdom is heaven sent. Her smile is contagious, and her love is unconditional! Mama, thank you for it all! I love and will definitely miss you” -Tyra Barnes, senior, arts studies “Mama Thorpe is a ray of sunshine in every aspect of her being. From the time she met me…