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Mar 9, 2023

The Tennis Racket

Professionalism. It’s something that athletes are universally expected to have, no matter what their mood is and no matter how their opponent plays. That’s why when a player falters and has an outburst, they are scrutinized. However, it seems that that scrutiny is pointed at some more than others. Take Alexander Bublik for instance. In…

Jan 12, 2023

Verdict Out: Tory Lanez Found Guilty

On Dec. 23, musician Daystar Peterson, better known as Tory Lanez, was found guilty the charges relating to the 2020 shooting that involved rapper Megan Thee Stallion, aka Megan Pete. Pete testified that Lanez shot her in the foot following an argument between the two.  Lanez pled not guilty to the three felony counts he…

Feb 3, 2022

COVID-19 Campus Update

For the spring semester, NC State has decided to return to full in-person classes, whereas some schools in North Carolina have decided to push back the spring start date, or return to online classes for the first few weeks. Schools like Methodist University are taking a different approach and requiring that all of their students…

Sep 20, 2021

Mother Nature and the EPA send urgent warnings to the Black community

Black Americans are going to face the worst impacts of climate change according to a new prediction by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The Report titled Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impact Sectors predicts that Black people in the US are more likely than other…

Sep 2, 2021

Students on Federal Vaccine Approval

On Aug. 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, the first vaccine available to the general public. The FDA’s approval includes a name change to Comirnaty (what official people call the Pfizer vaccine) and an age restriction to allow vaccination in individuals over the age of sixteen. Emergency approval is…

Feb 13, 2021

Wassapened This Week: Feb 7th- 12th

AUTHORS NOTE: These are events that happened this week that I chose to highlight. These are in no way everything everyone needs to know. I highly encourage everyone to read the news themselves, from reliable sources, to develop their opinions. My opinions have been italicized. With that being said all opinions stated in this article are…

Sep 6, 2017

Women’s Center Hosts 4:44 Listening Party

Yesenia Jones | Correspondent            Shawn Fredericks | Correspondent On August 29, the Women’s Center, in collaboration with the Black Male Initiative and the African American Cultural Center, held a listening session and discussion about Jay-Z’s newest album, “4:44.” The album featured Jay-Z’s opinions on black identity, wealth, and black love.   In addition to listening…

Apr 9, 2014

Students Rally at Talley Over Concert Cancellation

  Aaron Jones | Staff Writer The Talley Ballroom made to accommodate 1200 guests looked spacious in comparison to the small crowd of some 50 students and faculty members who attended the Rally for Talley, Friday. The rally, organized in response to the sudden cancellation of the Pan Afrikan concert featuring Migos and Pusha T, featured…

Feb 26, 2014

Accepting New Members? KKK Application Found on Campus

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief  A 19-year-old Black male does not fit the bill of a stereotypical Klansmen. This however did not stop someone from sliding an application for the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan underneath the dorm room door of a Black N.C. State Student, who lives in Tucker Residence Hall. According to Phillip Hathaway*,…

Feb 26, 2014

On The Come Up, African-American Undergraduate Graduation Rates Rise

Chris Hart-Williams | Staff Writer The graduation rate for undergraduate African-American students reached 65 percent, the highest its been in a decade, according to the N.C. State Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity’s (OIED) most recent, 2012 report.  The last time African-American students had graduation rates this high was in 2006, when the graduation rate…

Feb 19, 2014

Medical Apartheid

  Author Discusses History of Medical Experimentation on African-Americans  Nia Doaks | Staff Writer Two centuries ago, during enslavement, Black people were thought of as an entirely different species with unique medical profiles. Unlike white people, Black people were not expected to feel pain. They were seen as less intelligent and often used for painful medical experiments,…

Oct 30, 2013

C.T. Vivian Returns to NCSU For Living Legends

DeErricka Green | Managing Editor  Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian spoke to N.C. State faculty and students Monday evening, on his experience with activism, the Civil Rights Movement and the direction he sees social justice taking now. “Social Justice: the Movement Then and Now” celebrated the third year of the Living Legends series hosted by the…