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Sep 3, 2014

New student committee to help plan Hillsborough Street’s future

Nia Doaks | Managing Editor Student leaders and Hillsborough street developers are merging with one another to create a committee of students who will help plan the historic street’s future this year and beyond. “The goal of forming this committee is to give students a chance to give their input on [decisions] involving the street,”…

Aug 27, 2014

A Jam PACKed Festival

Caslee Sims | Correspondent Despite clouds and even sporadic rain more than 50,000 people gathered on Hillsborough Street for N.C. State’s Packapalooza festival, Saturday. “The students and alumni know this event better than anyone else; it’s part of being affiliated with N.C. State – it comes with being a part of the Pack, said Maurita Harris,…

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.…

Aug 13, 2014

A Word From the Head of the Pack

Chancellor Woodson talks diversity & more Chris Hart-Williams | Editor-in-Chief @CHartWilliams NUBIAN MESSAGE: What advice would you give an incoming N.C. State student? CHANCELLOR WOODSON: I think that the most critical advice is that this is a big place. I think the most critical thing for freshman is to try to find sort of their niche.…

Jun 19, 2014

Remembering Maya Angelou: Thoughts from her former friend & colleague

Dr. Debra S. Boyd while abroad in Pakistan shares her memories of Dr. Maya Angelou. Chris Hart-Williams | Editor-in-Chief  Since Dr. Maya Angelou’s death her family, friends, colleagues, mentees and admirers alike, have shared their personal memories of the renowned poet. Author and professor, Dr. Debra S. Boyd met Dr. Angelou in 1989 when she taught…

May 21, 2014

N.C. NAACP led Moral Monday resumes in Raleigh

Chris Hart-Williams | Editor-in-Chief  @CHartWilliams Once again N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber led several social justice groups and hundreds of participants in what has been dubbed Moral Monday.Since the 2013 N.C. legislative sessions demonstrators have organized for the grassroots movement .The series of protests last year drew media attention statewide and nationally.On Monday, in…

May 7, 2014

A Message from the Editor: N.C. State Embraces Diversity?

University Dining’s Cinco de Mayo Event Strays From N.C. State’s Diversity Promise  Chris Hart-Williams | Editor-in-Chief  University Dining’s distasteful Cinco de Mayo event on Monday proved that N.C. State at times, fails to fulfill its promise to embrace diversity. Just as the rest of the student body, on Monday I received an email from University…

Apr 9, 2014

Tolu Takes The Torch

Aaliyah Singleton | Staff Writer    Next year, Toluwalope Oyelowo, a sophomore in biomedical engineering will take over the position of AASAC Chairperson. Affectionately known at Tolu to friends, Oyelowo currently serves as AASAC Secretary, and an Engineering Ambassador with N.C. State’s National Society of Black Engineers chapter. When she came to N.C. State, Oyelowo…

Apr 9, 2014

Seniors Prepare to Face the Job Market

Aaron Thomas | Staff Writer There are two weeks left until the end of the spring semester at N.C. State and students are on edge. While some are struggling to beat deadlines for final projects and papers, graduating seniors are faced with more pressure as they prepare for graduation and putting their degrees to use.…

Apr 9, 2014

Sign Off From the Editor

  To All My Nubian Brothers and Sisters, It is nearly impossible to have ties to the Afrikan American Cultural Center at N.C.State and not have memorized the African proverb, “Until the Lion has his own historian, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” For the past 21 years, the Nubian Message has…

Apr 9, 2014

We Don’t Mean Any Disrespect, But…

  This unsigned editorial is the opinion of the Nubian Message’s editorial board, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.   The acceptance rate for African American students at N.C. State remains at an all time low. Black students have felt racially profiled by campus police while eating lunch in the Atrium. Students have received hate…

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…