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What’s That Drank in Everyone’s Cup

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:32:40 +0000

Alfred Anderson | Staff Writer A Closer Look at the Rap Industry’s Obsession with Lean Rumors swirled the Internet a few weeks ago that New Orleans rapper, Lil Wayne had died as a result of seizures induced by his frequent use of Purple Drank. While these rumors were false, his hospitalization has brought new attention to [...]

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The Haute Seat: Pan Afrikan Edition

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:24:39 +0000

Christopher Lynn | Staff Writer It’s the Beard Gawd, aka Deion Slanders bringing you the Haute Seat once again. Coming back from a semester hiatus in full form, I bring you my review of the Pan Afrikan week as it pertains to fashion. Pan Afrikan week, from the Kick-Off to the probates, was nothing short of [...]

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Face Off: Greeks Dominate the Weekend

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:19:19 +0000

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief Worn as a symbol of the pain African Americans have endured as a people, Greek members put on their best Grit Faces for Pan Afrikan 2013 Grit faces galore were displayed this past weekend as the 2013 Pan Afrikan Festival came to an end. The greatest abundance of the faces were [...]

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Bald is Beautiful

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:08:04 +0000

DeErricka Green | Managing Editor Junior Aleiah Miller wanted to participate in the annual St. Baldricks event last year, but she “chickened out.” April 8 of this year however, thanks to the encouragement of friends and family, Miller shaved her shoulder-length hair in order to support the Foundation’s childhood cancer research, raising more than $300 in [...]

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Learning From Nixon

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:04:40 +0000

Chelsea Gardner | Staff Writer How Past Racial Tensions Will Shape Williams’ Presidency Brian Nixon, N.C. State’s second African American Student Body President resigned from office in 1990, just one month before his presidency ended, after he was attacked outside of North Hall. Despite the short amount of time left in his candidacy, the racial [...]

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Sign Off From The Editor

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:01:28 +0000

Greetings my Nubian Brothers and Sisters, What’s Up? The Nubian Message and I have survived age 20. Though it was not at all an easy task I made it happen, often by any means necessary. In other words, sleepless nights, countless cups of coffee and more than the allotted number of tardies to my 8 [...]

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Task Force on Academic Programs Proposes AFS & WGS Merger

Kslegget — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:55:29 +0000

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief Beginning next fall Africana Studies (AFS) and Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) could merge to form a single Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) major. The formation of this merger would lessen AFS and WGS to concentrations. Proposed by the Task Force on Review of Academic Programs, the intent of the merger would be to [...]

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Steppin Out’

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:44:46 +0000

Vital Information for the NPHC Pan Afrikan Step Show Richard Keith | Staff Writer The past two years at the N.C. State National Pan-Hellenic Step Show, have been years of Alpha reign with the Theta Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. winning first place at the 2011 show, and the Eta Omicron Chapter of [...]

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Foster Fashion, Experience Design…

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:41:12 +0000

A Recap of the 16th annual AATS Fashion Expose Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief The African American Textile Society (AATS) hosted its 16th annual Fashion Expose, Monday, as a part of the 2013 Pan Afrikan Festival. The theme of this year’s expose was “Foster Fashion, Experience Design…” and sponsors included Belk, Maurice’s, UAB and the Raleigh Paul [...]

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A Campus Divided

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:32:20 +0000

Are black athletes systematically separated from the general black student population? Alfred Anderson | Staff Writer At North Carolina State University, the black community is relatively small. Many people argue that as black students, we should all aim to help support and encourage one other. However, many students feel as though we fall short in doing [...]

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I’ll Show Some Pride, Keep Your Fried

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:29:06 +0000

What’s wrong with giving away fried foods? Aaron Thomas | Staff Writer I hope you weren’t expecting me to be in the Brickyard for Pan-Afrikan Pride Day. Black Students Board (BSB) gave away free fried wings to those either wearing Pan-Afrikan Pride t-shirts, or able to answer a Pan-Afrikan trivia question, on Monday. I’m all for showing [...]

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What is Pan Afrikan?

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:22:15 +0000

DeErricka Green | Staff Writer 1970 was a year of firsts for African Americans at N.C. State: Willie Burden and Charley Young became the first African Americans to receive football scholarships from the University; the first African American Cultural Center, located in the old YMCA building, was formed; and, most appropriate, the first Pan-Afrikan Festival [...]

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The Nubian King and Queen on the Block

Kslegget — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:21:48 +0000

An Interview with Mr. & Ms. Pan Afrikan 2013 DeErricka Green | Managing Editor The Pan-Afrikan Scholarship Pageant is an event that UAB President Lauryn Collier brought back to the Festival last year. The Scholarship Pageant embodies the founder of Pan-Afrikan Week, Kwame Nkrumah’s original intent to educate and celebrate black culture, by giving students [...]

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Pan Afrikan Festival 2013 Kick Started With AATS Fashion Expose

Kslegget — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:09:36 +0000

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief The African American Textile Society (AATS) is advising everyone to “Stay Fresh” today by purchasing frozen yogurt from Fresh Berry on Hillsborough St. Individuals who display the AATS and Fresh Berry flyer at the time of checkout will have 15 percent of their total purchase donated to the AATS. While the members [...]

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SLAM the Vote!

Kslegget — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:02:42 +0000

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief First impressions are everything and from the moment she set foot into the Nubian Message office for a one on one interview, I knew that I would be SLAMing my vote for Lauryn Collier. In fact, as soon as our interview came to an end, I tweeted from my [...]

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Could Greek-Letter Organizations ‘Kill Themselves’ ?

Kslegget — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:58:26 +0000

Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ricky Jones addresses hazing in the 21st Century, at annual Dr. Lawrence M. Clark Lecture Dr. Ricky Jones delivered this year’s annual Dr. Lawrence M. Clark Lecture yesterday evening, on the subject of hazing within Greek-Letter organizations. A member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the author of Black Haze: [...]

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