CJ GUION | EDITOR IN CHIEF Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama made a...
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Ebony Harlem Awards Recap
KIERRA LEGGETT | EDITOR ELECT After a period of voting last week, the winners of the 2012 Annual Ebony Harlem Awards were revealed. The Awards ceremony which began in the Spring of 1993 honors outstanding male and female students in various categories ranging from excellence in service to excellence in sports. It began as a [...]
Think Like A Man Movie Review
CHELSEA GARDNER | STAFF WRITER This past weekend one of the most highly anticipated films of 2012 hit the theaters. It instantly became a trending topic on Twitter and so far, most people have had nothing but positive things to say. “Think Like a Man” is an adaptation of Steve Harvey’s bestseller, Act Like a [...]
Wolf TV: Looking into the Future
CJ GUION | EDITOR – IN – CHIEF Wolf TV was started in 1999 as a campus movie channel under Communications Technologies Student Services. In 2005, a decision was made to change the channel, which featured student-produced content. Two years later, a student Wolf TV organization was formed and discussions began with Student Media to [...]
Black on Black Violence: Jennifer Hudson Testifies
CORDERO SLASH | STAFF WRITER Jennifer Hudson has recently found herself back in the spotlight for a widely different reason than her music, award winning film performance, or those heartfelt Weight Watchers commercials many are used to seeing her appear in; this time she is standing trial against William Balfour the man, and her brother [...]
Life After Graduation
JASMINE HARRIS | MANAGING EDITOR In December, nearly 3,400 students graduated and received degrees from the university. In a couple of weeks, another 5,000 students will be awarded their degrees and sent out into the real world. Reality comes quite quickly, especially for undergraduate students who spend between four to six years at the university, [...]
President to Visit the Triangle Tomorrow
President Barack Obama will be making another trip to the Triangle tomorrow when he makes at stop at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he speak on student loans and the rising cost of higher education. This will be one of three stops he will be making throughout the country at College [...]
Suspects arrested in Bank Robbery
Raleigh police arrested two men earlier in connection to a robbery that occurred at the Bank of America in Cameron Village near the NC State campus on Thursday. William Clinard Shore, 29, of Clayton was charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Bobby Edward Shaw of Raleigh was charged with two counts of [...]
NCSU NAACP Holds Rally for Trayvon Martin
On Tuesday, the NC State NAACP held a march in honor of Trayvon Martin. Martin was gunned down on February 26th, in Sanford, Florida. The shooter George Zimmerman has not been arrested for the murder and is claiming self defense. In Florida, there is a “Stand Your Ground Law,” which which in a nutshell states [...]
Standing Up for Your Beliefs
CHELSEA GARDNER | STAFF WRITER About two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear some very inspiring words about leadership from an important leader in our state, Governor Jim Hunt. The most important take-away message gathered from his presentation was his compelling argument on the importance of getting involved in college. He that one [...]
The Demonization of Trayvon Martin
CORDERO SLASH | STAFF WRITER This week marked the one month anniversary of the the now famed Trayvon Martin shooting and nothing seems to be abating as far as the national coverage and continued outrage is concerned. There have been huge rallies all over the country including those in Raleigh, Miami, Atlanta, LA, and [...]
Dark Complexioned Male Description raises concerns
CJ GUION | EDITOR – IN – CHIEF On March 20th, Campus Police released a crime alert pertaining to a sexual assault that occurred on March 15th between 6am and 7 am near the intersection of Sullivan Dr. and Dan Allen. The suspect was described as a dark complexion male. Following this crime alert, [...]
Being Black in America: Punishable by Death
CORDERO SLASH | STAFF WRITER As many people all around the country have already heard, on February 26th, 2012 a 17 year old Black male named Trayvon Martin was horrifically gunned down by a neighborhood watch volunteer named George Zimmerman while walking home from a convenience store in a family member’s neighborhood. Since the shooting [...]
Seeing Ourselves Through Different Mirrors…
ALEXIS TEASDELL | STAFF WRITER If there is one thing about African Americans that is something to notice, it is that African Americans come in all different shapes and sizes. African Americans can be light, dark, short or tall, and with all of this physical diversity, there is also diversity within African Americans psychologically. Have [...]
Darius Little named “All-American” in NCAA Tournament
YOLANDA RAY | STAFF WRITER Darius Little (a senior in Science, Technology, and Society) finished his collegiate wrestling career this past Saturday as an All-American after advancing to the seventh place match in the wrestleback bracket. Little picked up four wins in the NCAA Tournament. He is a native of Thomasville, NC. Little opened the [...]
NC State Advances to Sweet 16
NC State defeated Georgetown 66-63 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
NC State Advances in NCAA Tournament
NC State (#11 Midwest Region) defeated San Diego State 79-65 to advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. They will play the winner of Georgetown and Belmont on Sunday. This is NC State’s first appearance in the NCAA tournament since 2006.
