Nubian Message

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

Christopher Lynn | Staff Writer  MTV’s Hottest MCs List Stirs Controversy  Once again, MTV has dropped its yearly list of the 10 Hottest MCs in the game. Since 2007, MTV has put together a list of ten Hip-Hop and Rap considered to be the “hottest” of that year. Although MTV has emphasized that their list is [...]

Amanda McKnight | Staff Writer  Terrilynn Monette is a young, beautiful, 26-year-old, second grade teacher in New Orleans that has been missing since March 2. Many people may not be aware of her disappearance, because media attention for missing black women and other minorities is lacking, to say the least. Reports from the Huffington Post and [...]

Fans Speculate that Hornets Will Return to Queen City  Alfred Andersen | Staff Writer In April 2012, New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson purchased the New Orleans Hornets from the NBA for $338 million. Benson immediately shared his plans to change the team name to something that would be more suitable for the city of [...]

Vernon Holman | Staff Writer “Ratchet Humor” has become a recent phrase used by people who find things that can be seen in correlation to “ratchetness” as funny. Usually people come to the conclusion that they aren’t ratchet and don’t like “ratchetness” but find the products of “ratchetness” humorous. When I thought about this, I [...]

The Nubian Message is “The Sentinel of the African American Community at N.C. State.” Every week, published at the top of each issue of the Nubian Message, are these words which define the purpose of this newspaper. Of course, those who do not read the Nubian Message would not know this. Ironically, those who do [...]

Taurean Brown | Contributor Taurean Brown is a community activist and freelance writer based in Durham, N.C. Follow him on Twitter @TheBlackVoice or visit blacksankofa.wordpress for more of his writing.  Embracing Homosexuality in the Black Community  Black people for so long have been the victim of a vicious system that has done its best to destroy our beautiful [...]

Kelly Darden | Staff Writer Heathcliff Huxtable, Dwayne Wayne, and even Sheneneh ruled the airways during the 1990s, giving audiences something to look forward to every week. Many people can agree that this era was the peak of black television, which even spilled into the 2000s with familiar faces like Michael Kyle and Uncle Bernie. We [...]

Alfred Anderson | Staff Writer  Till Family Responds to Disgraceful Lyrics   A Lil Wayne lyric has reopened Emmett Till’s casket, argues Till’s family. Artist Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., who goes by the stage name of Lil Wayne, is arguably one of the most controversial figures in the Hip Hop industry. Throughout his career, Wayne has been [...]

To All My Nubian Brothers and Sisters, What’s Up? My junior year of college has been a year full of self-discovery and a deeper connection, love and sense of pride in the fact that I am black. Obviously, the fact that I am black is not something that’s new to me, however the appreciation I [...]

Christopher Lynn | Staff Writer The LAPD, known for their “shoot first” mentality, shot and wounded three innocent people in their quest for Chris Dorner. Instead of routine traffic stops, the LAPD opened fire at anybody driving a pickup truck resembling Dorner’s. While Dorner drove a blue Nissan Titan, someone driving a blue Toyota Tacoma [...]

Chelsea Gardner | Staff Writer I never imagined I would feel singled out in college, especially at one with approximately 34,000 students. However, I now realize this experience can and will occur no matter the size, diversity in students, or other various factors. On numerous occasions, I have been the only African American in my class. [...]