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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 [...]
Ratchet Humor & Double Standards
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 [...]
A Black Woman’s Beauty
Christopher Lynn | Staff Writer From the Perspective of a Black Man The simplest way to describe a beautiful, black woman is that she is a complex and intricate being. As a black man, I find an array of black women beautiful. She could be lightskinned, darkskinned, slim, curvy, tall, short, have straight or curly hair, [...]
Black Hair is Beautiful
Modern Day Madame C.J. While many young black women have recently made the decision to transition their hair back to its natural state, Victoria Adesanmi, a junior studying Industrial Design has taken it a step further, by making her own natural hair care products. Adesanmi has not always had natural hair. In fact, she did [...]
Letter From the Editor: Even on Life Support, My Nubian Message is Beautiful
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 [...]
All Love is Beautiful
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 [...]
No Realism in Reality T.V.
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 [...]
Lil Wayne Gets Versed in Black History
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 [...]
Letter From The Editor: The Power of Your Black Hand
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 [...]
I Am Not Chris Dorner, Please Don’t Shoot
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 [...]
From Black Panther, to Howling Wolf
NCSU Professor tells of his Radical Past Amanda McKnight | Staff Writer Dr. Rupert Nacoste is a former member of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP). A tenured professor who has been at N.C. State for more than 25 years, Nacoste joined the BPP, which was co-founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale [...]
The Power of the Patriarch
Not Just Planting Seeds, But Watching Them Grow Devonte Keith| Staff Writer One of the prominent themes in black families is the absence of the father. We hear in the media as well as in music how black children have to grow up without fathers and the struggles black mothers encounter raising their children alone. [...]
Power in Numbers
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. [...]
The Miseducation of the Caucasian
Not all “Caucasians” are Caucasian DeErricka Green | Managing Editor The common idea that “Caucasian” functions as a true synonym for “white” is false. Sorry to burst your bubble, America. A mathematical principle goes that squares are always rectangles, yet rectangles are not necessarily squares. The same principle can be applied to white Americans: Caucasians can [...]
Profiled? Student’s Shoes Laced With Controversy
*Editor’s Note: This article has been modified from its original version. Morrison spoke with David Rainer, the Associate Chancellor of Environmental Health and Public Safety, not Chancellor Randy Woodson. We will run a correction in the 2/27/13 issue of the Nubian Message. Freshman accuses Campus Police of Racial Profiling Kierra Leggett| Editor-in-Chief Justin Morrison, a freshman majoring in [...]
African Attire, the New Business Professional
Story & Photos By: Kelly Darden Staff Writer Typical professors and members of academia come to campus dressed in collared shirts and ties or skirts and blouses. Dr. Smith-McKoy, Dr. Brookins, and Toni Thorpe, who are all members of NCSU faculty, do not confrom to the standard Western dress codes. They often come to [...]
