Month: November 2008

Welcome to “Classyville”: Black Finesse models showcase their talent at annual Fall show

Posted by | Nov 5, 2008 | |

The night was full of elegance, style and of course, class as Black Finesse Modeling Troupe hosted their Fall show appropriately titled “Classyville” in Stewart Theatre Monday. The show was organized into five scenes depicting the story of a couple’s journey to the wedding aisle. The couple, portrayed by junior, Paul-Semaj Abrahams and Paris Crenshaw a sophomore in biological sciences, enter “Classyville,” meet its people, get engaged, Paul goes to his bachelor party and last but not least, they reach their wedding day.

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The Second Annual Kids Carnival: Fun For Everyone

Posted by | Nov 5, 2008 | |

On a Saturday afternoon, some would expect the average college student to either sleep in until much later in the day, study, or spend their free time away from the campus. This wasn’t the case for several students, who spent their time volunteering in the 2nd Annual Kids Carnival at E.S. King Village Apartments.

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The Controversial ‘N’ Word: Why Does It Still Exist After So Many Years?

Posted by | Nov 5, 2008 | |

The Student Senate Chambers in the Witherspoon building was the hosting place for a controversial discussion on last Thursday. The topic was the ‘N’ word. Kornelius Bascombe, sophomore in criminology and BSB chair, opened the discussion with video clips from YouTube.com showing how controversial the ‘N’ word is. Prior to playing the first clips Bascombe took a vote by show of hands to see how many students, mostly African-American, used the ‘N’ word. The vast majority of those in attendance had their hands raised.

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Organization helps expose minorities to the Pre-Medical field

Posted by | Nov 5, 2008 | |

North Carolina State University is expanding not only in size but also in the number of student organizations. Recently, Maritza Adonis, a junior in political science decided to expand the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) to our campus where she is the founding president. Along with this group there are several other medical related organizations such as the Pre-Health Club.

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