Month: April 2009

Black Finesse Modeling Troupe Hosts Modeling Competition

The Black Finesse Modeling Troupe hosted the “Your Style, Your Swag” modeling competition at Stewart Theater, Talley Student Center on Mar. 30. Kornelius Bascombe, junior in criminology/political Science and Candace Lee senior in agri-business. The audience experienced a real treat from competitors of the modeling troupes from East Carolina University, Shaw University, Winston Salem State University, St. Augustine’s College and North Carolina Central University.

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African Night kicks off Pan-Afrikan Festival

“This is the perfect way to kick off the Pan-Afrikan festival,” said Toni Thorpe, the Program Coordinator for the African American Cultural Center. This sentiment was echoed throughout the ballroom in Talley Student Center on Mar. 28 when the African Student Union hosted ASU: Slap Black to Africa. African Night is an event hosted by the African Student Union every year at the beginning of Pan-Afrikan to entertain and inform the public about the different aspects of African culture and the issues that affect Africa in today’s world.

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Service Raleigh, I Hardly Knew Ye

I think I’ve lived in Raleigh long enough to be considered a “Raleighite,” having subjected the city to pet names like “Raleighwood” and “RaRa.” I can’t think of anywhere else to go other than the state’s capital. Raleigh is my home now.

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