Category: Features
Q&A with Channel Blond’s Founder
Yesenia Jones | Editor-in-Chief A new student group has arrived on campus. Channel Blond is the...
F1RST at NC State Seeks to Make a Space for First-Gen Students
College can present challenges for many students. Not knowing where to find important resources, feeling homesick, and questioning whether you belong are common feelings among students. For first-generation students, whose parents did not receive a four-year degree, these worries can be magnified, but F1RST at NC State is working to change that.
Alexis Roach and Francess Blake Have a Friendship That Has Lasted for Over 20 Years
Alexis Roach, a professional year 1 studying veterinary medicine with an interest in laboratory animal science, and Francess Blake, a professional year 1 studying veterinary medicine with an undecided interest, met at Delaware State University’s Early Childhood Laboratory School at the ages of two and three years old.
NC State Baseball’s Devonte Brown
Brown was introduced to the game by his father who played football and baseball in high school, and who later enlisted in the army at a young age.
For The Culture: A Guide to Some of the Multicultural Organizations on Campus
The Greeks – Greek Life is important to Black and Multicultural communities. Here you will...
Q&A with Designers of Color: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at 2019 AATS Fashion Exposé
The 22nd Annual Fashion Exposé was presented by the African-American Textile Society (AATS) on Thursday, Apr. 11 in Talley Student Union. Designers were curated from all over campus to showcase their original fashion lines. The Nubian Message sat down with three designers of color to discuss their experiences with fashion.
APIDA Voices: An Exploration of the Intersectionality of Mental Health
“Exploring Mental Health in the APIDA Experience” was a panel and small group discussion in which members of NC State’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community shared their perspectives on the intersections between their identities and mental health, and unpacked the ideas surrounding mental illnesses in their community.The discussion was a part of APIDA Heritage Month and hosted by the Counseling Center and Mental Health Ambassadors on April 1 in Witherspoon Student Center.
Black Immigrants: The Forgotten Immigrant Narrative
Immigration has become a hot topic under the current presidential administration of the United States. Swift changes in our nation’s immigration policies have resulted in high amounts of media attention regarding immigration and the immigrant experience. However, the immigrant narrative displayed by major media publications seems to be dominated by the stories of brown Latinx immigrants from Central and Latin America. While this narrative serves as representation for the majority of the United States’ Latinx immigrant population, it severely neglects and underrepresents the experiences of black immigrants. According to the Pew Research Center, there are approximately 4.2 million black-identifying immigrants in the United States, and this population is steadily increasing. These immigrants often migrate from the Caribbean and Africa.Despite the growing presence of black immigrants in the United States, their underrepresentation in the media has remained the same and the lack of media representation for these immigrant groups has had lasting effects on black immigrant youth.
Michelle Eley Pushes Boundaries in Black German Studies
“I teach German.” That’s how assistant professor Michelle Eley responds when strangers ask, “What do you do?” But those three words are a vast oversimplification of the complexity Eley’s work brings to German studies. Eley is an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures who teaches courses in German and film studies. She studies how the linguistics of films reveal cultural understandings of national identity, race, ethnicity and gender.
AfroFunk Showcases Black Artists
On Wednesday, Feb.13, students gathered on the third floor of Talley Student Union to partake in a pop-up museum entitled AfroFunk: Culture in Motion. The event, organized by the Multicultural Student Affairs, featured art, music and food.
