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The New Black Plague

By Kevin A. Blue

There is a new epidemic sweeping through the middle-class Afrikan American community. This new dilemma takes root in the mind and spreads rapidly to the heart and soul of its victims. The effects vary from…

Destroying the paper won’t destroy the truth. After the wonderful demonstration we had in which students burned copies of Technician because of an article they did not like, I think we can now place the BAC in the same category with other…

What a bunch of terrorists the Black Awareness Council at Carolina are. They demand a “Free-standing African-American Cultural Center.” They charged into the Chancellor’s office with their demands and held everyone hostage by…

I'm writing in response to Nathan Gay's article "Contest is Racist." To begin with, it about time someone has spoken out about this growing problem. This university attempts to pride itself on its non-racist demeanor while at the same time it allows…

Recently, Technician published an editorial that explored the issue of what Africans should be called in America. As an African, born in America, I was deeply disappointed with your editorial. In my opinion, it lacked depth and sensitivity.…

A lot of things go on behind the scenes that many of us are not aware of. These are the things that are most threatening to our well-being, the things that affect our lives the most. Especially being in college, if you don’t seek to find…

A lot of you may be wondering what’s next, you have our attention so what are you going to do with it Harold. So, now it’s time to dig deeper. We have recognized that there is a problem with the operation of our student organizations, but now we…

This past week marked the 13th celebration of the national holiday created to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In cities across the nation, activities such as festivals, oratorical contests, plays, marches, and discussion panels…

Four Reasons for Using "K" in Afrika Most vernacular or traditional languages on the continent spell Afrika with a K; therefore the use of K is germane to us. Europeans, particularly the Portuguese and British, polluted our languages by…

In January, we celebrated Martin Luther King's birthday, and it's fitting because he wanted everyone to live in peace and harmony and work together to get rid of such diseases as bigotry and hatred toward people due to race, religion, sex, age and…