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This letter is in response to Nathan Gay's "Contest is Racist" article that appeared in the Feb 8 Technician. The reason that you don't understand the Ebony Man (that's two words, not one) contest is obviously due to your overwhelming ignorance as…

I was proud to be a student here at N.C. State. The working word in the previous statement is "was." I believe the people on this campus worked hard to move past the stigma of North Carolina racism. I thought we made great strides to eliminate the…

Last year while walking down Gorman street at night, I was stopped and questioned by Public Safety. The reason was simply because I was a black man. In fact, the officer told me so.

“Son, we had a description come over the radio of a black male.…

According to admissions, 435 African-American students were admitted to N.C. State University this semester. For the 3,757 new freshmen at NCSU, only 393 were African-American.

The most recent statistics at NCSU shows that the black student…

The Dawning of a new day. That’s how many African-Americans see the beginning of this new academic year… the dawning of a new day. With so many changes around the university that affect black people, it is easy [sic.] why some are optimistic…

We need to learn how to make the best of every situation that we find ourselves in. Which means that we need to overcome disappointment if when we graduate and can’t find that top dollar job. Now, I am not speaking of myself, so don’t sit back…

Student Body Officers for the 2000-2001 school year (from left to right): Mark Aldrich, Student Center President, Michael Anthony, Student Body Treasurer, Harold Pettigrew, Student Body President, Conen Morgan, Student Senate President

It’s hard being black. No matter how much we perceive things as getting better, they’re really not. I’m tired of being followed in the store by people who assume that I will steal if I am not watched closely. Well, I don’t need to steal…