RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 15) – Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) exploded for eight runs in the final two innings to upend St. Andrews University 11-6 in the second game of a softball doubleheader at Lions Park on Thursday. With the victory, the Lady Falcons gained a split with the Knights after dropping […]
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Behind the Scenes at a Basketball Game
It’s the fourth quarter of a basketball game at Emery Gymnasium and the referee calls a media timeout. “Now we’ll have a media break,” says the announcer, Thomas Hill. As a commercial airs, the teams walk off the court. The students and professionals sitting on stage who have been responsible […]
We need to rethink what it means to be black
What does it mean to be black? Does it mean you listen to rap music, wear baggy clothes, live in impoverished neighborhoods and become a societal menace? Or does it mean to strive ad conform to being the closest thing to being white as possible, and denouncing your race? Or […]
Growing up around poverty gave him the desire to serve
When Keshawn Carter was in middle school in Henderson, NC, he would see the same woman waiting with her two kids every morning at one of the stops of his school bus. It became routine but, one day, Carter noticed something odd: It was cold, and the woman did not […]
A phone call changed his life; now he makes those calls
When Jarius Page was in high school in Raleigh, he applied to five colleges, including Saint Augustine’s University, although going to college was not common in his family. He did not expect to get accepted into any college. After high school he was working at KFC and decided to join […]
Staff and student leaders have launched effort this semester to liven up SAU’s campus
For those who complain that there is not enough going on around campus, student leaders and administrators say they hear you and are doing something about it. Anne Brown, director of student activities, and Isis Thomas, Student Government Association president, say they have been working hard and have an exciting […]
New organization planned for SAU
A new campus organization affiliated with 100 Black Men of America Inc., the largest network of African American male mentors in the nation, has been proposed forSaint Augustine’s University. The SAU organization would be formed under the supervision of the 100 Black Men of Triangle East Inc., the local chapter […]
SAU’s Tshipopo, Exeter are CIAA Athletes of the Year
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Feb. 11) – Magaly Tshipopo (Jr./France) of Saint Augustine’s University was named CIAA Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and Jumonne Exeter (Sr./St. Vincent) of Saint Augustine’s University was chosen CIAA Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year at the JDL Fast Track on Sunday. Both SAU student-athletes received plaques during the CIAA Indoor Track and […]
Men and women runners win CIAA indoor titles
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 13) – The world-renowned Saint Augustine’s University track and field program showed its championship heart at the CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Monday, Feb. 12. Both the Falcons and Lady Falcons rallied back from deficits to take home championship plaques. The Lady Falcons bested Winston-Salem […]
Lady Falcons lose as shot with 1.5 seconds left misses
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 8) – Kaaliya Williams (So./Richmond, VA) scored 27 points for Saint Augustine’s University in a 66-63 CIAA women’s basketball loss to Winston-Salem State University at Emery Gymnasium on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The score was knotted 61-61 with 1:58 remaining in the fourth period but the Rams scored […]