The Saint Augustine’s University men’s basketball team began a new era when the first official practice started at Emery Gymnasium on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. MarQus Johnson began his first season as head coach. He was a long-time assistant in the Triangle area, including four years at Saint Augustine’s University. Johnson […]
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Lady Falcons Nearly Pull Off Upset In Five-Set Loss To Fayetteville State
Despite a loss to Fayetteville State, the Lady Falcons (3-5 Southern Division, 6-8 CIAA, 8-14 overall) are gelling as the regular season winds down. They have won five of their last eight matches. A victory against Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., on November 3 will likely send the Lady Falcons […]
Pride Game against Rivals
Raleigh, N.C. – The Saint Augustine Falcons will be playing in their final game of the regular season against their crosstown rivals the Shaw University Bears this coming Saturday, November 7, 2014. Both teams suffered heartbreaking losses this past weekend, which certainly dashed any post season hopes the two rivals […]
Election Day 2014
Saint Augustine’s University Interim President Everett B. Ward (right) and Chief Operating Officer Steven E. Hairston lead a “march to the polls” Tuesday morning. After speeches by Henry Capers Jr., the president of the NAACP chapter of Saint Augustine’s University, and from Michael Thomas, the university’s Student Government Association president, more than 100 marchers […]
‘Doug E. Fresh! Doug E. Fresh!’
RALEIGH, NC – Doug E. Fresh beatboxed for more than five minutes – so long that John Newman’s arm got tired while holding up his phone, which he was using to document the event. Newman, an alumni, was among the large crowd to see Fresh perform on the campus quadrangle […]
President Obama: I Still Believe
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” I feel as though this quote exemplifies the direction in which Barack Obama has gone great lengths to take as […]
Falcons think pink for a day
The campus of Saint Augustine’s University turned pink Friday for a series of events commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The celebration kicked off at noon as more than 70 members of the Falcon community linked arms to create a pink ribbon – the symbol of the fight against breast cancer
Lewis Earns Fourth Straight CIAA Rookie of the Week Honor
Claytin Lewis of Saint Augustine’s University captured his fourth consecutive CIAA Football Rookie of the Week award on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. The standout wide receiver/return specialist caught eight passes for 85 yards against nationally ranked Winston-Salem State University on Saturday, October 18. He finished with 167 all-purpose yards in […]
Ebola Hysteria: Don’t Stress!
Ebola. That simple word has sent the United States of America into a complete uproar as the threat of the virus among the American people grows. I don’t feel, however, that the actions of those going into such frenzy are justified. Let’s take a look at the plain and simple […]
Lady Falcons upset Lady Rams
Raleigh, NC – Saint Augustine’s University started it’s Homecoming week off on the right note with an electric five-set CIAA volleyball victory over Winston Salem State University at Emery Gymnasium on Monday, October 20, 2014. The Final Set Scores were 28-26, 20-25, 25-22, 15-25, 15-13. The win came on a […]