The end of the school year is approaching. Students are just arriving on campus from a wonderful break. They continue with their daily school lives, but something has changed. The cafeteria workers are not letting students into the dining hall with their student I.D. cards. Students have to go and […]
Opinion
‘Us’ is an exciting and well paced movie — I recommend seeing it
“Us” is yet another unique and captivating horror film from the mind of Jordan Peele. The movie follows a family attempting to enjoy a vacation a Santa Cruz beach. They sense something weird in the air and their suspicions are confirmed when a family shows up at their vacation home […]
Trailer is misleading but ‘The Favourite’ is worth seeing
“The Favourite” has been nominated for 10 Oscars and will probably be one of the big winners in the Academy Awards presentations on Feb. 24. It is one of those movies that the judges love but most people have never seen. If it wins best picture, you may wonder if […]
Try something a little different this holiday
Now that all the candy has been eaten and the pumpkins are smashed, we’ll be going home for the Thanksgiving holiday before we know it. And once Thanksgiving passes, it will be time for egg nog and putting up bright lights that make you warm inside. That’s right! I’m talking […]
Brent Faiyez is one of the hottest artists out
A perfect mixture of Rhythm & Blues with a dash of Soul, Brent Faiyaz is one of the hottest artists out in 2018. He recently dropped an EP called, “Lost” which basically expresses how he feels in the current moment in his career. The chopped and screwed art work on […]
Lil Baby concert was worth waiting for
The doors to the Ritz Raleigh opened at 7 p.m. and Lil Baby was scheduled to hit the stage at 9 p.m. but didn’t start performing until about 9:45. The show was worth waiting for. Lil Baby came out rapping one of his hit singles, “Yes indeed.” He performed 16 […]
University deserves credit for its handling of the hurricane
Hurricane Florence wreaked havoc in North Carolina and across the South, and compared to the damage people suffered elsewhere we got off easily at Saint Augustine’s University. The impact on nearby places like Rocky Mount and Fayetteville ranged from power outages and flooding to damaged houses and cars, and the […]
It’s hard to believe my time has come
It’s hard to believe that on Saturday, May 12, beginning at 9 a.m., I will take part in a commencement ceremony. I am very excited at the prospect of being a Saint Augustine’s University graduate but it’s hard to believe I have been in college for four years. It seems […]
The CIAA Tournament really is all that!
The annual CIAA Tournament, which this year ran from Feb. 27 to March 3, was a fantastic event for basketball fans, parents and athletes. The event was in Charlotte, NC in the Bojangles Coliseum and Spectrum Center. Everyone was excited about this fantastic event, and it delivered as usual. Tickets […]
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 […]