CARY, N.C. (Feb. 2) – Marquis Johnson (Sr./Richmond, VA), Jayvon Green-Springfield (Fr./Chester, PA) and Amilcar Yanez (Jr./Valencia, Venezuela) combined on a four-hitter as Saint Augustine’s University shut out the University of Virginia-Wise 3-0 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex on Friday. The Falcons won their first season opener since […]
February 2018
Baseball team drops doubleheader to West Liberty University
CARY, N.C. (Feb. 22) – Saint Augustine’s University dropped both games to West Liberty University in a baseball doubleheader at the USA Baseball National Training Complex on Thursday. The scores were 6-2 in game one and 9-5 in game two. The offensive leaders for the Falcons (6-5 overall) were Carson Davis […]
Softball team splits doubleheader against Benedict
RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 22) – Makayla August (So./Palm Springs, CA) powered Saint Augustine’s University to a 9-4 softball victory over Benedict College in the second game as the Lady Falcons split a doubleheader with Benedict College at Lions Park on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The Lady Falcons fell 8-6 to the […]
Lady Falcons softball team batters St. Andrews University in 11-6 win
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 […]
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 […]
