The rape allegations against Bill Cosby that have been all over the news and social media recently have divided St. Augustine’s University students. Dozens of women have come forward saying that Cosby – a TV star who has always been an icon and role model – […]
Previous Issues
Music Videos: How Far Have They Come?
Carolyn West, associate professor of psychology at the University of Washington, Tacoma, made an important observation with this statement: “Many adults are quite ignorant about what’s out there. We can’t afford to pretend it doesn’t exist.” The observation certainly applies to music videos. When I was younger, I became concerned […]
Lyceum Series-Thursday Nov. 20th
On Thursday November 20th Reverend Robert Taylor , rector at Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh, NC came to speak as part of the Lyceum Series at SAU. He discussed the history of Saint Augustine Hippo. Throughout his presentation, he used five different songs of rap, gospel, and an old […]
Jolliffe scores career-high 27 points In SAU loss
WEST LIBERTY, WVa. – Raheem Jolliffe (Sr./Fayetteville, NC) scored a career-high 27 points for Saint Augustine’s University in a 105-61 non-conference men’s basketball loss to top-ranked West Liberty University in the MEC/CIAA Challenge at the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Jolliffe surpassed his previous career high of 20 points […]
SAU wins prestigious scholarship — again
Clayshawn Marie Moore, a senior Journalism and Mass Communication major from Houston, Texas, has won the prestigious 2015 Ailes Rising Apprentice scholarship from Fox News. The scholarship, which is awarded to two minority students from across the nation, includes a $10,000 education grant and an internship at the Fox News […]
Stop complaining about activities and get involved
This semester especially, the campus activities board has hosted a number of events during breaks throughout the day or in the evenings so students will have something to do. The have hosted more events on the mall, upstairs in the MLK Student Union and in the gym. Although they host […]
We need some changes in our cafeteria
I have attended Saint Augustine College for three years every year the caféteria has been the same — a problem. There were times I have gone and there was nowhere to sit. Other times the food was nasty or there was hair or even a bug in my food. I […]
Election results were disappointing
The results from this previous election for North Carolina’s U.S. senator were very disappointing. Kay Hagan lost to Thom Tillis. It disappoints me because I know that the results could have been better if my young black peers would have voted. Kay Hagan was a supporter of planned parenthood while […]
Lyceum Leadership Series continues
On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. in Emery Gymnasium at Saint Augustine’s University, the guest speaker for the next event in the Lyceum Leadership Series Program will be The Reverend Robert Jemonde Taylor, rector at Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church, Raleigh, N.C. Rev. Taylor will discuss the […]
HBCUs in the 21 century
I attended the first Wednesday at the library series program and got a lot out of it. The topic was Relevance of HBCUs in the 21st century and the guest panelists were Dr. F. Perna Carter, dean of the School of Business and Technologyat Saint Augustine’s University; Lt. Col. Joseph […]
