Habitat Greensboro dedicates new home
December 11, 2019After a year of planning and building, Habitat for Humanity Greensboro dedicated its first all-women constructed home on December 7. The 1,500 square foot, 5-bedroom, 3-bath home was built for the Adamou and Tchatchibara family and is located on Asher Downs Drive. The home is on a block located in the Greensboro White Oaks neighborhood […]
Aggies win third straight
December 5, 2019North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team won its third consecutive game with a 75-44 win over Division II Saint Augustine’s Monday night at Corbett Sports Center. “I wasn’t happy with how we performed, but I’m happy that we performed like that and still got a win,” head coach Tarrell Robinson said. Senior guard C’coriea Foy […]
State and federal candidates get greenlight to file for office
December 5, 2019With a three-judge panel deciding Monday that the N.C. General Assembly’s most recent congressional maps can be used for the 2020 elections, the way was finally cleared for candidates for federal office to join their local, state and legislative counterparts to begin filing for office. The filing period, which began on Monday, December 2, ends […]
Movie Review: Queen & Slim
November 27, 2019It’s lyrical. Like an extended poem with waves of emotion, heady rumination, love proclamations and lost souls gathering around a common issue. Some will recollect the true-life story of Bonnie and Clyde, but they gained fame for crimes and robbing banks. A closer comparison is Thelma & Louise, two feminist icons who were pushed into […]
Celebration Bowl Bound Aggies head to Atlanta
November 27, 2019N.C.A&TSU 54 NCCU 0 It’s was cold. It was rainy. And it was glorious. On the final afternoon of the 2019 regular season, A&T overcame awful weather and field conditions to throttle North Carolina Central 54-0 last Saturday to earn yet another trip to the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. In what was their most convincing […]
Giving on Thanksgiving
November 27, 2019More than 37 million people struggle with hunger in the United States, according to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics reveal that 24 food deserts exist in Guilford County – 17 in Greensboro and seven in High Point and more than 35,000 people across the county are food […]
Congressional drama hurts N.C. HBCUs
November 26, 2019WASHINGTON D.C. — For N.C. A&T State University, the loss is $1,621,622. N.C. Central University is also losing, to the tune of $1,358,898.And Shaw University in Raleigh can certainly use the $809,352 it is missing out on. In all, ten Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina, not to mention many more across […]
Cell phones can be beneficial to one’s health
November 22, 2019Just about everyone has a cell phone today. It used to be a necessity for some jobs but now it has become one of those things that we all must have. Cell phones have almost become a necessity of life. Few people will leave the house without their phone. The phones make us all accessible […]
N.C.A&TSU Aggies face NCCU Eagles, one win from Celebration Bowl
November 22, 2019N.C. A&T: 47 Bethune-Cookman: 17 As another memorable regular season draws to a close, the A&T football team finds itself near a destination it has sought from the very beginning. Win one more game and they can start making reservations for Atlanta. That’s the scenario they’ll face this weekend when the Aggies square off against […]
NCCJ honors Qubein and McSwain at Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award Dinner
November 22, 2019Thousands came out to celebrate the community’s commitment to diversity and inclusion with the NCCJ (National Conference for Community and Justice) 53rd Annual Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award Dinner on Wednesday, November 13 at the Koury Convention Center. Each year, the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award Dinner convenes more than 1,000 local business and community leaders to honor two […]
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