THE SENTINEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY
NUBIAN MESSAGE RALEIGH, NC n VOL. XX, ISSUE 19 n THENUBIANMESSAGE.COM n APRIL 16, 2013
Face Off: Greeks Dominate Weekend Worn as a symbol of the pain African Americans have endured as a people, Greek members put on their best Grit Faces for Pan Afrikan 2013 Kierra Leggett Editor-in- Chief
G
rit faces galore were displayed
show including the Beta Epsilon Chapter of
this past weekend as the 2013 Pan
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Kappa
Afrikan Festival came to an end.
Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
The greatest abundance of the faces were
Sorority, Inc., the Kappa Lambda Chapter
seen at Saturday night’s NPHC Pan Afrikan
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the Mu
Step Show where Greeks took to the stage
Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
competing for first place and bragging rights.
Sorority, Inc., Triangle Area Chapters of Phi
The host for the evening was Brint Hayes, a student at North Carolina Central University and music was provided by N.C. State’s own, D.J. Koldstone, also a member of the Kappa Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Gamma Gamma Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. However, at the end of the night it was the Triangle Area Chapters of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and the Mu Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Six organizations competed in this year’s Malcolm Stephen at Kappa Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Probate | Jasmine Jack
Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. as well as the
that walked away champions.
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Task Force on Academic Programs Proposes AFS & WGS Merger Kierra Leggett Editor-in- Chief
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eginning next fall Africana Studies (AFS) and
the sustainability of the programs, which have tradition-
their integrity. “Although I am certainly pleased that the
Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) could merge to
ally had relatively low enrollment and graduation rates.
programs will continue, I would love to see the univer-
form a single Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) major. The formation of this merger would lessen AFS and WGS to concentrations.
sity continue its commitment to Africana Studies and While the merger could potentially increase the low number of students who enroll and graduate from the
Women’s and Gender Studies without diluting either of the programs by combining them,” said Smith-McKoy.
two programs, Dr. Sheila Smith-McKoy, Director of both Proposed by the Task Force on Review of Academic Programs, the intent of the merger would be to improve
the African American Cultural Center and Africana Studies, feels that combining the two would strip them of
Dr. Deborah Hooker, Director of Women’s & Gender Studies, also feels that the merger would do more harm
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