THE SENTINEL OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY
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Ebony Harlem Awards Recap KIERRA LEGGETT | EDITOR ELECT
After a period of voting last week, the winners of the 2012 Annual Ebony Harlem Awards were revealed. The Awards ceremony which began in the Spring of 1993 honors outstanding male and female students in various categories ranging from excellence in service to excellence in sports. It began as a way of honoring exceptional African American students in the N.C. State community. Also, an award is given to the African American Student Advisory Council (AASAC) organization of the year, which was chosen by a panel of faculty and staff members. Each winner received a Sankofa Bird, which serves as a reminder the importance of remembering one’s roots in order to progress. The program was hosted by Mario Terry and Debra Buck. Two selections were provided by the Uninhibited Praise Gospel Choir. The NC State chapter of the NAACP was awarded as the AASAC organization of the year. Also at the Awards Ceremony the new members of AASAC were introduced to the African American community. Alexis Teasdell will serve as the Chair of AASAC for the 2012-2013 academic year. A winner at Tuesday’s awards ceremony for Instrumen-
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Photo by Ms. Toni Thrope The winners and nominess for the 2012 Ebony Harlem Awards. The Ebony Harlem Awards recognizes African American students in various categories ranging from excellence in service to excellence in sports.
President Makes Another Stop in the Triangle CJ GUION | EDITOR IN CHIEF
Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama made a stop at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to discuss student debt. Hundreds of students and residents of Chapel Hill lined the streets to hear the President’s speech at the Carmichael Arena on the university’s campus. This is the first time that Obama has visited the campus since becoming president. Obama revealed to the crowd that he and Michelle Obama just paid off their student loans eight years ago. The President told students that he has been in their position. “When we married, we got poor together” the President said. If Congress does not act by July 1st, the interest rates for the popular federally subsidized loans will double. The hike will affect new subsidized Stafford Loans, which are primarily issued to low and middle income undergraduates. The President has called on congress to take action against this, and encouraged students to tweet about it with the hashtag #don’tdoublemyrate. "Everybody will give lip service to this. You’ll hear a lot of folks saying ‘oh this is important, this is important’” Obama said. "But it requires not just words but deeds. Since you were born, tuition and fees to American colleges have more than doubled." The President also noted that in America the debt for student debt is now higher than credit debt. President Obama believes that student debt has had a damaging effect on the economy, and that students will not have the options to spend money on items such as new homes and new business, because they will be paying off loans that they received years ago in college. Photo by CJ Guion President Barack Obama stopped in Chapel Hill on Tuesday afternoon to discuss student debt. In July, interest rates on federally subsidized student loans will double unless congress takes action.
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