Dr. Kym Pinder, an associate professor of art history at the School of Art Institute in Chicago and director of the Master of Arts History Program, conducted a lecture discussing the African-American depictions of Christ in early African churches and various African American artists who address the subject of religion. […]
Month: March 2006
Students protest cafeteria conditions
Some students at North Carolina Central University, saying they have seen enough of what they deem to be poor quality food, inadequate customer service and unsanitary conditions in W.G. Pearson Cafeteria, are calling for improvements. About 100 students staged a sit-in protest in the cafeteria Feb. 15 and successfully demanded […]
Buddhism: More than a religion, it is a way of life
While many consider Buddhism to be simply a faith, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, Buddhists (the followers of Buddhism) affirm it to be the principles by which they live.”Buddhism is not so much a religion as it is a way of life,” said sophomore Terry Kommany, who practices the […]
Soultry night a success
The sound of fingers snapping and a saxophone playing greeted spectators as they walked through the doors of the second floor lounge in the MSC Thursday night, Feb. 23. Soultry Night Sessions, sponsored by Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha, began at 7 p.m. and lasted well into the […]
Unheard voices: The slave narratives
Walking in just as the lights dim, she slowly tries to prepare herself for the stories she’s heard repeatedly about the hardships of slavery. She did not want to be there and she had a lot to do. Besides, she was only there to get credit for class but as […]
20 Questions
1. Who wasted their time going to club Blue this weekend? 2. Did you actually think you were going to get in for free? 3. Which freshman is going around bragging about her pregnancy? 4. Who is the freshman stalking a Sigma Romeo? 5. Doesn’t she realize that he only […]
Unfair Question
We were disappointed after reading 20 questions last week and we wanted to speak out on the issue to everyone on campus.Every time we walk by a group of people we often hear the phrase, “Man there are a lot of twins that go here.” To this statement we would […]
Boycott…whatever
This article is being written in defense of the viewpoint written last week, which was titled For my niggas. If you don’t know, there have been little flyers put up around school and e-mails sent out that had a fat headline that read Boycott The Panther.whatever. Apparently somebody was offended, […]
In response to the editor’s column…
I opened the A&M Battalion (College Station) and found a surprise. Thank you for writing the editorial “To all my black people” and letting it be used as a guest editorial here. We, as black people, need to create our own reality. We need to break through complacency…thinking that we’ve […]
Reading past “my niggas
First and foremost, if you feel that covering the deaths of two students and a professor, the shooting of a student, and campus gun control is evidence of The Panther going rapidly downhill, I’m sorry you feel that way.It is obvious that the main source of your shame, embarrassment, and […]