Voting: All You Need to Know About Midterms
As the general election date of November 6 reaches closer on the calendar, residents of all counties in their home states have been preparing to vote for local and statewide officials. Early voting began on Oct.17 and although the deadline to register to vote in North Carolina was Oct.12, One-Stop early voting locations will be open until the third of November and will give citizens the opportunity to register and vote early at designated locations. The deadline to request an
Supreme Court Nomination Upsets Nation
Demonstrators march to Supreme Court in protest of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 4. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday, Oct. 6 with a 50 to 48 vote, amid sexual assault allegations from three women. The process has ensued many protests and started conversations across the world. News outlets such as BBC, The Indian Express, South China Morning Post and others have picked up the story as well as other major
News Briefs: Pop, Politics, and More
POP NEWS John Legend Gains EGOT Title Over the weekend of Sep. 8, singer and songwriter John Legend, 39, became the youngest artist as well as the first African American man to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) title 12 years after winning his first three Grammys in 2006. Legend has won one Emmy Award, 10 Grammy Awards, one Oscar Academy Award and one Tony Award. Serena Williams Fined for Code Violations After Crippling Loss to Naomi Osaka in U.S. Open After a loss
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• Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced April 12 that a new plan to increase teacher pay by 20 percent will be implemented by the beginning of the 2020 school year, according to CBS News. In 2018, teacher pay would initially increase 9 percent then an additional 5 percent for the following two years. The increase is said to boost the current $48,372 salary to $58,130. Many educators who have been protesting are skeptical if the plan will bring systemic change to the education sys
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• Linda Brown Thompson, the renowned “Brown” in the Brown v. Board of Education case that turned America’s segregated schools into diverse communities, passed away at 75 in Topeka, KS, on March 25, according to NPR. • The U.S. Justice Department has issued new quotas for immigration judges that will evaluate their performance based on how quickly cases can be closed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The judges are expected to speed the court processes up to decrease back
Incubator Anticipates Greater Community, Student Involvement
Members of the Entrepreneurship Incubator (EI), located in the Thomas Center at 202 Main St., view the coming of N.C. Promise as an opening to equip more students and members of the community with tools to further their businesses and careers. “We anticipate more student participation as awareness of our program grows, and the student body grows,” said Thomas Hall, executive director of Thomas Family Center for Entrepreneurship Incubator. Specifically, Hall said that he hopes
Dancing With the Stars Comes to Robeson County as Fundraiser to Keep Families Together
Angelica Chavis-McIntyre dances in her cheerleading outfit for her “Shake It Off” routine with Jason Cox. Photo by Octavia Johnson The United Way hosted its fifth annual Dancing with the Robeson County Stars on March 24 at 6 p.m. and raised over $580,000, which was above the organization’s goal. The event was to help benefit the Robeson County Family Treatment Court. United Way wanted to help raise money to keep families together in Robeson County. Tic
Teachers Strike for Higher Pay
Last month, teachers in West Virginia walked out of classrooms in a strike for almost two weeks demanding better wages from the state legislature. The strike finally ended when the legislature passed a bill that raised teacher and other state employees pay by 5% and Governor James C. Justice signed the bill into law. Approximately 200 of West Virginia’s schools were closed when the protests began. Many teachers threatened to cross state lines to teach where they could make al
March for Our Lives Rally Draws 800,000
Approximately 800,000 people gathered in D.C. for the ‘March For Our Lives’ protest on March 24 to protest gun violence in America. The protest was organized by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student survivors of the school shooting that happened on Valentine’s day. Demonstrators from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gave passionate speeches alongside students from schools and youth programs in Chicago, New York, D.C. and California. Many of the students voiced
Bubba Wallace Makes History as Daytona Driver
Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. is just the fourth African-American driver to ever get behind the wheel of a stock car in a NASCAR race. At Daytona, Wallace became just the second African-American since 1971 to ever compete full-time in the series. Wallace’s career has been full of adversity, much like Wendell Scott’s, who became the first African American to start a NASCAR race. Prior to the start of The Great American Race, The Daytona 500, there was a lot of attention on Walla
