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WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 9| 2011
February 9, 2011
NUBIAN MESSAGE
ISSUE 14
SENTINEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT NC STATE SINCE 1992
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Adinkras
Symbols of West Africa
ADINKRAHENE “Chief of the Adinkra Symbols” symbol of greatness, charisma and leadership Katherine Thompson (in center), a junior in biomedical engineering, limbo dances at Dance for Darfur hosted by CSLEPS. All proceeds of the night were donated to the Darfur Stoves Project. With their partners, the Darfur Stoves Project has produced over 15,000 stoves. Photo by Melvin Moore
FOFO “Yellow Flowered Plant” symbol of jealousy and envy
NKYINKYIM “Twisting” symbol of initiative, dynamism and versatility
Dance for Darfur Partying for a Cause Jasmine Chadmon | Copy Editor
sil fuels. As a consequence of this the premature death rate is high. The women are at risk of being violently On a cold, rainy, Friday evening several students danced attacked or sexually assaulted while they embark on for Darfur in the basement of Talley Student Center. a possible seven-hour trip to gather wood. Also the CSLEPS hosted Dance for Darfur, an awareconstant burning has increased deforestation and greenness benefit to raise money for a contribution to the house gas emissions. Darfur Stoves Project. The Darfur An informative slide show was Stoves Project is an initiative of “We thought more people presented to help give students a the Technology Innovation for deeper understanding of the cause would buy tickets but we were Sustainable Societies (TISS). they were supporting. really surprised in the amount Spirits were high the entire eveTISS is a nonprofit organization that gave donations,” whose focus is to increase access ning courtesy of plates full of pizza of technologies that have the poand a room bursting with music tential to improve the quality of provided by WKNC. life in places affected by poverty and conflict. Orsega stated that CSLEPS sold 50 out of 200 tickets CSLEPS’ head of the Global Awareness Comprior to the event. mittee, Elizabeth Orsega, a junior in Spanish Education “We thought more people would buy tickets but said the event would raise awareness about the women we were really surprised in the amount that gave donaof Sudan. The Sudanese women have the hard task of tions,” Orsega stated while setting up prior to the event. cooking, just as their ancestors have. The women light a According to Orsega the largest donation was around fire using wood over three stones. This inefficient way of $15. cooking has caused the Sudanese people a lot of suffer The Global Awareness Committee’s objective is ing. to promote consciousness and be a leader in change. When cooking inside their homes dangerous amounts of smoke are emitted from the burning fos-