My name is Ronni Butts, a sophomore North Carolina Central University student, Campus Echo Newspaper reporter at-large, and an aspiring political reporter.

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University's Stu • 2nd October 2024

Vance-Walz vice presidential debate offers new live fact-checking - Campus Echo Online

Viewers had no shortage of access to the facts during the vice-presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz last night through CBS’s live fact-checking.
If unsure about the veracity of the candidates’ claims, viewers had the option to access live fact-checking information on cbsnews.com or by scanning a QR code during the debate.
“The idea is to give people that second-screen experience … The audience can get the takeaway they need in a responsible and smart way,” Claudia Milne,...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University's Stu • 1st October 2024

N.C. politicians, Gov. Wes Moore promote Democratic ticket, encourage Durham’s Black men to vote - Campus Echo Online

North Carolina politicians and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited Durham Sunday to promote Vice President Harris’ plan to help Black Americans and small businesses.
“She’s the only candidate that’s fighting for us,” N.C. Rep. Zack Hawkins told a crowd of about 70 at Jada’s Men’s Accessories, a family-owned clothing store just blocks from NCCU. Hawkins represents NCCU in the N.C. House.
The campaign event echoed the Harris-Walz campaign’s plan to support small businesses and increase Americans’ weal...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University's Stu • 25th September 2024

Durham County Board of Elections Chair encourages youth voting, faith in elections - Campus Echo Online

While Dawn Baxton, Durham County Board of Elections Chair, expects fair and safe elections in Durham County this presidential election, she hopes that the youth vote will increase over its 2020 election rate.
“Every time you have an opportunity to vote on issues that affect your life, you need to do it. It’s just that simple,” said Baxton, who has served as a board member since 2011 and as the chair since 2021.
According to the Durham County Board of Elections website, youth voting was only 13.0...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University's Stu • 18th September 2024

Enthusiastic students gather to watch Harris-Trump debate - Campus Echo Online

More than 200 N.C. Central University students filled the New Student Center lobby on Sept. 10 to watch what could be the only presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The crowd was enthusiastic, reacting to candidates to comments with laughter or expressions of surprise. Students weren’t afraid to take sides during the debate.
“[The turnout] was more than originally expected because our club is notoriously small,” NCCU Political Science Club pr...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University • 5th April 2024

Davis and Poore to lead SGA administration for 2024-2025 - Campus Echo Online

The votes are in: Next academic year’s Student Government Association President will be Emmanuel Davis and Vice President, Ayanna Poore.
For the Royal Court, Mr. NCCU will be represented by Ryan Atwater, Jr. and Miss NCCU will be represented by Karleigh N’diyae. Voting ran on April 1-2. Davis, Atwater and N’Diyae all ran for their positions unopposed.
Although not everyone could win a SGA position, one winner was the outstanding creativity displayed by students in their campaigns, which ran on s...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University • 28th February 2024

NCCU’s congresswoman tells students about persistence, change - Campus Echo Online

U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee told a gathering of N.C. Central University students that as she was growing up in Orange County, she was always jealous of Durham because of the progress Black people were making here during the Civil Rights Movement.
Foushee, who is unopposed in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary as she runs for a second term as NCCU’s congresswoman, said that although change was made in her city, any change was led by students.  She encouraged NCCU students to do the same.
Being a cha...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University • 30th November 2023

Mitchell-Walthour makes her mark as an expert in Brazilian racial politics - Campus Echo Online

While growing up in Kannapolis, N.C., Gladys Mitchell-Walthour became interested in Latin America because of her curiosity about the growing number of Latino immigrants moving into her town.
“I would meet people that were my complexion, or darker, speaking Spanish and I thought, ‘Wow this is interesting’,” Walthour said.
She later earned an undergraduate degree in political science and African and African-American studies from Duke University, a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Universi...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University • 7th November 2023

Advocate dissects Brazilian racism - Campus Echo Online

According to Reneta Souza, Brazil shares something profound with the United States: a long and persistent history of racism.
Souza, a State Deputy for Rio de Janeiro, spoke to a group of around 25 students, faculty, and guests from Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill at an event held this past Thursday in the N.C. Carolina University School of Law. She has approximately 140,000 people within her jurisdiction.
Souza gave her presentation, “Race, Racism, and Racial Violence in Brazil,” in Portugue...

Campus Echo Online - N.C. Central University • 30th October 2023

Eagles SOAR to the polls ahead of Nov. 7 Durham election - Campus Echo Online

About 100 people – mostly N.C. Central University students – attended an Student Government Association event, SOAR to the Polls, last Thursday.
“People say that we are the future, but in order to be that future we have to work in the present,” said Marcus Spates, a business administration junior and the SGA’s Director of Political Action. Spates played a key role planning SOAR to the Polls. His job was to pull in student and outside organizations and to make sure that the SGA had a united under...