Knight Ridder Wire ServicePast the potholes and puddles, the skinny dogs and scampering children, a stone stairway snaked its way through an ancient apartment building. Near the top, a woman sat in her living room collecting the cover charge: 19 cents for Cuban women, 38 cents for men, $1 for […]
Month: September 2004
Global Poll finds 30 of 35 nations favor Kerry
Knight Ridder Wire ServiceOnly 1 in 5 foreigners wants to see President Bush re-elected, according to surveys taken in 35 foreign countries this summer and released Wednesday.John Kerry would win a “global election” for president in 30 of the 35 countries, including overwhelming majorities among European allies and pluralities in […]
Greeks hold Olympic Grudge against U.S.
Knight Ridder Wire Service When the U.S. Olympic team entered the stadium at the Games’ opening ceremonies here, there was polite applause. When the Iraqis emerged, there was foot-stomping and cheering, and a few standing ovations. When the U.S. basketball team played its first game, against Puerto Rico las month, […]
Get down, Get down!
The Rams football team returns this season to fight for its 10th CIAA title and to groom new talent to join the more than two dozen Rams’ who have left WSSU and gone on to play in the National Football League. The team also starts the 2004 season with a […]
HBCU Compilation CD: BlackBerry – Soundtrack of Your Black College Experience
Hello News Argus, My name is Bolaji Oyejide. I am an HBCU alumnus, and co-founder of The HBCU Network. I would like to make you aware of a first-of-its-kind: a group of students and alumni have collaborated to bring you BLACKBERRY – The very first HBCU Compilation CD! It’s is […]
Goodbye, CIAA
The Rams basketball team will compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) conference in 2009-2010, Chico Caldwell, the university’s athletic director, confirmed in a recent interview.”Not only will student athletes gain more national exposure but WSSU will also receive nationwide coverage,” Caldwell said. “And also I think that the student […]
No Guarantee
Kristin Feemster, a senior in the Department of Mass Communications, arrived in Winston-Salem equipped with everything she needed to begin a successful school year, that is except for one important thing: on-campus housing. Feemster had already arranged to dwell in an off-campus apartment when she applied for housing last spring […]
Security, parking are big concerns
Tiffany Johnson hears an alarm sound in Rams Commons at least 20 times a day. She is a freshman resident of building three, and her room is located at the end of the hall, near one of the entranceways. “The alarms are very aggravating,” she said, “but I think they […]
Hungry? There are good options for students
All across America, worried mothers are asking their college-age children the same two questions: “Honey, are you eating right? How’s the food there?” Most students would agree that the food served in college cafeterias cannot compete with Mama’s fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens and homemade peach cobbler – or […]
Film studies begins
The Office of International Programs kicked off its International Film Studies in Dillard Auditorium in the Anderson Center with a documentary titled “Black Is, Black Ain’t.”The 86-minute documentary focused on the many shades of black culture. African-Americans are referred to in the film as “gumbo” because of the diversity of […]