Whether you are a night owl or an early bird, according to a recent article by Time magazine, paying closer attention to your mental clock can help you make better use of your time during the day. Early risers’ creativity usually is most active in the early morning before distractions […]
Month: February 2006
Students need to know about STDs
Sexually transmitted diseases have become very common. Each year, approximately 15 million people in the United States are diagnosed with an STD, and approximately two thirds of these diagnoses occur in people under 25 years old. Many STDs are curable, including: – chancroid- chlamydia- crabs (pubic lice)- gonorrhea- pelvic inflammatory […]
Local boxing program does more than teach jabs
At the end of a long, frustrating day, many college students watch TV, listen to music, browse the Internet or get together with friends to hang out, eat or just talk. But freshman Jamal Gipson has found another way to vent – he boxes. Gipson, a sports management major, heads […]
Miss WSSU steps down because of GPA
For the first time in WSSU history, Miss Winston-Salem State University has been stripped of her title. Tiffany Richmond, 22 and a senior mass communications major, was asked to step down because her grade-point average dropped below 2.5, according to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Melody Pierce. And Richmond is […]
Dr. Martinez brings stellar credentials to position as provost
Pedro L. Martinez, a research scholar who served eight years as assistant vice president for academic affairs at William Paterson University of New Jersey has been named WSSU’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, effective Feb. 15. Martinez is the first Hispanic educator to hold this position since the […]
Oldest alumnae reminisces about early days at WSSU
Ella Murray Whitworth sits patiently, waiting to tell her story – the story of Winston-Salem State University’s oldest alumnus. The walls, nooks and crannies of her home display a life well lived. Pictures, memorabilia and awards decorate the walls. But first she must correct her interviewer, who has mispronounced Whitworth. […]
Facebook, an online social directory is seeing unprecedented growth
Tenekka Whitaker, a junior mass communications major, does it about 10 times a day. Jerome Hancock, also a junior mass communication major, does it for about one hour a day. Sharon Stephens confesses that she does it several times a day and almost “all day” at the place where she […]
Mass Communications Department celebrates 20 years of continuous development
The Department of Mass Communications has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. It began in 1978 as a single course – Introduction to Broadcasting- and in 1984 received approval to offer the bachelor’s degree in mass communications through the Department of Communication Arts, currently known as the Department of English and […]
Internet plagiarism rampant in colleges
Don McCabe has surveyed 45,000 of America’s college students over the past three years, asking them to come clean about whether they cheat on their tests and term papers. Many cheaters in the classroom are surprisingly honest in the surveys, said McCabe, the founder of the Center for Academic Integrity […]
WSSU and WFU team up to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Moved and inspired by the life and legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., many attended celebrations last month in his honor on campus and throughout the city. Winston-Salem State University and Wake Forest University (WFU) hosted a fifth annual joint celebration that began with a dinner […]