The saying around Winston-Salem State is, “It’s so hard to be a Ram.” No one knows more about the plights of a WSSU student than the senior class of 2008. The senior class has experienced it all, from all the trials and tribulations, to the late-night cram sessions and the […]
Month: September 2007
New Orleans: Then and Now
When Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 29, 2005, it was labeled the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history, killing 1,800 people across the Gulf Coast and leaving more than 800,000 people homeless.Here is a snapshot of how New Orleans has changed. o Population: The Greater New Orleans Community Data […]
College Students key to Katrina Recovery
College students must play a major part in the rebuilding of New Orleans, a hurricane recovery activist told an audience gathered at Dillard University to commemorate the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. “Students learn to be civically engaged if they are civically engaged in college,” said Marcus Littles of the […]
Caesar named phenomenal by Jewels
Dianne Caesar, one of the 50 women featured in the book, Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50, gives credit to her aunts and mother for being known as “phenomenal”. Caesar said that they taught her how to be self-efficient, and proud of where she comes from. “When it came to […]