Across the United States, spiking gas prices have left consumers in general, and students in particular, anxiously waiting for relief. Gas prices continue to rise, seemingly by the hour, leaving many people wondering when the price will stabilize or, more importantly, drop. According to CNN.com, gas prices nationwide dropped approximately […]
Month: March 2008
Student leaders oppose athletic fee increase
Feb. 20, Winston-Salem State’s Student Government Association distributed copies of a letter that Student Body President Robert Terrell Stephens sent on Feb. 11 to WSSU Chancellor Donald L. Reaves. The letter contains seven request of the student body to the chancellor, the last of which addresses an increase in students’ […]
Eagles fly past Rams
Winston-Salem State coach Bobby Collins had a premonition about Saturday’s game against North Carolina Central. Collins said that he’d been at the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference since games began on Tuesday, and he’d taken note of how many games had come down to the wire. “I asked myself, ‘how would […]
Perfect Brew: Nugroove Cafe Hits The Spot
By day, Winston-Salem State’s Java City is a coffee house where students and instructors gather to enjoy a cup of morning or afternoon coffee with the occasional pastry. By night, Java City transforms into the soulful Nugroove Café. Dale Williams of the Office of Student Activities organizes events at Nugroove, […]
Rivalry Between WSSU And A&T Has Long Colorful History
When Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T met on Jan. 26 in Greensboro, it marked the first time that the two former CIAA powers have met since the 1998 season. The two schools are separated by less than 30 miles, and while it may not gain the national attention of […]
MEAC is the future
For more than 60 years, Winston-Salem State was one of the best and most consistent athletic programs in the CIAA. WSSU produced top-flight athletes like Earl Monroe, Cleo Hill, Tim Newsome, Richard Huntley and the winningest HBCU basketball coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines. Monroe and Gaines helped the Rams win […]
Bring back the good old days
Do you ever get the feeling that instead of moving up to Division I and joing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference [MEAC], that Winston-Salem State should have remained in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association [CIAA]? The CIAA is a Division II Historically Black College and University conference composed of10 schools in […]
SGA sends letter to Reaves
On Feb. 11, Winston-Salem State Student Government Association President Robert Stephens sent Chancellor Donald L. Reaves a letter listing requests of the student body towards his office. The letter, which was written by the SGA and signed by Stephens, took aim at a seven issues involving Reaves. The note addressed […]
Cross at your own risk
On Monday Feb. 18 Leah Poole, a sophomoreat Winston- Salem State, was struck bya car while crossing Martin Luther King Jr.Drive. Poole was crossing the busy street in the crosswalk when she was permitted to cross by a car slowing at the stoplight. According to WSSU Police Captain Marcus Sutton, […]
Bring back the “Good Old Days”
Do you ever get the feeling that instead of moving up to Division I and joing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference [MEAC], that Winston-Salem State should have remained in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association [CIAA]? The CIAA is a Division II Historically Black College and University conference composed of10 schools in […]