Month: March 2008

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Out with the old,in with the new

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 […]

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Doctors use body mass index to determine level of obesity

In the past few years, the media has presented many reports on the growing problemof overweight Americans. Being overweight leads to many health problems that cost people their lives as well as money as medical care needs increase. According to Hubert Chen, M.D., AssociateDirector of Medical Sciences at Amgen Inc. […]

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Spring Break: More than just fun in the sun

For students at Winston-Salem State, March 10 is an important date.It marks the first day of spring break at WSSU. The week-long break – March 10 to 14 – gives students a chance to recharge and relax for the final push of the semester. Most college breaks fall between March […]

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Spike Lee tells students: Do Your Thing

On Feb. 26, legendary director Spike Lee spoke to a full house at K.R. Williams Auditorium on the campus of Winston-Salem State. Lee served as the keynote speaker for Black Men For Change’s 5th Annual Black Male Symposium. A jet-lagged Lee talked to students and audience members about several topics, […]

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How relevant is the H in HBCU

There has been a 30 percent increase of white enrollment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities since 1970. A extreme example of the increase is Bluefield State, a HBCU in West Virginia, which is now 91 percent white. This truly defies the historical aspect of an HBCU, because the only […]