Month: September 2012

Sports

Can Ram football CIAA champions…again?

Following the success of last season, the Winston-Salem State football team is ready to repeat as CIAA champions. The Rams are coming off a season where they set the school record for wins at 13-1. Despite losing running back Nicholas Cooper, who rushed for more than 3,430 yards in his […]

Sports

COACH’S GAME BALL

Head Volleyball Coach Edric Poitier selected Francesca Edgerton as the recipient of this issue’s Game Ball because “her ability and leadership.” Edgerton, a senior from Ellenboro, N.C., said she is hoping to build on the success she had last season; she led the Lady Rams with 199 total kills and […]

Sports

Cross Country teams look to reclaim dual CIAA titles

Although the Winston-Salem State women’s cross country team won the CIAA championship last year, both the men’s and the women’s team have not won the title together since 2010. “As a coach, I want to be the winner always,” said Inez Turner, who’s entering her third year as WSSU’s head […]

Features

Report: WIM program helps students ‘make the grade’

Winston-Salem State’s Quality Enhancement Plan, “Writing in the Major Program” is making a significant impact on tutored students’ grades. The WIM program is three years old. Since its commencement, the Writing Center has tutored more than 4,000 students.   WIM tutored students had a 33.2 percent higher chance of receiving […]

Features

WSSU alumna 9/11 victim was making wedding plans

On Sept. 11, 2001, a Winston-Salem State alumna became one of the victims of  that day’s terrorist attacks.    Sarah Miller Clark, a member of the 1957 class, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77.   Clark, 65, was a sixth-grade teacher at Backus Middle School in Washington, D.C.  […]

News

Nursing program partnering with Hubei University of Chinese Medicine

Winston-Salem State’s School of Health Sciences completed an agreement to offer a dual degree nursing program with Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. Starting fall 2014, nursing students who have completed two years at Hubei University will be eligible to transfer to WSSU to pursue a Bachelor of Science in nursing; […]

Opinion

We have to do better

We have to do better. Hello Winston-Salem State University! You are reading the first column of “We have to do better. “Throughout my tenure as a senior Argus editor, I will be sharing with you my opinion about things that need to be improved on our campus. My name is […]

News

Commuters’ new lounge includes TV, computers, comfortable seating

Nontraditional and commuter students now have their own lounge and study center. Aug. 27, members of Non-Traditional Student Organization unveiled their new commuter lounge, located in Thompson Center 309. The Student Experience team conducted a survey and found that commuters needed a place to go between classes. Quantika Robbs, a […]