The Campus Incident Report is a concise summary of the up-to-date incidents that affect the Winston-Salem State campus and community. Incidents may lead to News Argus articles. Tuesday Feb. 4 Larceny A male student parked his car in the grass on Diggs Blvd. When he returned, he noticed that his […]
Month: February 2014
Rams basketball teams seeking CIAA titles
Winston-Salem State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in the CIAA tournament in Charlotte. The tournament started Feb. 25 and ends March 1. Head Women’s Coach A.G. Hall feels very confident about his team. “There are still a few things we can fix, but I feel we have the […]
National, state accolades Argus staff wins 10 awards
The News Argus staff members won 10 awards in recent national and state-wide competitions for student communications in February. Editor-in-chief Chelsea Burwell earned first place for best online multimedia package for 2013 from the Black College Communication Association. The newspaper also won second place for the best information graphics or […]
Attention athletes: Stick to sports
Michael Sam is a man that has gotten a lot of publicity over the past several weeks for something that, in my opinion, is not worthy of the recognition he has received. Sam, 24, is a former Missouri football player and current prospect for this May’s NFL draft. He was […]
COACH’S GAME BALL: Wesley Helsabeck
Wes Helsabeck, junior starting pitcher, has been chosen by Head Baseball Coach Kevin Ritsche as this issue’s “Game Ball” recipient. Helsabeck is a local kid from Rural Hall and is in his first season at Winston- Salem State. He transferred to WSSU this past fall after spending the previous two […]
Letter to the Editor: Former Argus editor responds to RAMble poll controversy
First things first, Ram family, we have to start using the vocabulary that we all should have when we reach college. There is absolutely no reason to use foul language in any letter to anybody, especially one to a professor. Now with that out of the way, the RAMble poll […]
Dear White People
Imagine attending a college where less than 5 percent of the student population looks like you. This is the reality for many Black students attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). In 2006, UCLA admitted just 96 Black students out of a freshman class of 4,800. This came 10 years after California […]
Write or Die Editor’s Column: Crossing the line
I am not apologizing for the most recent RAMble Online poll. I began receiving emails about it less than two hours after it was distributed. The first message was forwarded from my adviser, who was the original recipient of the email. Once I read it, my eyebrows immediately raised. What […]
Women in STEM receive honors
The Winston-Salem State University Friends of the Library 2014 fundraising event is “Forethinkers: The Evolution of Math Beyond Equations and Solutions.” The luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the S.G. Atkins Community Development Center, located at 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on March 22. Attendees […]
Student juggles classes, acting career
Vonii Bristow is not your average college student. It’s not that his life of balancing schoolwork and two jobs sets him apart from the thousands of students at Winston-Salem State – it’s his acting career. Bristow, a senior economics major from Greensboro, is channeling his inner thespian as he ventures […]