Month: October 2014

News

WSSU crime logs shows trend in theft on campus

Students — please keep your belongings safe and your doors locked. In September the Winston-Salem State campus police crime logs recorded that one to two crime reports were filed every day. Larceny was at the top of the list. Nine larcenies in various locations on campus were reported in September […]

News

Students unfazed by short homecoming

This year you have only Oct. 15-18 to celebrate one of the most anticipated events of the school year, “Homecoming 2014.”     Chelii Broussard said this is the first time in her seven years at Winston-Salem State that the number of days for homecoming have been cut. Broussard is […]

Sports

COACH’S GAME BALL: Kayla Brass

hoto/ WSSU Media Second year Head Volleyball Coach Andi Henderson has selected Kayla Brass, a 5-foot-9 senior setter, as this issue’s recipient for the Coach’s Game Ball. Coach Henderson said that Brass, a senior exercise science major from Elk Grove, Calif. is the "true meaning of a student athlete." Brass […]

Opinion

Goodell learns ignorance isn’t always bliss

quot;Ignorance is not an excuse." That’s what NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton when he suspended him for the entire 2012-2013 season in light of the infamous "Bounty Scandal" that took place right under his nose. For a span of about three years, while […]

Opinion

Gov. McCrory is one smart man

How ironic is it that after the 2012 elections, the Voter Identification Verification Act was born? The audacity of Democratic voters to even come as close to winning in North Carolina again. A sigh of relief must’ve occurred throughout Republican voters bodies as the polls declared them a victory. They […]

Opinion

A Closer Look Editor’s Column: Cowardly bloggers

Even with the long book lines, sloppy financial aid department and shaky customer service, I take pride in my University. This place isn’t perfect. That’s why I was disturbed when I first read the WSSU Insider, a blog dedicated to bashing my University and its administration, particularly Chancellor Donald J. […]

Features

NASO connects non-traditional students with college life

Re-entering the college scene can present a non-traditional student with many challenges. The Non-Traditional Adult Student Organization was created to help students meet some of those challenges. "They [non-traditional adult students] were engaged in the classroom, but beyond that they weren’t. It was coming to class, doing your work, and […]