Kevin Ritsche, head baseball coach is not looking to just win another CIAA championship. This season, he wants the Rams baseball team to be No. 1 and win the regional World Series. In his three seasons as head coach, Ritsche has amassed 104 victories. Though the 2013-14 […]
Author: David McCoy
Q&A with Chancellor Reaves includes enrollment, campus construction, VSU report and more
Chancellor Donald J. Reaves addressed various campus-related issues during a recent interview with The News Argus earlier this month. Reaves discussed Winston-Salem State’s enrollment and retention, Rams new football head coach and recent department and program changes. The chancellor also responded to allegations published in Virginia State report, regarding […]
Entertaining Criticism: “True Detective”
This season has been all about the movies, but it’s important to remember that the offerings on cable television often provide stiff competition.Take for example “True Detective.” Since its premiere on HBO Jan.12, this gritty cop thriller and has been getting a lot of buzz. And in the […]
Write or Die Editor’s Column: A Disturbing Resemblance
Almost everyone I know loves wintertime fun. Once the frozen precipitation sticks to the ground, people anticipate making snow angels, turning garbage can lids into makeshift sleds and drawing messages in the snow. However when my suitemate told me what happened at Grambling State University during a campus-wide snowball fight, […]
Valentine’s Day on the campus of Winston-Salem State
A snow storm derailed many students’ Valentine’s day plans at WSSU this year.
Cold water in cold weather: Blair staffers leave building to wash hands
For a few days, the staffers in one campus building had to use cold water to wash their hands. Because of recent cold weather conditions a plant boiler’s pressure decreased and caused cold water to flow from the faucets in the restrooms of Blair Hall Administration Building. The three-story structure […]
Josh and Simon: How to get a Valentine in 2014
Josh and Simon teach guys everywhere how to score the perfect valentine in 2014.
ARGUS EXCLUSIVE: WSSU Chancellor calls VSU report ‘absurd’
During an interview today with The News Argus, Winston-Salem State Chancellor Donald J. Reaves addressed allegations published in a Virginia State report. According to that report, Reaves made “offensive” comments at the November CIAA awards luncheon. The report was written by Virginia State University’s attorney, Robert Clayton, and includes accounts […]
Write or Die Editor’s Column- Brawn or intelligence?
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Even Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: These are just a few classic novels that most students read before entering college. How surprised would you be to find out a portion of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill’s […]
‘School of No’
Does the name Marcella Sills sound familiar? Probably not – but Sills has gained notoriety after being exposed for her appalling practices as principal at the dilapidated Public School 106 in Queens, N.Y. The infamous principal of the “School of No”- aptly named by the New York Post because the […]