Author: Jordan Howse

Features

More instructors using social networking as teaching tools

Instead of forbidding its use, teachers have found a way to incorporate social networking in the classroom. Facebook and Twitter are a daily part of most students’ lives and some faculty members have been using these sites to teach and communicate with students and alumni.   Rebecca Wall, an instructor in […]

Features

WSSU Student Fitness Center provides gym results without contracts

Health and fitness aren’t just class requirements. They’re life requirements. Some college students find going to the gym time consuming and expensive.  The Fitness Center at Winston- Salem State may offer a solution.  Located on the ground level of the Thompson Center, the Donald L. Evans Fitness Center provides […]

Opinion

Attention Shoppers: Racism available at 16

Shopping is one of my favorite things to do.   I’ll shop anywhere from Macy’s to Wal-Mart.  For me shopping is a stress reliever.  It’s a time to get away and do something for myself. When I am at the store, I expect to be greeted and treated with respect.  […]

News

Campus Crime Blotter: 3-30-2010

The Campus Crime Blotter is a concise summary of the up-to-date incidents that affect the Winston-Salem State campus and community. Some incidents may lead to News Argus news reports.  Wednesday, March 3 At 11:20 p.m. officers on a routine patrol spotted a woman removing a license plate from an automobile. […]

News

Hayes’ Booster Bash raises $7,000

Thousands of Winston-Salem State students, faculty, young alumni and community supporters rolled in and out of the first Ram Booster Bash in the Eastway Shopping Center Plaza March 20.  The  Bash is the brainchild of Bill Hayes, athletic director. Hayes began his tenure as AD in January.  The purpose of […]

Features

Simpson expresses school spirit, awareness through music, videos

#8220;Whose house?  Rams house!” That’s not just a chant for Winston-Salem State’s athletic teams at home games; it’s also part of the chorus of the “WSSU Anthem.”  Devease Simpson, a senior mass communications major from Greensboro, wrote and recorded the song. Brandon McRae, a senior mass communications major from Prince […]

News

Celebrating Women’s History Month with Susan L. Taylor

Susan L. Taylor, former editor-in-chief of “Essence” magazine was the guest speaker at an event honoring Women’s History Month March 15 at Winston-Salem State in the Anderson Center. A near capacity crowd flooded the Dillard Auditorium in anticipation of hearing one of the nation’s premier African-American contemporary writers. Taylor is […]

News

We’re back! SU Radio returns

After months of being off the air, Winston-Salem State’s student radio station, SU Radio, is back. SU was taken off air October because of student violations but has been fully operational since Feb. 22, said James Benton, program director of SU. Benton is a junior mass communications major from Raleigh. […]

News

Rams H.O.P.E. donates $2,481 for Haiti relief aid

Rams Helping Others Prosper Everyday has been busy hosting different events to raise awareness and money for Haiti.  The organization collected funds totaling $2,481.82.  The check, made out to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, was presented in the breezeway March 25.  Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake […]