Author: Matt Parmesano

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Withdraw, but no more than 4

Caution students: do not go past four withdrawals. In 2013, the UNC System Board of Governors met with the Faculty Assembly and amended the Fostering Undergraduate Student Success policies. Colleges and universities were told to adopt the policies by the fall 2014 semester. Among the amendments is a new […]

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No extra pay for teachers seeking M.A.

Gov. Pat McCrory's Mansion   It is not surprising that the N.C. law that eliminated the 10-15 percent supplemental pay incentive for teachers obtaining master’s degrees has support for and against it. The N.C. General Assembly passed the bill in 2013, and the law went into effect beginning with the […]

Sports

Hargette: “She’s a very versitile player”

Hargette is a sophomore CIAA winner Thirteen-year Winston- Salem State Softball Head Coach Lataya Hilliard-Gray has high hopes for this season "We have to play at a different level," said Gray, a three time CIAA coach. Though the Lady Rams have had a competitive schedule, the offensive execution still needs […]

Opinion

A Closer Look Editor’s Column: Equality isn’t equal

Editorial Cartoon: Sabrina Robinson, Graphics Editor Hey, you know that thing in Hollywood where all the celebrities go to decide if that light-skinned man named Oscar would finally acknowledge their careers? Did you watch it? No? You’re not the only one. So I’ll just sum it up for you. It […]

Features

Farewell to a paragon

By the end of February, Winston-Salem State will be losing a paragon in Student Affairs- Campus Life: Theo D. Howard, assistant vice chancellor. Theo Howard Howard’s odyssey at WSSU began in 2003 when there were about 2,500 students. Twelve years later and a population of about 5,500 students, Howard […]

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List proves WSSU not a dangerous campus

The website StartClass.net listed Winston-Salem State among the 25 most dangerous colleges Feb. 3. However, 16 days later StartClass.net revised the list — removing WSSU in the process — and issued an apology on their website. "…We identified an error in the original analysis of the data used in the […]

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Crime Incident Report 2/23/2015

Tuesday Feb. 3 Communicating Threats At 3 a.m. a female student needed a campus police escort from Gleason-Hariston Terrace Hall to Martin-Schexnider Hall. She said she was afraid of her roommate because she threatened to kill her. The parents of the threatened student are in the process of pressing […]