Classes for WSSU’s latest master’s degree program, the master’s in nursing program in the School of Health Sciences will begin Jan. 13. “This program is the first for an historically black college and university [HBCU] in the University of North Carolina system and is the first primary care program to […]

With a mission to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs, Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is sure to make a difference on the campus of Winston-Salem State University.WSSU’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter was chartered on Dec. 4, 1967, before it […]

Residents of Rams Commons will pay an extra $12 a month in rent starting next year.Felicia Billingslea, the general manager of Rams Commons, said that during the fall semester, students occupied 433 of the 436 rooms available. However this did not include resident assistants. The spring semester’s occupancy of Rams […]

We are now three years into the new millennium and as the country nears war with Iraq, black leadership is taking a sharp blow. Figures in particular who are coming under fire from others, blacks included, are: the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and Louis Farrakhan. All three men […]

WSSU students who visited through the first floor stacks area in O’Kelly Library may have come across something odd.The library, where many students go to satisfy their research needs, has had one of its major areas quarantined. This section of the library has been blocked off since September and has […]

Through the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia, one clear picture that has emerged is the growing numbers of minorities going into space.According to Dr. Olasope Oyelaran, the director of international programs, “This tragedy hit at the core of money and emotion. Students here need to make sure they are […]

Since 1989, when the Oakland Raiders hired Art Shell as the first black head coach in the NFL, there have only been six other black head coaches. Tony Dungy (Indianapolis Colts), Herman Edwards (New York Jets) and Marvin Lewis (Cincinnati Bengals) are currently the only active head coaches. Ray Rhodes, […]

Have you seen the new signs that have been posted along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at several intersections within the past few weeks? They are brown signs with the words “The Golden Mile” written on them.In a proclamation given by Mayor Allen Joines on Feb. 17, MLK serves as […]

Feb. 14 tends to be a day set aside for those lovers in all of us. A time for us to get with our significant other and confess our undying love for one another, right? Yeah, right. Although this day is used for purposes such as those stated above, we […]