Despite coming into the game winless, Winston-Salem State proved to be too much for Howard, beating them 34 – 10 at home on Oct. 4. The win came just in time for a team desperate for a victory. With the Rams facing a 0-5 start heading into a showdown in […]
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Morris brothers, two sides, same story.
With a height difference of almost a foot, Corey and Colby Morris make a very rare twin tandem. Colby stands 6 feet 1 inch, while Corey is 6 feet 10 inches. The Morris’ grew up just like any other twins, “Mom says we both were the same height for a […]
Rams lose ‘offensive’ coach
The WSSU football team is 1-4 on the field and missing one of its coaches. Nick Calcutta and the athletic department reached an agreement that Calcutta could no longer be the Ram offensive coordinator because he was accused of making a racial epithet during a team meeting. “In the best […]
Rams open season with back-to-back losses
Starting the 2008 season by losing back-to-back games to two of the Football Championship Subdivison’s (Division I-AA) worst programs is not what WSSU head coach Kermit Blount had in mind. The Rams scored just 22 points in their first games and came up short in losses against N.C. A&T (14-8) […]
Wedlock: Easy To Be A Phantom
The last 18 months of Jonathan Wedlock’s life have brought many changes and challenges. Since the fall of 2006, Wedlock has gone from starting in Winston- Salem State’s backfield, to being viewed as a pariah by administrators, and fulfilling his dreams of playing professional football. Despite finishing his time at […]
WSSU Student-Athletes Help Out In W-S
Winston-Salem State student-athletes continued to give back to their community on April 22 in Winston-Salem, as nearly two dozen current WSSU student-athletes from nine different athletic teams participated in the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Forsyth County Special Olympics at Wake Forest University’s Kentner Stadium. The annual Forsyth County Spring […]
Class Of 2008: Forging Ahead
It is that time of year again. The end of the semester when there is an overload of information and work, activities, stress, and deep signs of relief. There is stress over exams, meeting deadlines, and paperwork, relief that classes are almost over, and for seniors, there is bittersweet preparation […]
Co-ed Cohabitation Not Likely At WSSU
Winston-Salem State has co-ed residence halls for the students, but does not allow for members of the opposite sex to live in the same room. Currently there are five co-ed dorms on campus: Rams Commons, Gleason-Hairston Terrace, Foundation Heights, Wilson Hall, and the recently co-ed Pegram. So if co-ed dorms […]
Just The Facts . . .
Reportable events from 0700, 04-09-2008 through 0700, 04-14-2008: Case # Incident Location08-098-467 Traffic Stop MLK Jr. Dr. At 2:30 a police officer conducted a traffic stop and issued a citation to a motorist (non-student) for a traffic misdemeanor. 08-098-468 EMS Wilson Hall At 1:52 PM police received notification about a […]
WSSU Hosts Model U.N.
The two-front war confronting the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan, the constant turmoil in the Middle East, political and tribal conflict in several emerging nations are forcing world leaders to redouble their efforts to find ways to resolve these issues. Winston-Salem State aided that effortby hosting a statewide conference […]