Winston-Salem State University defensive end William Hayes has been named to the American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) 2007 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team. He will be honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend Feb. 15-16 in Atlanta. Hayes led WSSU with 8.5 sacks and was second on the […]
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RELAXED OR NATURAL: Does Hair Texture Still Matter?
Two women are at a professional conference — one is younger and the other is a respected professional established in the field. The younger woman is wearing a black skirt suit, a white blouse, pantyhose and one-inch black pumps with her hair in a bun. The older woman is dressed […]
English As A Second Language Program Continues To Grow
Take a walk across campus, and you are likely to notice an increasingly diverse student population at Winston-Salem State. Students from other countries are often learning English for the first time. ESL, or English as a Second Language, is a program designed to help students whose first language is not […]
WSSU Team Does Well At A&T’s Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
On Jan. 19, 12 students represented Winston-Salem State University at the North Carolina A&T invitational. In a tournament shortened by inclement weather, Winston-Salem placed second out of 12 teams. “I’m really disappointed play was interrupted. We wanted to play [tournament winners] University of Maryland Eastern Shore, but they didn’t anticipate […]
How Far Is Too Far?
Like most people, I’ve been following the primaries with much interest. And as Democrat, I’ve watched this race with particular fervor. We’ve seen candidates promising change, experience, and all the things you hear about with regularity during campaign season. Of course, with campaigning comes mudslinging and that’s something that voters […]
Is Gaming Interfering With Schooling?
There can’t be anything better to do than to come home from class, invite some friends over, break out with the sticks and beat somebody in Madden for a quick five dollars or those short-term bragging rights. Some students are so into the video game craze, it interferes with their […]
Aggies “Rush” To Win
It was a game ten years it the making, but it only took five minutes to decide. North Carolina A&T guard Steven Rush scored 23 points, including nine in the first five minutes, as A&T jumped out to a 17-4 lead and coasted to a 75-56 win over rival Winston-Salem […]
Are We Moving Backwards?
#8220;Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” Many people have heard that saying for years from parents when being teased by other children. Well, the recent comments and decisions by some paid professionals are putting that saying to the test. By now most of […]
Old Policy: Up In Smoke
The new smoking policy at Winston-Salem StateUniversity is causing smokers to walk a little farther inorder to have a cigarette. According to the new University of North Carolina campussystem law, smokers must be at least 100 feet awayfrom any school building. This does not leave many spotson campus for smokers. […]
GREEN: It’s The New Thing
It’s what’s in style, it’s the new trend, and everyone is doing it. No, it’s not the latest fashion trend or new gizmo, it’s “going green.” Going green is a conscious decision to make environmentally friendly changes to one’s lifestyle to help and reduce the human effects on global warming. […]