Between football season and Thanksgiving preparations were underway for a championship game on campus. No, the WSSU RAMS football team didn’t get invited to the CIAA championship game; that was already one by North Carolina Central University . Wednesday November 15, the 2006 WSSU intramural flag football championship game took […]
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Dr. Forrest-Carter’s second novel remains true to its title, “Judge Not!”
Dr. Forrest-Carter continues her literary journey with the release of her dramatic second novel, “Judge Not!” Forrest-Carter said she realized that she wanted to write a sequel to “The Wages of Sin” after she began writing her debut novel.”Initially, I knew that I would write a sequel to the novel. […]
Demonstration shows power of massage therapy over stress
Cedric Lewis is more than just an assistant dorm director in Gleason Hairston Terrace; he is also a stress reliever. When accepted in 2000 to the master’s program of in physical therapy, Lewis quickly realized that his calling was in another place. Lewis found his niche in the field of […]
NBA takes stiff action against offensive fan
Do you consider yourself a pretty tolerable person? How much verbal abuse can you take? Could you take being called a monkey? That is the situation Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutumbo found himself in recently. During a preseason game against the Orlando Magic, the 40-year old Congo native was verbally […]
What Are You Listening To?
I spent the past week leaning over peoples’ shoulder to ask the common question, “What are you listening to?” How much do your musical preferences correlate to your personality? From the answers I received, one of the most controversial genres of music prevalent at Winston-Salem State University is rap music. […]
Rams close out season with 31-14 loss against Norfolk State
As expected, emotions were running high on the field after Winston-Salem State’s final game against Norfolk State. Unfortunately for the Rams, they were on the wrong side of the spectrum, as the Spartans’ defeated the Rams 31-14 at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk, Va. After the game, WSSU head coach […]
“Locals” Increase Students’ Concern For Safety
Nowadays, it is not just the student population that increases on campus, another population has also risen: “locals,” which many Rams define as Winston-Salem city residents who do not attend Winston-Salem State University, but who use the campus as a “hot-spot” or local hang-out. Because of the recent burglaries and […]
Be Smart, Get Tested
Young people often place their health onto the back burner as college students. In the midst of other priorities such as classes and extra-curricular activities, health issues frequently take a back seat to other aspects of college life. It is very imperative that sexually active college students take a proactive […]
Rams pick up first win, defeat Anderson University 67-44
Winston-Salem State opened up a new era in their basketball history with a 67-44 win over Anderson University on Nov. 14. The game, played in the C.E. Gaines Center, was the Rams home opener and one of only six home games of this season, their first in Division I. It […]
Step Your Game Up – BET: Bad Ethnic Television
Twenty-six years ago, a young black businessman from Washington, D.C., named Robert Johnson bought airtime at a local station. It was from those meager beginnings that America ‘s first blackowned and oriented network, Black Entertainment Television, emerged. Starting a year before MTV, Johnson’s network was groundbreaking. Today, however, that ground […]