Winston-Salem State University
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
The unpatriotic pose softened with each word, as Shani Davis eloquently explained what it was like to be an Olympic champion. There wasn’t any anger in his heart, only the satisfaction of completing a chase that began with a joke to a friend in Chicago 11 years ago. The chase […]
Sworn in as president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf vowed to attack the corruption that lay beneath the recent bloodshed and despair in her African nation. In Chile, newly inaugurated President Michelle Bachelet, tortured as a teen during a dictatorship, was propelled to power by voters who were weary of machismo […]
Learning about America’s one-time addiction to slavery is like peeling back layers of a tough white onion. For example, how many know that New Yorkers kept slaves through 1840; or that a fifth of New York City’s population in 1776 was slave? Outfitting slave ships was a churning engine of […]
For 14 years, supermodels Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell had claws out for one another, and sports giants, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, were like the lion and hyena, eternal enemies. The four could hardly be called role models. Their feuding egos left lots to be desired. But what person […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined recently to hear an appeal from former student journalists at Governors State University in University Park, letting stand a lower court ruling that could allow college administrators to censor student publications. The case was on appeal from three students who sued in January 2001 when […]
#8220;What do you guys think about Marcos Bryant?” This is a question that’s being whispered in classrooms across the campus. My standard response has been: “I thought you were innocent until proven guilty?” As all students, I was alarmed when I heard the news of Bryant’s arrest. No one wants […]
Black Americans have been called a lot of names. Within the last century the ever-changing nomenclature has gone from Negro to colored, black, Afro American and now, African American. But as the number of African immigrants and other foreign-born blacks increase, a quiet debate has ensued: Just who is African […]
The word nigger has been used to degrade and humiliate African-American people for hundreds of years. The dictionary defines it as an offensive name for a person with dark skin or of African descent. There are no alternative meanings or uses. It is a word that should have worked its […]
Students don’t have to stretch their budgets to cover high gas prices or find rides because of a partnership between the Winston-Salem Transit Authority and the university. The partnership allows students to purchase a $70 bus pass to cover 70 days of rides, according to a campus-wide e-mail sent by […]
For every thing under the sun there is a season. And sunny weather, bright-faced flowers and short, tight clothing signal a favorite season of university students: Spring Break. Yes, that time of year has rolled around again. Some Rams say they will head home, others head for friends’ homes and […]