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Diggs Gallery celebrates 20 years with ‘Pride and Dignity’ exhibit

Diggs Gallery celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct. 15.      Since Diggs Gallery opened its doors to the public in 1990, it has served as a platform for African-American art and history in Winston-Salem. Oct. 2 marked the Gallery’s true 20th anniversary, but had the celebration Oct. 15 that featured poetry, […]

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$150,000 raised so far by new 1000 HORN$

Rams Athletics has introduced a new fund-raiser “1000 HORN$” and it has already raised $150,000 for the Department.  The program’s goal is to get 1,000 donors to give $1,000. They are requesting donations from the Ram alumni first, and will seek donations from local businesses next. “When you are raising […]

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Argus editor awarded $750 to attend workshop

The chief online producer and graphics editor for The News Argus, Brandon Coley was awarded $750 to attend  the Society of Newspaper Design’s 32nd Annual Workshop and Exhibition Program in Denver, Colo. Coley is a junior computer graphics major from Muskegon, Mich. He creates the editorial cartoons and comic strips […]

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New programming helps revive SURadio.netv

Winston-Salem State’s student radio station, SU Radio, returned Sept. 20 with new shows and new personalities. The station was taken off the air last year for violating FCC rules involving disorderly conduct and playing unedited music. “When students began doing their radio shows last year, there were no rules or […]

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Moore Hall closed due to low enrollment

Moore Hall has always been a freshmen female dorm, but after Sept. 13, its doors were closed for the year. Moore Hall was built in 1965 as a residence hall for 120 female students. This semester, it will not be the case. Linda Inman, director of Housing and Residence Life, […]

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RAM-TV21 still experiencing technical difficulties

Elevator music, jazz, national news casts, power point… Typical programming for the campus cable access Channel 6. However, for the past few days, the same programming is being aired on the student-run television station RAM-TV21. Just when the Winston-Salem State community was informed that RAM-TV21 programs would be returning this […]

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Remembering the Cole on Columbus Day

September 11, 2001 is a day that rocked the country and undeniably changed the comfort level of the security of most Americans. What many Americans forget, is that less than a year before, on Oct. 13, 2000, the United States suffered its first real terrorist attack of the millennium.   […]

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WSSU chapter of My Sister’s Keeper:

Some Winston-Salem State students were able to take a Wal-Mart trip off their to-do list after attending Grocery B-I-N-G-O sponsored by My Sister’s Keeper in Dillard Hall this month. My Sister’s Keeper is an organization that was introduced to the campus spring semester and is working with female students. The […]

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WSSU offers programs, nutrition options to help fight obesity

With growing obesity rates, it seems as though the freshman 15 has become the freshman 40. According to Adebola Ilesanmi, assistant director of the A.H Ray Student Health Center, Winston-Salem State has seen an increase in weight-related health issues amongst young students. Problems such as hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and muscular […]

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Campus Police vigilant about school shootings

The Campus Police Department received a phone call on Oct. 7 of a shooting near Gleason-Hairston Hall. Witnesses said that they noticed an older model burgundy Dodge van. According to the witnesses report, a male passenger fired rounds as the van sped away from the scene. Campus Police received the […]