By Sharif DurhamsKnight Ridder Wire Service Up is winning. A UNC Chapel Hill study this year confirmed grades at the campus keep rising. Forty-one percent of the university’s grades were A’s in spring 2003 compared with 38 percent four years earlier. Chancellor James Moeser pledged to so do something about […]
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Freshmen, listen up … the editor has good advice for you
To all my fellow students and Ram family, Welcome Back. I especially want to welcome all the new rams on campus. You’ll discover, sooner or later, that your time here will mark some of the best years of your life. The majority of you have no serious debt and no […]
Founder of Women for Change leading by example
The ladies of Women for Change, a group that aims to instill “values, poise, responsibility and unity” among college women of all races, religions and backgrounds, attracted dozens of interested students to its Fall 2004 kickoff earlier this month. This newly formed group which was founded last year by students […]
WSSU Athletic Department Launches Online Store
Aug. 20, 2004 Winston-Salem, NC – The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics announced the grand opening of their new online store on Friday afternoon that will enable loyal fans and supporters of Ram athletics to support the athletic department by purchasing Ram merchandise. The online store, which currently has […]
“And the Rammie goes to …”
MASS COMMUNICATION RAMMIES: AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Best Promo By A Group: Shoes-Broadcast Marketing Section 1 Best Promo by Individual: Ram-TV19: Behind the Scenes-Hezekiah Cunningham Best Actor/Actress In A Promo: Daysha Scruggs-Shoes Best Edited Package: Tammy Terrell-Basketball Best Comedic Performance: Fred – “Making the Band”/”Nightlife” Best Supporting Actress/Actor: Nicole Lee – […]
Half of U.S. will be ‘minority’ in 2050, Census estimate says
The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) (KRT)HACKENSACK, N.J. Fast forward to 2050. Imagine an America where the concept of minority no longer applies to the same ethnic or racial groups as today. Imagine an America where whites are no longer far and away the majority. That is the picture of America […]
Nations, businesses, volunteers battle AIDS epidemic in Africa
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel KAMPALA, Uganda _ Goats and chickens scatter as a dirt bike pings down rutted roads, past banana trees and sugar cane, to a village deep in the African bush. Its driver is delivering some of the world’s most advanced drugs to people in mud-and-thatch huts. Once a […]
North Carolina colleges racing to teach `HIV 101′
Knight Ridder Newspapers(KRT)Gregory Johnson lost two uncles to AIDS, so when he hears of fellow students at Johnson C. Smith University dallying with casual sex, he wants to stop them. “That’s one of the hottest issues on campus _ sex,” Johnson said. As a dorm advisor, the 20-year-old junior from […]
Rice likely to be grilled about 9-11
Chicago Tribune (KRT) WASHINGTON In defending the White House against accusations by a former aide that President Bush was not paying adequate attention to potential terrorist attacks prior to Sept. 11, 2001, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice portrayed the accuser, Richard Clarke, as someone who couldn’t keep his story straight. […]
Hispancs giving new meaning to “The New South”
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)LYONS, Ga. _ Juan Reyes spends his days in the dusty trenches of the vegetable fields that populate the tiny southeastern town of Lyons, Ga. He spends his nights in the commercially seductive aisles of the local Wal-Mart. After plowing row after row of onions, cucumbers or […]