By Lisa BooneArgus News Editor Earl Granger, associate director of recruitment at Kenan-Flagler Business School of UNC-Chapel Hill, encouraged students in all majors to consider pursuing a master of business administration degree when he spoke last month on campus. Granger was a speaker at a gathering arranged by the […]
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WSSU students have a variety of summer plans
By Layla FarmerArgus Reporter The air is getting warmer, the sunshine is plentiful, and most of us can’t help but turn our minds to summer, for it is nearly upon us. That coveted three month break is almost a reality once again. Students at Winston-Salem State are getting restless, like […]
CD REVIEW
Special to the Argus “College Dropout,” Kanye WestRockafella Records Sometimes you come along something which is really unexpected. As is the case with Rockefella’s newest artist Kanye West. His freshman CD “College Dropout” hit the stores last month. It’s nice. At best West is one of the good emerging artist. […]
Campus police get motorized bikes to patrol campus
Beginning this month, Winston-Salem State University will become the first campus in the country to provide its security officers with electric-powered bicycles like ones currently used by U.S. military forces overseas. “Regular bike patrols are somewhat limited because it all comes down to the energy level and how in shape […]
Cost of Looking Good
By Nicole FergusonArgus Editor-in-Chief Sharon Stephens only owns two pairs of flat shoes. Several other dozen of pairs of shoes in Stephens closet are representative of what you’d expect to see on a model working a Paris runway-high heels.Stephens is among the hundreds of women on the campus of Winston-Salem […]
Students express security concerns
Editor-in-Chief Nicole Young, a senior nursing major, says she is becoming more and more concerned with her safety as she has to walk further north down Martin Luther King, Jr. drive to reach her classes in the nursing building. She says motorists aren’t mindful of pedestrians and evening walks alone […]
Miss WSSU, Mignon Turner wins first Miss CIAA title during tournament
Argus News Editor Although WSSU was not victorious in the CIAA basketball competition, the students and faculty of WSSU were well represented in different aspects of the tournament. Mignon TurnerMiss WSSU 2003-2004, a graduating senior, double major, varsity cheerleader, volunteer tutor, WSSU Campus Pal, member of the SGA, and member […]
WSSU plans $35 million dollar Capital Campaign
Argus Managing Editor A capital campaign to raise $35 million for Winston-Salem State University is off to a good start with $7.4 million in commitments from area banks, alumni and numerous other contributors. Michelle Cooke, executive director of the University Foundations and chair of the campaign committee, described the capital […]
Move over and make room for the Hip-Hop generation
Argus Managing Editor The Hip-Hop Revolution. Some who are reading this do not know the significance of those four words, but whether you understand it or not, everyone is living in it as we speak. In fact, we have been living in it for several years now. According to an […]
OutKast has CBS apologizing again
A performance at the Grammy’s by the popular recording artists OutKast led to yet another public apology from the CBS network. OutKast’s performance was not sexually offensive, as the one that led to the first public apology was, but it was racially offensive to Native Americans. OutKast’s Andre 3000 came […]