As the ball slowly descended and the clock inched closer to midnight, thousands of Americans embarked on a pulse-pounding, nail-biting journey. This journey may last a lifetime or it may just last a few weeks. The journey is the New Year’s resolution. Every year Americans vow to start the New […]
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Reserving Money for College
There are several avenues to take in paying for a college education, and the Army Reserves is one route that more than 100 students at Winston-Salem State have taken to pay for their expenses. During the fall semester, 136 students were certified to receive financial benefits from the military, said […]
Band Invades ATL
The Winston-Salem State University’s Marching Band, “Red Sea of Sound” was one of 10 bands selected to showcase their talents in Atlanta on Saturday Jan. 26, in the Honda Battle of the Bands. “I voted for my school everyday that I could on the website so that my school could […]
Around Campus
The struggle to live for African- Americans in the Jim Crow South was at best, extremely difficult, and at worse, deadly. Many African-Americans escaped that oppression in a mass migration North in the hope of finding a better life. That migration is the subject of a new book titled, The […]
GREEN: It’s The New Thing
It’s what’s in style, it’s the new trend, and everyone is doing it. No, it’s not the latest fashion trend or new gizmo, it’s “going green.” Going green is a conscious decision to make environmentally friendly changes to one’s lifestyle to help and reduce the human effects on global warming. […]
Old Policy: Up In Smoke
The new smoking policy at Winston-Salem StateUniversity is causing smokers to walk a little farther inorder to have a cigarette. According to the new University of North Carolina campussystem law, smokers must be at least 100 feet awayfrom any school building. This does not leave many spotson campus for smokers. […]
A Rivalry Renewed
When Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T meet on Saturday in Greensboro it will be the first time that the two former CIAA powers have met since the 1998 season. The two schools are separated by less than thirty miles, and while it may not gain the national attention of […]
Slugfest: HU edges WSSU 64-62
Watching Winston-Salem State and Hampton play at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, you wouldn’t know the teams hadn’t played each other in more than a decade. The game between the two former CIAA schools resembled a heavyweight championship fight, literally and figuratively. It was a physical and emotionally draining game for both […]
Celebration: A Ring For The Pearl
More than 40 years after leading Winston-Salem State to the 1967 College Division (Division II) championship, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe finally got his championship ring. Monroe and his teammates received their rings on November 2 at WSSU’s Celebration of Champions. “I couldn’t be happier,” Monroe said. “There are a lot […]
Homecoming 2007 Game and Parade Photos
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