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National, state accolades Argus staff wins 10 awards

The News Argus staff members won 10 awards in recent national and state-wide competitions for student communications in February. Editor-in-chief Chelsea Burwell earned first place for best online multimedia package for 2013 from the Black College Communication Association. The newspaper also won second place for the best information graphics or […]

Sports

Attention athletes: Stick to sports

Michael Sam is a man that has gotten a lot of pub­licity over the past several weeks for something that, in my opinion, is not worthy of the recognition he has received. Sam, 24, is a former Missouri football player and current prospect for this May’s NFL draft. He was […]

Sports

COACH’S GAME BALL: Wesley Helsabeck

Wes Helsabeck, junior start­ing pitcher, has been chosen by Head Baseball Coach Kevin Ritsche as this issue’s “Game Ball” recipient. Helsabeck is a local kid from Rural Hall and is in his first season at Winston- Salem State. He transferred to WSSU this past fall after spending the previous two […]

Opinion

Dear White People

Imagine attend­ing a college where less than 5 percent of the student popula­tion looks like you. This is the reality for many Black students attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). In 2006, UCLA admitted just 96 Black students out of a fresh­man class of 4,800. This came 10 years after California […]

Opinion

Write or Die Editor’s Column: Crossing the line

I am not apologizing for the most recent RAMble Online poll. I began receiving emails about it less than two hours after it was distrib­uted. The first message was for­warded from my adviser, who was the original recipient of the email. Once I read it, my eyebrows imme­diately raised. What […]

News

Women in STEM receive honors

The Winston-Salem State University Friends of the Library 2014 fundraising event is “Forethinkers: The Evolution of Math Beyond Equations and Solutions.” The luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the S.G. Atkins Community Development Center, located at 1922 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on March 22. Attendees […]

Features

Student juggles classes, acting career

Vonii Bristow is not your average college student. It’s not that his life of balancing school­work and two jobs sets him apart from the thou­sands of students at Winston-Salem State – it’s his act­ing career. Bristow, a senior economics major from Greensboro, is channeling his inner thespian as he ventures […]

Opinion

Entertaining Criticism: The Lego Movie

From the directors of 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie has become one of the top-grossing films of the year. Voiced by Chris Pratt (“Parks and Recreation”), Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption) and more, the animated film premiered Feb. 7 and has received critical acclaim. As […]

News

Greek Life Director dispels probate rumor

Campus has been buzzing about whether to expect a dry period for probates until fall 2015. Spring marks the time where many Greek organizations at Winston-Salem State reveal the newest inductees of their organization, in what is called a probate. This semester, rumors about canceled probates have spread quickly. However, […]