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We’re No. 1
The News Argus won nine awards, including four first-place awards at the 13th Annual National HBCU Student Media Conference in Columbia, S.C. Feb. 11-13. Argus staffers won first place for Best Student Newspaper (non-regular production, once weekly or less); Best Editoral Cartoon; Best Informational Graphic or News Art Illustration; and […]
Social Work Program takes last step for accrediatation
The Winston-Salem State Social Work Program is on its way toward accreditation. The program had its third site visit from accrediting team of the Council on Social Work Education, Feb. 3-4. Commissioner Deloris Dungee-Anderson evaluated WSSU’s program. “We have one last visit this upcoming winter and if all goes well, […]
Band fraternity sponsors event about domestic abuse
To address some of the issues of domestic violence, that college and university students face, the Kappa Lambda Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Fraternity presented the seminar, “Runaway Love-Domestic Violence Prevention”, Feb. 13. The program featured speaker Sylvester Reed. A case manager and victim advocate at Family Services […]
News Argus Staff to manage sports, graphics for Black College Wire
For years The News Argus has been responsible for producing high-quality news for Winston-Salem State. Now, WSSU’s student-run newspaper has been tasked with a new assignment. The News Argus staff has been selected to manage the sports and graphics sections of Black College Wire, a premier source of online information […]
Students’ e-mail capacity increases
Winston-Salem State students will be using a new e-mail server and will no longer see the message ‘Your mailbox is over its size limit’ in their inbox. It has been five years since there has been a significant change to the school’s e-mail server. The new e-mail server WSSU will […]
NAACP protests Wake County board ‘re-segregation’ plan
The Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s is a major part of what students learn during Black History Month. But all the efforts of integration may be unraveled in Wake County, , in Raleigh. Feb. 12, thousands of protestors took to the streets of Raleigh with the NAACP […]
Rams swept in doubleheader at home opener
For the first time in 38 years, the Winston-Salem State Rams Baseball team 5-5 (2-2) hosted a home game Feb. 15. The doubleheader was against St. Augustine’s College 4-4 (2-0) at BB&T Ballpark in downtown Winston-Salem, where the Chicago White Sox farm team Winston-Salem Dash play home games. The Rams […]
Rams tennis looks to pick up 2011 NCAA tournament bid
First-year head coach John Martin has some experienced athletes to work with. “Both teams look very strong to compete in the CIAA and the NCAA tournament,” Martin said. Martin is a native of Elkin, N.C. and a 2003 graduate of UNC Wilmington, where he played tennis. He has put his […]