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500 red, blue balloons released during Haitian relief kick-off event

Rams Helping Others Prosper Everyday, an organization formed to focus on relief efforts and the community hosted the H.O.P.E. Floats event for awareness of relief efforts for Haiti on Feb. 16. Chelii Broussard, the adviser for Campus Life Marketing Committee and Raging Rams, said she formed Rams H.O.P.E. in January […]

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Spelling Bee’ spells l-a-u-g-h-s and g-o-o-d t-u-n-e-s

At the “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” it’s easy to get lost in the atmosphere.  It felt as if I were watching young pubescent adolescents give their all in a contest of wits that was anything but usual. The play, directed by Gene Johnson was performed at the Twin […]

Opinion

New campus M.C. in the making?

When you think of the prefix M.C. [emcee] what is the first thought that comes to mind?  For those of you that keep up with pop culture or just old enough to remember, you would probably say M.C. Hammer.   But Mr. “U Can’t Touch This” was only trying to […]

Opinion

Navy Vet concerned about safety, not sexuality

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation in his first State of the Union Address Jan. 27. With so many events that have occurred in this country within the past 12 months, our newly appointed Commander-in-Chief had a lot of subject matter before him. During his address, Obama spoke about […]

Opinion

Volunteer to make a ‘BIG’ difference

We are often told the importance of giving back and doing community service. Community service is great. If you really want to make an impact volunteer with Big Brother Big Sisters of America.  BBBS is an agency that provides children in single parent homes a volunteer who can serve as […]

Sports

Basketball coaches sideline shoes, go barefeet for needy cause

Women’s head basketball coach Dee Stokes and men’s head basketball coach Bobby Collins participated in “The Barefoot for Barefeet” Coaches Initiative Jan. 25 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum against NC A&T. Winston-Salem State partnered with Samaritan’s Feet, a national non-profit organization, to raise awareness and generate traffic to their […]

Sports

Hayes brings new ideas to athletics

Since his hiring date of Nov. 3 as Winston-Salem State’s athletic director, Bill Hayes has taken the athletic department by the horns at a non-stop pace.  Hayes, a former winning head football coach at WSSU has had other coaching successes at NC Central and NC A&T.  He also went to […]

Features

ROC helps campus groups with funding, networking, training opportunities

The 100 active organizations at Winston-Salem State should  have circled Jan. 30 on their calendars.   On that day the Registered Organizations Council will have a Retreat in the Thompson Center. ROC is an organization that serves as a governing body for all of the organizations on campus.   The speaker […]

Sports

Rams begin 2010 with strong January effort

The Winston-Salem State men’s basketball team began the 2009-2010  season below .500 with a 2-8 record in November and December. The resolution: a turnaround resulting in a 5-3 January record.     The Rams bounced into the new year with a convincing 94-60 home win Jan. 4 over Washington Adventist […]

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Winston-Salem State offers ‘Ultimate’ exercise with Frisbee class

You were always told not to throw things in class, but now it’s okay to break the rules. An Aerobics class featuring a Frisbee is offering students at Winston-Salem State a new way to get in shape.  Ultimate Frisbee known as Ultimate is a limited contact sport like basketball, and […]