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'Covers the campus like the magnolias'
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Beto ORourke Could Actually Win

Beto O’Rourke Could Actually Win

Amanda Wilcox October 4, 2018

For almost a quarter century, the idea of a progressive Democrat winning a statewide race in Texas has been little more than a leftist fever dream. That is, until now. Enter Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El...

Day Of Reckoning For Kavanaugh Is Approaching

Day Of Reckoning For Kavanaugh Is Approaching

Amanda Wilcox September 20, 2018

Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made a surprisingly sensible decision this week. Under mounting pressure from senators of both parties, he will call U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge...

Anonymous Op-Ed Suggests Shadow Government

Anonymous Op-Ed Suggests Shadow Government

Amanda Wilcox September 13, 2018

By now, everyone with a pulse and an Internet connection has read the op-ed heard ‘round the world — the stomach-churning, head-spinning testimony published anonymously in The New York Times by a senior...

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Deacs Decide Initiative Begins

Amanda Wilcox September 13, 2018

Eight weeks before the midterm congressional elections, the American body politic faces the contradictory phenomena of simultaneous political polarization and civic disengagement. Recent poll data from...

British Baking Competition Is Still A Treat

British Baking Competition Is Still A Treat

Amanda Wilcox September 6, 2018

The Great British Baking Show — known as The Great British Bake-Off across the pond — aired its fifth season on PBS this past July with a series of episodes that were technically six years old. However,...

Schumer-Heinrich Bill Could Create New Measures Of Growth

Schumer-Heinrich Bill Could Create New Measures Of Growth

Amanda Wilcox September 6, 2018

President John F. Kennedy often liked to remark that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” echoing the consensus wisdom at the time that a growing economy benefited Americans all across the economic spectrum. In...

Trumps Misguided Trade War Is Harmful

Trump’s Misguided Trade War Is Harmful

Amanda Wilcox August 30, 2018

“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” At this point in the tug-of-war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump’s declaration is now looking about as plausible as President Herbert Hoover’s...

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WakeWell Added To Pre-Orientation Offerings

Amanda Wilcox August 30, 2018

During this year’s pre-orientation activities, while much of the Class of 2022 was adventuring outdoors, volunteering in the Winston-Salem community and learning about the history of Wake Forest, a group...

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College Life Can Create Mental Stress

Amanda Wilcox August 24, 2018

“The best four years of your life.” I can’t count how many times I heard this well-meaning sentiment before I started my first semester of college two years ago. My high school teachers and counselors...

June 1839: First class of graduates received their diplomas from Wake Forest College.

A History of Wake Forest In Photographs

Amanda Wilcox August 24, 2018

From its establishment in Wake Forest, NC to being in Winston-Salem today, the university has been a microcosm of change occurring on a national scale, from the civil rights movement to women’s liberation....

WFU Presidents Aides headshots, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Zachary Zhang.

In Memoriam: Zachary Zhang

Amanda Wilcox July 6, 2018

Rising junior Bingrui (Zachary) Zhang, who died on June 19, is currently being remembered by the Wake Forest community as a positive and hardworking student. According to a campus-wide email circulated...

Adam Dingman: French Studies

Adam Dingman: French Studies

Amanda Wilcox May 4, 2018

Adam Dingman’s love for the French language began when he was in elementary school — long before most students started to think about their college plans. Between first and fourth grade, his school...

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