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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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Lilly Gaeto: Economics

Lilly Gaeto: Economics

Amanda Wilcox May 4, 2018

Lilly Gaeto said that when she entered Wake Forest as a freshman, she had no idea that she was going to major in economics. “I didn’t really know what the Federal Reserve was until I came to college,”...

Lucas Wille: Chinese

Lucas Wille: Chinese

Amanda Wilcox May 4, 2018

The Chinese language has long been a part of Lucas Wille’s life — he started studying it in kindergarten. Therefore, it makes sense that he has focused on bringing Chinese culture to campus ever since...

Wake Forest junior David Ostrowski (18) poses for a photo outside the library on Thursday, April 27, 2017.

David Ostrowski: Biophysics

Amanda Wilcox May 4, 2018

David Ostrowski chose biophysics because it was a perfect combination of two subjects that he loved. “I started college with interest in biology but also thinking I wanted to be a pure Physics major...

It is Vital that Congress Grants Mueller Protection

It is Vital that Congress Grants Mueller Protection

Amanda Wilcox April 26, 2018

Over the course of the 2016 election, Russia attacked us right at home — not with guns or missiles but with weapons of information warfare aimed at weakening our country, Western allies and democratic...

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Holi Arrives with Flying Colors

Amanda Wilcox April 19, 2018

The South Asian Student Association and Hindu Student Association’s annual celebration of Holi, the Festival of Colors, involved free Indian food, music, dance performances, water balloons and powdered...

Paul Ryan Faces the Chance to Change his Legacy

Paul Ryan Faces the Chance to Change his Legacy

Amanda Wilcox April 19, 2018

Ahead of midterm elections that are already looking treacherous for Republicans, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) is abandoning ship. His announcement that he will not seek re-election in November...

Lake Lure Offers up New Adventure

Lake Lure Offers up New Adventure

Amanda Wilcox April 19, 2018

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lake Lure is by far my favorite place in North Carolina; it has been part of my life far longer than I have been a Wake Forest student. Although it...

As provost, Dr. Michele Gillespie is responsible for overseeing Wake Forests academics.

Dean Gillespie Defends Liberal Arts Education

Amanda Wilcox April 12, 2018

“Finance, football and fraternities, not philosophy and physics,” have become the pillars of the modern American university, according to a 2017 Hedgehog Review article cited by junior Drew Finley...

U.S. Census Must Not Ask About Citizenship

U.S. Census Must Not Ask About Citizenship

Amanda Wilcox April 12, 2018

In two years, far too many Americans may not be counted. News broke last week that the U.S Census Bureau, which is overseen by the Department of Commerce, has been directed to include a question asking...

John Boltons Hard-Line Views are Dangerous

John Bolton’s Hard-Line Views are Dangerous

Amanda Wilcox April 5, 2018

There’s a clock-like regularity to which members of Donald Trump’s administration undermine exactly the institutions they have been chosen to lead. Lately, Trump is also jettisoning anyone willing...

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Deacon Profile: Matthew Dantism

Amanda Wilcox April 5, 2018

When the new pool opened in the Reynolds Gymnasium in late March, Matthew Dantism joined the Campus Recreation staff to direct and schedule use of the pool and aquatics classes and activities. In the days...

Residence Life & Housing Proposes Hammocks to Solve Housing Shortage

Residence Life & Housing Proposes Hammocks to Solve Housing Shortage

Amanda Wilcox April 1, 2018

After the university admitted a larger-than-average freshman class thanks to the extra space in Angelou, Residence Life & Housing has slowly been coming to terms with the fact that after a year freshman...

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