"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

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

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Deacon Profile: Alice Romanov

Deacon Profile: Alice Romanov

Caroline Walker October 3, 2019

Alice Romanov is a senior majoring in sociology and minoring in neuroscience and international studies. Outside of the classroom, she teaches at Yoga Dogz in Reynolda Village and leads yoga trips for Outdoor...

Deacon Profile: Paige Nordland

Deacon Profile: Paige Nordland

Caroline Walker September 26, 2019

Paige Nordland is a senior who is majoring in political science and minoring in health policy. She is the Hit the Bricks Student Director and an OPCD Student Ambassador.  This year, Nordland will lead...

Deacon Place: Ups And Downs Of New Dorms

Deacon Place: Ups And Downs Of New Dorms

Caroline Walker September 26, 2019

Since Wake Forest purchased Deacon Place last year in order to expand residential housing offerings for students, the space has undergone several changes. Over the summer, Wake Forest oversaw both cosmetic...

aWake All Night Draws Record Crowds

aWake All Night Draws Record Crowds

Caroline Walker September 12, 2019

Each semester, many students go to Benson to play games, spend time with friends, enjoy free food and try to win raffle prizes during the biannual aWake All Night. This year, the event was held on Sept....

Deacon Profile: Ashley Fountain

Deacon Profile: Ashley Fountain

Caroline Walker September 12, 2019

Senior Ashley Fountain manages an online fashion and lifestyle blog called “My Well-Dressed Life.” She is also the president of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. She will graduate in the spring with...

Novel Explores The Important Topic Of Sustainability

Novel Explores The Important Topic Of Sustainability

Caroline Walker September 5, 2019

Richard Powers’ recent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Overstory, examines environmental consciousness through the narratives of a cast of characters whose lives become undeniably intertwined, like...

Corey D.B. Walker Discusses Slavery

Corey D.B. Walker Discusses Slavery

Caroline Walker September 5, 2019

Corey D. B. Walker, a visiting professor of leadership studies and the humanities at the University of Richmond and a former dean at Winston-Salem State University, delivered an address titled “My Skin...

Deacon Profile: Nathan Peifer

Deacon Profile: Nathan Peifer

Caroline Walker September 5, 2019

Nathan Peifer works for the Wake Forest Office of Sustainability as the WFU Campus Garden manager and the Campus as Lab pilot program manager. He currently oversees the efforts toward sustainable agriculture...

Deacon Profile: Mellie Mesfin

Deacon Profile: Mellie Mesfin

Caroline Walker August 29, 2019

Senior Mellie Mesfin will serve as the Student Government president for the 2019-2020 academic year. She is a Business and Enterprise Management major with a concentration in business law and a minor in...

To Rush Or Not To Rush: Pro-Greek

To Rush Or Not To Rush: Pro-Greek

Caroline Walker August 24, 2019

Whether or not to rush a Greek organization is a difficult decision, but perhaps less so at Wake Forest. With rush occurring at the start of the spring semester each year, all students have ample time...

Tips For Getting Involved On Campus

Tips For Getting Involved On Campus

Caroline Walker August 24, 2019

Wake Forest currently offers more than 200 student organizations that cater to a wide variety of interests present among the student body. However, the sheer number of organizations can also be overwhelming....

The service featured a candle lighting ceremony that united the crowd under the theme of Lovefeast. The event first began in December 1965 and has become a tradition since.

Top Five Demon Deacon Traditions

Caroline Walker August 24, 2019

While there are many campus traditions in which you will participate over the next four years, here are five of the most notable. Rolling the Quad Start stashing rolls of toilet paper now, new Deacons,...

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