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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

New Vice President Of Enrollment Announced

New Vice President Of Enrollment Announced

Lillian Johnson April 11, 2019

Eric Maguire has been named Wake Forest’s first Vice President for Enrollment, President Hatch announced in a statement on Monday. Maguire currently serves as the vice president and dean of admissions...

Head Volleyball Coach Bill Ferguson Pleads Not Guilty

Head Volleyball Coach Bill Ferguson Pleads Not Guilty

Lillian Johnson April 4, 2019

Head Volleyball Coach Bill Ferguson appeared in federal court in Boston on March 25, where he pled not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit racketeering. Ferguson was indicted during the national...

Campus Administrators Respond To College Admissions Scandal In Which Head Volleyball Coach Was Indicted

Campus Administrators Respond To College Admissions Scandal In Which Head Volleyball Coach Was Indicted

Lillian Johnson March 21, 2019

Following the news of a nationwide college admissions scandal being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Head Volleyball Coach Bill Ferguson was suspended on March 12.  Ferguson has been...

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Head Volleyball Coach Suspended Following Indictment in College Admissions Scandal

Lillian Johnson March 13, 2019

Head Volleyball Coach Bill Ferguson was suspended Tuesday morning as news broke of a nationwide college admissions scandal that is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson has...

Deans of Admissions Pictured Before Confederate Flag In 1980s

Deans of Admissions Pictured Before Confederate Flag In 1980s

Lillian Johnson February 28, 2019

Last week, photographs of current university administrators in front of Confederate flags in old editions of the Howler surfaced and circulated among the Wake Forest community. In response, many students,...

Lilting Banshees Host Reunion Show

Lilting Banshees Host Reunion Show

Lillian Johnson January 31, 2019

Ever wondered how Wake Forest’s campus came to be? President Nathan O. Hatch looked at the vast swath of land before him. He ordered for there to be many bricks, squirrels and kids from New Jersey....

Melissa Harris-Perry Tweets About Conflict With WFU

Melissa Harris-Perry Tweets About Conflict With WFU

Lillian Johnson January 31, 2019

Editor's note: This article has been updated from its original version. Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor in the Politics and International Affairs department, continued her criticism of Wake Forest...

Affluence Plays A Role In Party Culture

Affluence Plays A Role In Party Culture

Lillian Johnson January 31, 2019

In looking at what causes party culture, it becomes a question of the chicken and the egg: which came first? At Wake Forest, where party culture reigns, many of the factors that feed this culture have...

Deacon Place, always popular, quickly filled up during housing selection.

Wake Forest Purchases Deacon Place

Lillian Johnson December 6, 2018

Following the building of a new freshman-only residence hall, Wake Forest has continued to expand its residential communities with the recent purchase of Deacon Place. It was announced that Wake Forest...

High-Risk Drinking Declines Amongst First-Years

High-Risk Drinking Declines Amongst First-Years

Lillian Johnson November 15, 2018

In the past, the flashing red-blue glow of an ambulance amid the cluster of freshman-only dorms at Wake Forest has often led students to the conclusion that someone else is being treated for excessive...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter Placed On Interim Suspension

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter Placed On Interim Suspension

Lillian Johnson November 8, 2018

The chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) at Wake Forest has been placed on interim suspension, as announced in an Oct. 29 blog post by the Office of Student Engagement. The national organization for SAE...

Controversial Email Results In Interim Suspension of Sigma Chi Fraternity

Controversial Email Results In Interim Suspension of Sigma Chi Fraternity

Lillian Johnson October 31, 2018

“Picture this, a thousand virgins named Mary and a bunch of horny college dudes meeting for the first time in the Garden of Eden: Dump basement.” Last week, an email that features misogynistic and...

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