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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

MLB: Speculations On The Rookie Of The Year

MLB: Speculations On The Rookie Of The Year

Ren Schmitt September 13, 2018

Awards voting, no matter the sport, follows flawed voting practices. In MLB, the process is often marred by voter fatigue, old-school thinking and recency bias among members of the BBWAA. Despite this,...

Barn Indefinitely Closed To Student-Sponsored Events

Barn Indefinitely Closed To Student-Sponsored Events

Ren Schmitt September 13, 2018

In the wake of the shooting death of Winston-Salem State University student Najee Ali Baker on Jan. 20 at the Barn, Wake Forest’s Campus Life division conducted a review of event management policies....

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Tampa Bay Rays Push Boundaries Of Conventional Baseball

Ren Schmitt September 6, 2018

Though the playoff teams in the American League are rightfully drawing the majority of the media’s attention as the season comes to a close, there is a non-playoff team that has been up to something...

Major League Baseball Teams Start The Race To Postseason

Major League Baseball Teams Start The Race To Postseason

Ren Schmitt August 30, 2018

At the outset of the 2018 season, a nearly unanimous concern among baseball fans and pundits dominated preseason conversation. The fear manifested itself in the form of seven “super teams,” who appeared...

Assistant Basketball Coach Faces Assault Charges

Assistant Basketball Coach Faces Assault Charges

Ren Schmitt August 30, 2018

After a year fraught with challenges and tragedies in the Wake Forest community, another painful blow came earlier this month in the form of a criminal charge levelled against assistant basketball coach...

New Wake Forest faculty members pose for headshots on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.  Christopher Brown.

Deacon Profile: Chris Brown

Ren Schmitt August 30, 2018

Chris Brown, an assistant professor of English at Wake Forest, took a rather circuitous route into the academic world. Immediately after finishing his undergraduate work at Georgetown, Brown continued...

Studying Abroad Is A Valuable And Important Experience

Studying Abroad Is A Valuable And Important Experience

Ren Schmitt August 24, 2018

Though you have just arrived on campus, I am sure you and the rest of the freshman class have already become well aware of the fact that study abroad opportunities are one of Wake Forest’s selling points....

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Expectations vs. Reality: Wake Forest Edition

Ren Schmitt August 24, 2018

Congratulations! You have made it to campus, and according to pamphlets, campus tours and hours perusing countless poorly-written comments on college review blogs, Wake Forest may be the world’s best...

Jorge Dabdoub: Chemistry

Jorge Dabdoub: Chemistry

Ren Schmitt May 4, 2018

Jorge Dabdoub had never heard of Wake Forest before he visited, but he has not regretted his choice to attend ever since. Dabdoub, who hails from Norwich, CT, has excelled during his time on campus. “I...

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Making Move-Out More Sustainable

Ren Schmitt April 26, 2018

As the academic year begins to wind down, a familiar frenetic buzz washes over Wake Forest’s student body. The stresses of finals and the excitement of summer command the attention of students, so most...

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Wake Forest Baseball Swept by Clemson

Ren Schmitt April 26, 2018

After an encouraging stretch that saw the Demon Deacons win four straight games, including a sweep at ACC foe Boston College, it appeared as though a late NCAA tournament push could be on the horizon....

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Baseball Powers Past Davidson

Ren Schmitt April 5, 2018

After being swept over the weekend by the North Carolina Tarheels, the Demon Deacons baseball rebounded on Tuesday, April 4 against the Davidson Wildcats, scoring 15 runs and collecting 19 hits en route...

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