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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

Biology: Leonardo Silenzi

Biology: Leonardo Silenzi

Connor McNeeley, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2022

 Leonardo Silenzi loves complexity.  In his experience, Silenzi has found the human brain to be the most complex structure on Earth, so he has decided to spend his time studying that.  “I love to...

Finance: Sarah Kate Massey

Finance: Sarah Kate Massey

Connor McNeely, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2022

If Sarah Kate Massey is anything, it’s balanced. This can be a difficult feat to accomplish at Wake Forest, where unique opportunities to involve yourself in university life abound. As a senior graduating...

Chemistry: Renate Ma

Chemistry: Renate Ma

Connor McNeely, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2022

Renate Ma is a chemistry major from Rocky Mount, NC, who epitomizes Wake Forest’s undergraduate pre-medical program. Although from a young age, Ma wanted to be everything but a scientist, now she hopes...

Politics & International Affairs: Maggie Fox

Politics & International Affairs: Maggie Fox

Emily Toro, News Editor April 28, 2022

 Maggie Fox always wanted to go to law school, and her experiences at Wake Forest only reinforced that aspiration.  “I think especially after the 2016 election, I really got more interested in political...

Anthropology: Rouhan Li

Anthropology: Rouhan Li

Meredith Prince, Features Editor April 28, 2022

With a primary major in Finance in the Wake Forest School of Business, Ruohan Li has spent countless hours studying within the business world and focusing on a future within the accountancy sector. She...

Music Performance: Katarina Sams

Music Performance: Katarina Sams

Christa Dutton, News Editor April 28, 2022

Katarina Sams’ love for music began at a young age. Born in Croatia and raised in Switzerland, she attended an elementary school where she was required to play a band instrument. Sams chose the flute...

Computer Science: Zoe Chamberlin

Computer Science: Zoe Chamberlin

Josie Scratchard, Life Editor April 28, 2022

With Zoe Chamberlin having been chosen to represent this year’s class of computer science majors, one would think that she has been interested in the subject for quite some time. Surprisingly, she was...

Economics: Grace Lyons

Economics: Grace Lyons

Essex Thayer, Sports Editor April 28, 2022

Among many other factors, one thing that really drove Grace Lyons to Wake Forest was the weather; North Carolina is far warmer than a Massachusetts winter. “I hated the cold weather,” Lyons said....

Health and Exercise Science: Shayla Smart

Health and Exercise Science: Shayla Smart

Meredith Prince, Features Editor April 28, 2022

Shayla Smart knew she would be attending Wake Forest in her sophomore year of high school, when she committed to play soccer for the Demon Deacons. As an athlete, she was always drawn to the Health and...

Mathematics: Sarah Ruth Nicholls

Mathematics: Sarah Ruth Nicholls

Una Wilson, Assistant Features Editor April 28, 2022

Many students are intimidated by math and therefore give up long before they reach higher-level courses. Sarah Ruth Nicholls is one of the students who did not give up.  As a double major in math and...

Mathematical Business: Noah Edwards-Thro

Mathematical Business: Noah Edwards-Thro

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor April 28, 2022

Like many children who were dissuaded from watching Disney Channel, Noah Edwards- Thro’s favorite programming came from a Disney Co. subsidiary — ESPN. Growing up in Lexington, KY, Edwards-Thro was...

Elementary Education: Lauren Robertson

Elementary Education: Lauren Robertson

Christa Dutton, News Editor April 28, 2022

Since childhood, Lauren Robertson always knew she wanted to be a teacher. She was one of those kids who used to force her siblings to play school with her, making them sit down and listen to her lessons....

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