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Wake Forest hosts a memorial stair climb to honor the anniversay of 9/11 at BB&T Field on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Members of the joint ROTC program with Salem College and Winston-Salem State University join local first responders, athletic teams, and local citizens to climb 2996 stairs in honor of the victims.

University Remembers Lives Lost On Sept. 11

Will May September 12, 2019

At 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 11, the bustling thoroughfare at the center of the traffic circle outside Benson University Center was packed with students, faculty and members of the Wake Forest Army ROTC clad...

David Kochs Legacy Impacts WFU

David Koch’s Legacy Impacts WFU

Will May September 12, 2019

Billionaire industrialist David Koch passed away on Friday, Aug. 23, at the age of 79. Koch held numerous roles and positions during his life: he was a businessman, political activist, philanthropist...

Kupcho Makes History In Augusta

Kupcho Makes History In Augusta

Samantha Wexler April 11, 2019

On Saturday, April 6, senior Jennifer Kupcho became the first champion of the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Just a few days prior, Kupcho hit the ceremonial first shot in the tournament...

Wake Forest Under Federal Investigation

Wake Forest Under Federal Investigation

Elizabeth Maline April 4, 2019

Federal education officials notified eight universities involved in the college admissions scandal, including Wake Forest, last Monday, March 25, that the U.S. Department of Education is conducting a “preliminary...

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...

MSA Hosts Memorial Service After New Zealand Shooting

MSA Hosts Memorial Service After New Zealand Shooting

Lilian Nassif March 21, 2019

In light of the recent mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 50 Muslims were killed, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) held a memorial service to commemorate the lives lost. The event, which...

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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...

Campus Hosts Palestine Solidarity Week

Campus Hosts Palestine Solidarity Week

Madison Zehmer March 7, 2019

Few modern political issues are as polarizing as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which our campus witnessed last week. The Palestinian Solidarity Week, which took place from Monday, Feb. 25, to Friday,...

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,...

Confederate Statue To Be Removed

Confederate Statue To Be Removed

Mary daniel Cheek February 28, 2019

On Sunday, preparations to remove the Confederate statue from its current location on the corner of the intersection of Liberty Street and Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem began as construction...

University Addresses Photos Of Blackface In Yearbook

University Addresses Photos Of Blackface In Yearbook

Olivia Field February 14, 2019

Following racist scandals involving Virginian politicians, the university addressed the presence of racist references and photographs in old editions of the Howler, as similar photographs surface in the...

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