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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

Act of Antisemitism Addressed On Campus, Nationwide

Act of Antisemitism Addressed On Campus, Nationwide

Jonathon Trattner October 31, 2018

As Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch said in an email on Sunday regarding the Tree of Life massacre, “Freedom of conscience and the right to worship freely were causes to which the founders of Wake...

Students Protest Sexual Assault

Students Protest Sexual Assault

Kristin Knight October 25, 2018

The decision of the Brett Kavanaugh hearing and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s story inspired a walk-out in support of sexual assault survivors last Friday, Oct. 19. Wake Forest junior Catherine Mizzi hosted...

Deacs Decide and the Office of Civic and Community Engagement hope students will turn out to the polls this midterm season.

Students Hope To Increase Millennial Turnout

Bailey Winiarski October 25, 2018

Midterm elections are quickly approaching and voter registration is coming to a close. In years past, that has meant that young people are neither registered nor interested in voting. To many, things seem...

National Sexual Assault Policies Cause Concern

National Sexual Assault Policies Cause Concern

Lily Walter October 4, 2018

As Wake Forest revises its policies so survivors of sexual assault feel enabled to report, new policies proposed by the federal administration potentially seek to make it more difficult. Although the proposed...

Me Too Founder Visits Wake Forest

“Me Too” Founder Visits Wake Forest

Olivia Field September 27, 2018

Twenty minutes before she addressed the crowd in Wait Chapel, Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke was named The Root’s most influential African American of the year. With an audience packed full of...

Electoral Map To Be Revised Post-Midterms

Electoral Map To Be Revised Post-Midterms

Lillian Johnson September 6, 2018

North Carolina’s congressional maps, which have been found to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered, will not be redrawn for the upcoming midterm elections, judges ruled on Sept. 4. Citing ‘insufficient...

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Arizona Senator John McCain Dies At 81

Lillian Johnson August 30, 2018

On May 20, 2002, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Wake Forest and delivered the commencement address, urging the graduating students to take their knowledge into...

Immigration Reform Threatens Students Futures

Immigration Reform Threatens Students’ Futures

Rafael Lima April 5, 2018

Two flags, one American and one Mexican, both sit on her bedroom wall as equal parts of a prideful identity — an identity now put at risk. Maria Cortez-Perez is a Wake Forest sophomore and  recipient...

Student Activism Spikes over Gun Law Issues

Student Activism Spikes over Gun Law Issues

Wallis Herzog March 22, 2018

In the aftermath of 19 campus shootings since the start of 2018, students at Wake Forest and around the country are gathering together to voice their opinions on how to prevent gun violence. The week...

Students React to the Reality of School Shootings

Students React to the Reality of School Shootings

Ren Schmitt March 22, 2018

Wake Forest students joke frequently about the comforting insularity of the “Wake Forest bubble,” and much of the time, students can indeed live in blissful ignorance if they so choose. On Jan. 20,...

Rev. Billy Graham Leaves Behind a Nonpartisan Legacy

Rev. Billy Graham Leaves Behind a Nonpartisan Legacy

Katherine Bontrager March 15, 2018

A renowned Southern Baptist evangelist preacher and North Carolina native, the late Billy Graham has more connections with Wake Forest than most students may know.  President Nathan Hatch and Graham...

Sexual Assault Reckoning Has Yet to Come at Wake Forest

Sexual Assault Reckoning Has Yet to Come at Wake Forest

Lillian Johnson March 15, 2018

On a regular February morning in 2014, Elizabeth Kuehn didn’t wake up to her alarm. Instead, she woke up to something alarming — a male student raping her. Afterwards, Kuehn, then a sophomore, knew...

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