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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

Protesters walk to the quad to continue the protest.

Editorial Staff: Wake Forest must reflect on aftermath of protest

Editorial Staff August 30, 2021

In many ways, the past 48 hours have been a reckoning for Wake Forest’s campus. In light of all that has occurred, there are now many unpleasant truths with which the student body, administrators and...

Campus was fully alive during this years FDOC, students lining the sidewalks, academic buildings full to the brim and students and professors alike enjoying that long-awaited company.

Students express joy at first in-person FDOC in a year

Hannah Abernathy, Contributing Writer August 26, 2021

After three pandemic semesters, Wake Forest felt almost normal on Aug. 23 when students experienced their first fully in-person FDOC since 2019. While individuals were wearing masks indoors, Hearn Plaza...

Wente addresses sophomores

Wente addresses sophomores

Emily Toro, Staff Writer August 26, 2021

“Hi, welcome. I’m the new president. I bought the hotdogs for you,” new Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente said to a group of students at the Sophomore Welcome Back Cookout this past Monday. She...

Anthropology museum reopens to the public

Anthropology museum reopens to the public

Sophie Guymon, Staff Writer August 26, 2021

After 17 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Timothy S.Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology is reopening on Friday to the public under a new name, the Lam Museum of Anthropology. The museum...

On Jan. 20, 2018, a Winston-Salem State University student was shot and killed at the Barn. For the past several years, the university has been a defendant in a lawsuit which alleges negligent wrongful death.

Family of shooting victim appeals in Barn lawsuit

Aine Pierre, News Editor August 26, 2021

Events at the Barn, an on-campus event site, may be coming back as early as this semester after a federal judge dismissed a case involving the site over the summer. The lawsuit involved the shooting death...

Deacon Profile: Gabbie Coffy

Deacon Profile: Gabbie Coffy

Aine Pierre, News Editor August 26, 2021

Gabbie Coffy is a senior at Wake Forest who is majoring in Music. On campus, she is involved in Momentum, Demon Divas, Chamber Choir and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Outside of school,...

City implements indoor mask mandate

City implements indoor mask mandate

Cooper Sullivan, Assistant News Editor August 26, 2021

On Aug. 16, Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines reinstated a mask mandate for all indoor spaces within city limits, regardless of individual vaccination status. The policy comes in response to a rise in...

After the committee missed its June 30 deadline to come up with a new name for the religion building, a placeholder name was chosen.

Renaming process continues

Jackie Thacher, Staff Writer August 26, 2021

Nearly four months ago, former Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch announced the renaming of what was then Wingate Hall to “May 7, 1860 Hall”. This naming was meant to commemorate and acknowledge...

Police Beat

Police Beat

August 26, 2021

COVID-19 Violations/Underage Consumption/Drug Offenses Editor's note: A mention of an assault is contained within this police beat. Reader discretion is advised. • WSPD and WFUPD responded to a party...

University announces return of indoor mask mandate

University announces return of indoor mask mandate

Alexandra Karlinchak, Editor-in-Chief August 12, 2021

Wake Forest students will be required to wear masks indoors, regardless of their vaccination status. This news broke in an email from administrators mid-afternoon on Thursday.  This fall semester...

In Charleston, South Carolina, longing for normalcy reflects nationwide struggle

In Charleston, South Carolina, longing for normalcy reflects nationwide struggle

Cate Pitterle, Staff Writer August 1, 2021

Tourists keen to take advantage of the warm July afternoons have been flooding popular destinations in Charleston, S.C. as of late. On the streets large groups clustered at crosswalks and inside busy restaurants...

RLH will not move students off-campus

RLH will not move students off-campus

Aine Pierre, News Editor July 24, 2021

After a long period of will-they, won’t-they surrounding the department of Residence Life and Housing (RLH)’s requests for students to move from on-campus housing to off-campus sites like Deacon Station...

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