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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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Touching messages are left around campus for Wake Forest students. (Courtesy of Project Notecard)

Letter to the Editor: Project Notecard

Project Notecard, Wake Forest Student Initiative March 3, 2024

To the student body of Wake Forest: For the past three years, Wake Forest students may recall waking up on Valentine’s Day to notecards taped to their doors.  For the third year in a row, Project...

To the Editor: WFU must not silence Palestinian voices

To the Editor: WFU must not silence Palestinian voices

Dean Franco, Wake Forest Faculty Member February 9, 2024

The University's written response to Feb. 5 actions in support of Palestinian life and freedom is appalling.  As the Old Gold & Black reported, an unnamed group placed hundreds of flags on the upper...

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Letter to the Editor: Wake Forest must apologize to Professor Mullen

James Lutzweiler November 21, 2023

Dear President Wente, Perhaps you will recall the undersigned as having introduced you to your fellow Nebraska resident, Willa Cather, and her wonderful novel, “My Ántonia,” back in January 2022...

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Letter to the Editor: English faculty say ‘we are listening’

As faculty in the English Department we, the undersigned, want to express to the student body that we wholeheartedly support students’ rights to a safe learning environment in and beyond the classrooms...

Letter to the Editor: Humanity is not one sided

Letter to the Editor: Humanity is not one sided

Hasan Pyarali, Class of 2024 November 6, 2023

Dear Wake Forest, I want to start by thanking those who came to the vigil. It meant so much to me that each and every one of you took time out of your days to be together in this moment of prayer.  I...

Rachel Severance writes that the university has not been living up to its motto, Pro Humanitate.

Letter to the Editor: When I say Pro Humanitate, I mean it. Do you?

Rachel Severance, Class of 2015 October 24, 2023

President Wente, It’s about us, and the greater meaning of what it means to be human. Our motto, Pro Humanitate (For Humanity), is a calling to use our knowledge, talents and compassion to better...

Prospective student Connor Kerin says Wake Forests drop in the U.S. News & World Report rankings didnt diminish his desire to be a Demon Deacon.

Letter to the Editor: Who cares about a silly number? I want to become a Demon Deacon more than ever

Connor Kerin October 17, 2023

Dear Wake Forest Community, As an early-decision applicant to your school, I write to you as a stressed-out senior going through the college admissions process. I’m not a student at Wake Forest yet,...

Terms for officers and senators elected today will begin on April 26.

Letter to the Editor: Elections Comission must not rig another election

Oscar Bray April 3, 2023

Correction: An earlier version of this letter stated that there was a “rule change” to the 2023 Election Commision campaign rules. It has since been confirmed by the Old Gold & Black that no such...

Letter to the Editor: A failure of memory and a lack of intention

Letter to the Editor: A failure of memory and a lack of intention

Bea Pearson, Campus Life Fellow December 13, 2022

Aug. 28, 2021. The staff piece outlining the history of movements against sexual violence reeks of failed recollection, not true remembrance. In a sense, the author was trying to remember the gestation...

Signs advocating against student housing do not target students, but developers, writes Professor Dean Franco.

Letter to the Editor: “Deactown” threatens property rights

Dean Franco, English Professor October 6, 2022

As much as I admire the editors and journalists of The Old Gold and Black, I am disappointed by the paper’s September 21 mischaracterization of my neighborhood’s opposition to new student housing...

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Letter to the editor regarding college tips article

We, the WFU Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Coalition, want to offer a response to the Aug. 18, 2022 article entitled, “Conquer college with these ‘surefire’ tips.” While the disclaimer that the piece...

Ally Swartzberg speaks in Wait Chapel.

A Letter from Former Student Body President Ally Swartzberg

Ally Swartzberg, Former Student Body President April 28, 2022

Dear Wake Forest student body, Thank you for entrusting me with our collective college experience. My term has been wonderful, exhausting, exciting and trying all at once. Through it all, I have had the...

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