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'Covers the campus like the magnolias'
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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Abortion Bill imposes limit on women’s rights

Abortion Bill imposes limit on women’s rights

Bella Ortiz-Guthrie, Contributing Columnist October 14, 2021

Texas is a battleground. Billboards with baby photos, captions of Bible verses and phrases like “Don’t I deserve to live?” mark Texas highways. They stand out and grab attention. Oftentimes, crowds...

Response to Gaby Petito homicide exhibits racism

Response to Gaby Petito homicide exhibits racism

Bailey Hardegree, Contributing Columnist October 14, 2021

Gabrielle Petito, a 22-year-old YouTuber, was reported missing by her mother on Sept. 11. According to Petito’s step-father, she left New York with her fiance, Brian Laundrie, in July. The two were planning...

Wake students should not neglect right to protest

Wake students should not neglect right to protest

Breanna Laws, Contributing Columnist October 14, 2021

Living in a time in which it seems as though the only real news is hostile and disturbing can be incredibly draining, especially for young people. Recently, many people across campus and beyond have felt...

Staff Editorial - Resilience is Key

Staff Editorial – Resilience is Key

Editorial Staff September 30, 2021

Per usual, there are a barrage of important topics our Editorial Board could cover in this week’s editorial piece. (Though, 300 words can hardly do justice to a topic such as climate change,...

Online learning forces onerous responsibilities on students

Online learning forces onerous responsibilities on students

Katie Fox, Photography Editor September 30, 2021

The nickname “Work Forest” — intended to be a testament to the impressive rigor of Wake Forest academics — has gone too far. Our return to in-person classes has been an exhausting six weeks, and...

Met Gala flourishes as celebration of ignorance

Met Gala flourishes as celebration of ignorance

Adam Coil, Assistant Life Editor September 30, 2021

The Met Gala is a pretty big deal. In 2020, the event raised over $15 million for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each year, people across the world tune in to see what the world’s...

Lizard attack yields beneficial moral platitude

Lizard attack yields beneficial moral platitude

Cap McLiney, Staff Columnist September 30, 2021

Over the weekend, I came home to a rough scene. It was time to feed crickets to my pet leopard gecko of 17 years. As he came crawling out of his synthetic rock cave, I noticed something was very wrong:...

Pelosi set dangerous precedent in secret meetings

Pelosi set dangerous precedent in secret meetings

Robbie Santos, Contributing Columnist September 30, 2021

It’s not a stretch to say the final weeks of the Trump administration some eight months ago were a chaotic mess of conspiracy theories and a petty display of uncooperativeness. However, much of the real...

Student pens letter to Senator Joe Manchin

Student pens letter to Senator Joe Manchin

Jacob Schaffer, Staff Columnist September 30, 2021

Dear Senator Manchin, You befuddle me. You anger me. You, at times, are the greatest example of what I despise most about the Senate. However, at the same time, I respect you. I am grateful that you...

New crime film points to trailblazing predecessor

New crime film points to trailblazing predecessor

Conor Metzger, Staff Columnist September 30, 2021

This week, the hotly anticipated new crime film, “The Many Saints of Newark", hit theaters after having been delayed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie is finally getting its chance...

Shift to in-person classes enriches community

Shift to in-person classes enriches community

Ansley McNeel, Staff Columnist September 23, 2021

After three Zoom semesters, the Wake Forest experience is now almost completely in person. With this shift, there have been many changes to our social, emotional and academic attitudes. While I am thankful...

Editorial Staff: Move with patience and purpose

Editorial Staff: Move with patience and purpose

Editorial Staff September 23, 2021

You can see it as you walk through the quad: droopy eyelids and ever-widening yawns; massive coffees and bottomless energy drinks; overflowing backpacks and too-full notebooks. You don’t need to expressly...

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