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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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Capitol insurrection warrants unity not blame

Capitol insurrection warrants unity not blame

Joe Cho, Contributing Writer February 11, 2021

On Jan. 6, 2021, at approximately noon, countless MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporters, firearm-equipped far-right militants, hate groups and Confederate flag-waving white supremacists flooded Pennsylvania...

Student shares his experience going off grid

Student shares his experience going off grid

Joe Cho, Contributing Writer February 11, 2021

My mom once took my phone away from me for two months because I was smitten by the relentless enslaver that is social media. Back then, I rocked a green iPhone 5C with a functioning headphone jack so that...

Democratic Party must push for larger stimulus checks

Democratic Party must push for larger stimulus checks

Aine Pierre, News Editor February 11, 2021

We’ve now moved from ‘Mitch better have my money’ to ‘Chuck, where’s my bucks?’ When the stimulus bill was almost all set for passage through Congress, former President Trump decided to put...

Georgia serves as example for North Carolina

Olivia Field, Senior Writer February 4, 2021

The day after the runoff election that would eventually send now-senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock to Congress was a whirlwind. I had been phone banking for weeks in support of their campaigns,...

Wake Forest Must Rectify Racist History

Jack Portman, Staff Columnist February 4, 2021

The Old Gold & Black’s September 3, 2020 article exploring Wake Forest’s history of racism makes explicit both the university’s success in recruiting and graduating racist students and its propensity...

Impeachment trial is a necessary measure

Samantha Horowitz, Staff Columnist February 4, 2021

The beginning of 2021 meant more than just the start of another year. For many, the end of 2020 signaled a renewed hope in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Millions of Americans were injected with a sense...

Homemade fashion retains special value

Isabella Mason, Staff Columnist February 4, 2021

It is common knowledge that thrifting has been on the rise in recent years. It’s cool to get cheap clothes that are unique and thrifting often serves as a pretty good aid for that. Upcycling, or the...

Uganda Shows Democracy Desparity

Eric Omorogieva, Staff Columnist February 4, 2021

How much do western nations really care about democracy? Some would argue that democracy remains a system that needs global implementation, but I’m not convinced. The United States, the unequivocal leader...

Rep. Taylor-Greene remains obstacle to peace

Charles Horn, Staff Columnist February 4, 2021

Battalions of soldiers manned barricades and camps in the streets of the nation’s capital as the country was split by violent insurrectionists threatening the very tenets of democracy embedded in our...

Fate of semester relies on students

Editorial Staff February 4, 2021

Spring 2021 is the third consecutive semester in which Wake Forest has had its typical on-campus plans thwarted by the global pandemic. While that sentence may sound like something straight out of an episode...

Nugent continues to abuse status

Evan Daane, Staff Columnist January 28, 2021

I was recently on the drive from Dallas to Austin and had just gotten back into the rhythm of the freeway after getting gas at the Buc-ee’s when I read the name of the road just a few exits away, Nugent...

Forsyth community suffers in wake of pandemic

Jack Portman, Staff Columnist January 28, 2021

Forsyth County, N.C’s deployment of COVID-9 relief grants, particularly to low-income residents, has proven ineffective in the months since mid-2020. As unemployment rises throughout the county — especially...

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