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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

Wake Forest students in Engineering 111 hold a Project Expo to display their work during the semester, including chairs made from cardboard, at Wake Downtown, on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Garrett Odell (21) talks about his project with Richard Eskridge from Duke Energy.

Engineering Joins Prestigious Network

Jonathon Trattner September 6, 2018

Within its first academic year, Wake Forest’s newly established Department of  Engineering reached an exciting and unprecedented achievement: an invitation to join the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering...

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Birds Find A New Home On Wake Forest’s Streets

Melissa Cooney September 6, 2018

Wake Forest students have recently found a new way to get to their classes when they’re running late. The Bird Electric Scooter is the newest way to get around on campus. Bird is an electric scooter...

Deacon Football: Predictions For This Fall Season

Deacon Football: Predictions For This Fall Season

Samantha Wexler August 30, 2018

After a thrilling 55-52 Belk Bowl win over Texas A&M in Bank of America Stadium right down the street in Charlotte, the football team looks to continue that dominance this year as they take on some...

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Deacs Defeat Hoosiers In Second Home Game

Will Hargrove August 30, 2018

Year after year, athletic teams see players move on to other things such as graduation, retirement or higher recruitment. In times of transition like any of these, teams see a period of re-development...

Trumps Misguided Trade War Is Harmful

Trump’s Misguided Trade War Is Harmful

Amanda Wilcox August 30, 2018

“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” At this point in the tug-of-war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump’s declaration is now looking about as plausible as President Herbert Hoover’s...

Danish Weather Represents An Absurdist Drama

Danish Weather Represents An Absurdist Drama

Kyle Ferrer August 30, 2018

Darkness and dreariness made up my first real Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the first day of class, and the overcast sky hung quilt-ish. Rain came at 7:30 a.m. and never went. I myself biked, walked,...

Editorial Board Looks Towards Upcoming Year

Editorial Board Looks Towards Upcoming Year

ogbwebsite August 30, 2018

At the end of last semester, we reflected on the school year. We wrote about what our goals were for 2017-2018 and what we as a student-run newspaper aim to do. Our aim is to be the voice and channel for...

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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...

Studying Abroad Is A Valuable And Important Experience

Studying Abroad Is A Valuable And Important Experience

Ren Schmitt August 24, 2018

Though you have just arrived on campus, I am sure you and the rest of the freshman class have already become well aware of the fact that study abroad opportunities are one of Wake Forest’s selling points....

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Expectations vs. Reality: Wake Forest Edition

Ren Schmitt August 24, 2018

Congratulations! You have made it to campus, and according to pamphlets, campus tours and hours perusing countless poorly-written comments on college review blogs, Wake Forest may be the world’s best...

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Money-Saving Tips On Campus And Beyond

Natalie Wilson August 24, 2018

While saving money and learning to budget is important to any college student, it’s especially challenging for a new student at Wake Forest, one of the most expensive schools in the country. Many students...

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Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Kurt Shaw

Alex Abrams May 29, 2018

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting retiring faculty in the Undergraduate College at Wake Forest. Long before Kurt Shaw was studying Hungarian and teaching in Vienna, he played Tony...

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