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Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

“To protect and to serve” - WSPD vehicle parked outside of the downtown Winston-Salem precinct.

I Call Shotgun

Grace Schuringa April 28, 2025

“You ready?” Officer Austin Snider asked as he climbed into the driver’s side of the vehicle. My response was immediate: “Yes.” What was it exactly that I was ready for? A shoot-out, car chase...

A Partial view of Huang Xiangjian’s “A Thousand Miles in Search of Relatives." (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

400 years ago, a Chinese artist painted the search for family

Sheryl Zhang April 28, 2025

Audience members were engrossed in a Chinese “Where’s Waldo” game. They carefully scanned the expansive Chinese ink landscape paintings in this visual search, attempting to locate the diminutive...

Brooke Shields hosted and directed "Love Letters" on Tedford Stage April 17. (Courtesy of Wake Forest University)

Love Letters: An evening with Brooke Shields

Grace Schuringa April 28, 2025

No theater, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorization of lines and no commitment from its two actors beyond the night of the performance. These were the parameters within which A.R. Gurney...

The Pit is located inside of Reynolda hall on the main quad of campus. (Courtesy of Wake Forest University)

The Pit: What Students Don’t Know About Wake Forest’s Dining Hall

Grace Schuringa and Anita Dongieux April 28, 2025

The Table at Reynolda, commonly known as “the Pit,” is a popular dining spot among Wake Forest students, offering a wide variety of options, convenience and tasty meals. What do students not know about...

Pants down, jokes up: Banshees close the year

Pants down, jokes up: Banshees close the year

Lydia Derris and Collyn Ballentine April 10, 2025

Editor’s note: This article reflects the views of Lydia Derris and Collyn Ballentine, not the Old Gold & Black.  The Lilting Banshees — (allegedly) Wake Forest’s sharpest comedic minds —...

 Director Michael Kamtman gives suggestions to his actors during rehearsals.

“The Tempest” blows through Tedford Stage

Adam Coil, Senior Writer April 10, 2025

Wake Forest University Theater Department’s production of “The Tempest” opened on April 7, after almost a year of effort in the making.  Its story began in the summer of last year with senior...

A couple contemplating “The Kuerners” (1971) at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art.

“Eye of the Earth”: Wyeth’s quiet fire

Lydia Derris, Arts & Culture Editor April 10, 2025

Art exhibition “Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth,” co-organized by Reynolda House Museum of American Art and the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, made its national debut in...

Rick, played by Walton Goggins, awaits his fate in the season finale of White Lotus. (Courtesy of the Associated Press)

The Rule of Three

Grace Schuringa, Arts & Culture Editor April 10, 2025

Caution: this review contains spoilers. “Bad things usually come in threes.” Who would have thought that Chelsea’s superstitions would come to fruition in Episode 8 of the Season 3 culmination...

“We don’t get workouts. We don’t get nutrition. We don’t get any of that,” senior Dani O’Keefe, a team captain, said. “And that’s kinda messed up".
(Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

Wake Forest Dance Team battles lack of support at UDA Nationals

Maria Silveira and Collyn Ballentine April 8, 2025

Fevers burned and energy drained as the Wake Forest Dance Team’s jazz routine failed to advance past prelims at the Universal Dance Association College Dance Nationals (UDA) on Jan. 17. With some...

President Wente shared a comment via email, detailing the importance of keeping the Wake Forest community informed and assured of the commitments of the institution.

Black women in the marathon for democracy

Sheryl Zhang, Staff Writer March 26, 2025

A webinar, “Black Women & Democracy: An Intergenerational Conversation,” was hosted on Zoom Thursday, March 6, 2025, by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies of Wake Forest...

A panorama shot of the tobacco district in downtown Winston-Salem during the 1920s. Courtesy of Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. (Courtesy of the Associated Press)

Sowing “Fields of Fortune”

Olivia Lockhart, Contributing Writer March 26, 2025

For most of its history, North Carolina’s development has been shaped by a significant yet controversial crop: tobacco. The “golden leaf” has built cities, funded universities — including Wake...

McRae sporting her new F-1 look in the "2 hands" music video (Courtesy of the Associated Press)

Tate McRae races into her F1 Era

Emily Deaton, Contributing Writer March 7, 2025

It's been only a year and three months since the release of Tate McRae’s hockey-themed album, and she’s already pivoting into an entirely new artistic — and athletic — direction with “So Close...

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