"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

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

RA Rue Cooper, who now serves as a member of the action group, speaks at a Feb. 2021 protest. Cooper helped organize the protest last month that brought RA working conditions into the spotlight as a campus-wide issue.

Group forms to address RA concerns

Aine Pierre, News Editor March 11, 2021

In the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases and mounting anxiety over the university’s quarantine policy last month, communication between resident advisers (RAs) and the administration reached a boiling...

The OCCE’s tutoring program pairs Wake Forest tutors with Forsyth K-12 students.

OCCE tutoring program helps K-12 students

Maddie Sayre, Contributing Writer March 11, 2021

Wake Forest was one of the first universities in the U.S. to establish a virtual tutoring program when schools first closed in March 2020 as a result of COVID-19. As the program developed throughout...

Deacon Profile: T.H.M. Gellar-Goad

Deacon Profile: T.H.M. Gellar-Goad

Julia Ochsenhirt, Assistant News Editor March 11, 2021

T. H. M. Gellar-Goad is an Associate Professor of Classics and Zachary T. Smith Fellow. He is a co-organizer of the Classics Beyond Whiteness program, which seeks to decolonize the Classics Department....

According to their website, the Triad Abolition Project “maintains the vision to abolish the carceral state.” Their work in criminal justice reform focuses on dismantling racism.

Triad Abolition Project promotes anti-racism

Isabella Mason, Staff Writer March 11, 2021

Throughout the past year, discussion of an abolitionist versus reformist mindset has become mainstream. There has been nationwide discourse on criminal justice system abolition that stemmed from the murder...

University employees get vaccinated, students next

University employees get vaccinated, students next

Cate Pitterle, News Editor March 11, 2021

As the days have grown warmer and the quad is once again crowded with students, Wake Forest seems to be experiencing a renewed sense of optimism, due in part to the rollout of vaccines across campus. Faculty...

Police Beat

Police Beat

March 11, 2021

COVID-19 Violations/Underage Consumption • Officers responded to an off-campus party on Feb. 25. Several attendees fled the location upon the police's arrival. Officers advised the student resident...

Last year, COVID-19 policies were ambiguous and difficult for students.

University will transition to Yellow

Jack Bradley, Contributing Writer March 4, 2021

Almost two weeks after the University’s initial transition from “Dark Orange” operating status, and almost one week after Governor Cooper lifted North Carolina’s 10 p.m. curfew, the university...

Results from tests conducted on Feb. 15 and 16 were delayed for days, according to several students. Some students had been COVID-positive for several days before being informed by BioReference and Wake Forest.

Wake Forest mishandled hundreds of COVID-19 tests

Elizabeth Maline, Senior Writer March 4, 2021

Amidst the whirlwind of COVID-19 news over the past few weeks, many students waited days on end for results from their random asymptomatic COVID-19 tests administered by the university. After coronavirus...

Deacon Profile: Charles Iacovou

Deacon Profile: Charles Iacovou

Cooper Sullivan, Staff Writer March 4, 2021

Dr. Charles Iacovou was recently named the Vice Provost of Wake Forest’s Charlotte programs and the Dean of the School of Professional Studies. He previously served as the Dean of the Business School....

Wake Forest has told student workers they may receive the vaccine.

Student workers become vaccine eligible

Alexandra Karlinchak, Editor-in-Chief March 4, 2021

While the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for frontline Group 3 workers was not meant to begin until March 10, North Carolina is well ahead of schedule. On March 3, it was announced that all Group 3...

Signs around campus on norms surrounding masculinity are a core part of the campaign.

Women’s Center shines light on masculinity

Abby Bermeo, Contributing Writer March 4, 2021

The Women’s Center has created a new initiative aiming to promote healthy concepts of masculinity. The campaign, officially called the Mindful Masculinity Campaign, was introduced to campus by the Women’s...

The off-campus Chi Psi fraternity house where the floor collapsed last weekend was deemed “unsafe for habitation.” The party resulted in no arrests and no serious physical injuries.

Floor caves in during off-campus party

Aine Pierre, News Editor March 4, 2021

There was no fire burning on the dance floor, but there was a gaping hole when the Winston-Salem police and fire departments arrived on the scene of an off-campus party involving Wake Forest students on...

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