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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"

Old Gold & Black

Attendees at the vigil hold candles to remember the lives lost during the Israel-Hamas war.

Muslim Students Association hosts prayers for peace vigil

Shaila Prasad and Claire O'Brien November 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: The Old Gold & Black agreed to grant anonymity and to not take photographs showing the faces of attendees or speakers at the Prayers for Peace vigil unless otherwise given permission...

Professor Laura Mullen has been Kenan Chair in the Humanities since 2021.

Breaking: Professor Laura Mullen resigns

Aine Pierre, Online Managing Editor October 31, 2023

Read the Old Gold & Black’s initial reporting here. Kenan Chair of the Humanities Laura Mullen says she has resigned from her position as Kenan Chair in the Humanities at Wake Forest for personal...

Local children come to campus for Project Pumpkin.

Project Pumpkin raises record sum

Alexandra Meier, Contributing Writer October 31, 2023

Project Pumpkin announced that its annual event this Tuesday raised a record $6,000 for the Wake Forest University Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School.  Project Pumpkin was started in 1988 by...

Spectrum Vice President Snowy Deville (center) speaks with attendees at the banquet.

Spectrum honors Omar Benjamin during memorial banquet

Virginia Noone, Photography Editor October 26, 2023

Spectrum, once known as the Gay Straight Student Alliance, held a banquet on Monday to honor 2020 Wake Forest graduate, Omar Benjamin, who passed away at the beginning of the Fall 2023 semester. Benjamin’s...

Kiwus is currently vice president for campus planning, infrastructure and facilities at Virginia Tech (Courtesy of Wake Forest University).

University names Christopher Kiwus the next vice president for facilities, real estate and planning

Maddie Stopyra, News Editor October 25, 2023

Following a national search announced in August, Wake Forest has named Dr. Christopher Kiwus vice president for facilities, real estate and planning, announced in an Oct. 13 press release. Succeeding John...

Intense criticism and threats have followed Humanities Prof. Laura Mullens recent post about the Israel-Hamas War.

Professor faces backlash, threats after social media post

Aine Pierre, Online Managing Editor October 24, 2023

Update Oct. 31, 2023: Laura Mullen informed the Old Gold & Black on Tuesday, Oct. 31, that she has resigned from her position. Students in her poetry workshop say that she will continue to teach her...

Students watch as the mandir, a Hindu structure and prayer space, is blessed.

For Hindu students, a campus prayer space at long last

Maria Silveira, Contributing Writer October 24, 2023

Davis Chapel was buzzing with excitement on Friday, Oct. 20 as the Hindu Students Association (HSA) unveiled Hindu students’ first designated prayer space.  “[The prayer space] will provide students...

Students and alumni mingle at the Homecoming Festival.

Night Years, food trucks headline Homecoming Festival

Skyler Villamar-Jones, Contributing Writer October 24, 2023

To give current students an opportunity to participate in Homecoming festivities — a campus tradition that is often catered to alumni — the Student Union and the Office of Student Engagement hosted...

Students listen as Burt Pinnock of Baskervil presents at the forum.

At forum, students discuss campus memorial to remember enslavement

Aine Pierre, Online Managing Editor October 24, 2023

Seventeen students gathered in Benson 401 Wednesday evening to share their thoughts on what a campus memorial to “remember and honor the humanity of the enslaved [people] who worked for or were sold...

Stanford Law School does not consider U.S. News rankings in the application process (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Don’t panic, top postgraduate schools say they don’t consider U.S. News rankings

Aine Pierre, Online Managing Editor October 24, 2023

Students applying to top medical and law programs need not worry about Wake Forest’s drop in the U.S. News National Universities rankings last week, according to information obtained by the Old Gold...

Hena, who was placed on leave suddenly last semester, is scheduled to teach three first-year seminars.

Brief: Course registration site confirms Dr. Omaar Hena’s return

Christa Dutton, Editor-in-Chief October 23, 2023

Banner course registration confirms Dr. Omaar Hena’s return to Wake Forest. The English professor will teach three sections of his First-Year Seminar called “Globalization and Culture.”  Hena...

Last weekend, the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israeli towns bordering the Gaza Strip — a Palestinian territory. Thousands of miles away, American college campuses have become flashpoints for protests and advocacy.

‘Our student body is hurting’

Maddie Stopyra, News Editor October 18, 2023

The ongoing war in Israel and Gaza hits close to home for Wake Forest students with cultural and familial ties to the region.  Last weekend, the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israeli towns...

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