On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the fatal arrest that took George Floyd’s life. Around the same time the verdict...

Wake Forest University has a moral obligation to improve its relationship with the surrounding Winston-Salem community. The education, nutrition, housing and healthcare disparities that impact certain...

Happy post-Mental Wellness Day from the OGB Editorial Board! We hope that you too enjoyed your all-too-brief, essentially nonexistent break from the hustle and bustle of academic life at Wake Forest. At...

Welcome, and happy April Fools’ Day from the Editorial Staff of the Old Gold & Black. If your multiple midterm weeks were anything like ours, we’re sure you’d agree that “Work Forest” is...

Once again, national newspaper headlines are filled with stories of death and destruction. Less than one week after the series of mass shootings that occurred in Atlanta, 10 victims died at the hands of...

Eight individuals were murdered in cold blood in Atlanta on Tuesday. These atrocities, racially motivated or not, are incredibly disheartening, humiliating and demoralizing to an extent that words cannot...

One year ago, life at Wake Forest underwent one of the most drastic shifts in our university’s storied history. On March 11, 2020, an email was sent from the university stating that students would not...

We here at the Old Gold & Black sincerely hope you enjoyed all 24 hours of your spring break earlier this week. If there’s one thing that’s certain, it is that we could all use a few moments to...

The sun has risen on a new day at Wake Forest University. COVID-19 cases have receded, students are departing from quarantining in dreary hotel rooms and campus is beginning to buzz with life once again....

Communication between administrators, faculty members and students has been abysmal this semester. Our campus has surpassed the total number of COVID-19 cases from last semester in three weeks, students...