As much as I admire the editors and journalists of The Old Gold and Black, I am disappointed by the paper’s September 21 mischaracterization of my neighborhood’s opposition to new student housing...
We, the WFU Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Coalition, want to offer a response to the Aug. 18, 2022 article entitled, “Conquer college with these ‘surefire’ tips.” While the disclaimer that the piece...
Ally Swartzberg, Former Student Body President
• April 28, 2022
Dear Wake Forest student body,
Thank you for entrusting me with our collective college experience. My term has been wonderful, exhausting, exciting and trying all at once. Through it all, I have had the...
For the last few weeks I’ve been calling you, through our contact tracing system, and I’ve been answering your calls on the Wake Forest call center line. All of these calls are about COVID-19. ...
My first semester at Wake Forest was the fall of 2012 when Former President Barack Obama was seeking re-election and faced Mitt Romney. By all accounts, that race was heated, but it ended with the civility...
Four years ago, you may have been a college freshman sauntering onto the Wake Forest University campus for your first day.
You noticed a lawn located in a central meeting area of the campus. If you...
To the Editors of the Old Gold and Black:
The black and gold of Wake Forest weighs heavier this year for all Demon Deacons, but especially the newest and oldest. For the incoming Class of 2024, we will...
This past week Wake Forest was the “stage” for a unique and inspiring dance performance “From the Ground Up” featuring over 70 members of our own Facilities and Maintenance workers as...
Some have expressed concern that Martha Allman is being unfairly targeted by anti-racist efforts. This concern has some validity — white supremacy is a system and no one individual bears or should be...
When I saw the picture from the 1982 yearbook of the Kappa Alpha Order in front of a Confederate flag, I was shocked.
But the shock was not because of the prominent display of the flag that symbolizes...
While we applaud the Student Government’s intention to combat antisemitism on campus, the resolution passed in December 2018 (and slightly amended in January 2019), Student Resolution 6 “Supporting...
A little over one year ago the editorial staff at Old Gold & Black wrote an opinion piece entitled “Gun Violence in the U.S. Needs to be Better Addressed.” The article started a conversation...
