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Comic Strip: College Expectations vs Reality
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Salem Reacts to Updated Nondiscrimination Policy
SCOTIE WILCHER Over the past few years, more and more women’s colleges have been changing their policies to admit trans women as students to their colleges. Student activists at Salem College have been advocating for a similar policy to be put in place. On June 27, Salem College faculty and students received an email informing…
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“The Case of Charlottesville”: Wake Forest University
KATARINA RADU “How did we get here?” was the question of the evening at Wake Forest University’s panel discussing the events that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. The panel was hosted Thursday, September 7, in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel and was organized as a response to the events in Charlottesville and across the United States.…
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Forsyth County Central Library reopens its doors
JULIA JENNINGS Since October of 2014, Forsyth County Central Library has been closed for reconstruction, and on August 31 of this year the library was finally reopened. The new facility has three floors open to the public, and offers many new exciting features such as a cafe, sound-recording space, 3D printers, multiple study rooms, a…
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Floridian Student Watches Destruction Unfold from Salem
DENAE RABINETTE Southwest Florida is my home. It has been since I was a young girl. We have weathered countless hurricanes, but none have ever been like Hurricane Irma. None have ever scared hundreds of thousands of Floridians enough to make them flee their homes. None have ever caused almost an entire state to run…
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Hurricane Harvey and Irma devastate US and Caribbean
DENAE RABINETTE Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas, home to many Salem siblings On Friday, August 25th around 10pm, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a category 4 storm – one of the most powerful to hit the United States in over a decade. The slow-moving hurricane dumped a record-breaking 52 inches of rain…
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Artists Unveil Exhibitions in the Fine Arts Center
JULIA JENNINGS On Friday, September 15 the works of Barbara Frank, Emily Clare, and Delilah Rose Knuckley began their exhibition in the Elberson Fine Arts Center. This was the first artists’ reception of the Fall semester and the pieces will remain on display until October 13. Barbara Frank, whose paintings are displayed in the main…
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Tradition Throwback: Orientation Revisited
OLIVIA SHEETS On September 15, 1963, Salem College’s Salemites were up to many an activity. The orientation committee were busy making new first-years feel as accepted as possible. New Salemites were thrilled to make their “bare institutional living quarters” into cozy and welcoming bedrooms, with the help of Mom and Dad, of course. The article…
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Sexy Suzy: Let’s Un-Taboo Masturbation
Welcome back, my sexy Salemites. It’s time for everyone’s favorite topic of conversation: sex. More specifically, and oftentimes more taboo, sex with yourself. Most everyone has sex but, from what I hear, a lot of people don’t like to masturbate – or, at the very least, don’t like to talk about masturbating. Let me just…
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The Zodiac & You – September Astrology
What do you think of when you think of astrology and the zodiac? Your daily horoscope that you might find on a suspiciously ad-filled website, or maybe how compatible you and your significant other’s signs are paired together? In history, astrology takes on a much deeper meaning. Descending all the way back to 1800 B.C…
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