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Winter Crossword Answers
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First Year Turnover Rate Grows Concerning
MEGHAN NELSON Salem College prides itself on its small class sizes, but what happens when the population dwindles too small? For the first-year class of 2019-2020, a vanishing class has become a reality. Talking to ten first-years, the largest threat to the retention rate seems to be students transferring within the year, revealing the fact…
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The New Poetry Review: An American Sunrise
NATALIE PATTERSON An American Sunrise Joy Harjo 2019 Joy Harjo’s latest full-length poetry collection begins with a prologue and a map. “On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson unlawfully signed the Indian Removal Act to force move southeastern peoples from our homelands to the West. We were rounded up with what we could carry.” The…
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The Staff | 2019-2020
Editor-in-Chief Olivia Chipi Assistant Editor Sav Franz Copy Editor Sophie Shelton Layout and WordPress Editor Sadie Marsh Head Photographer Maggie Ryals Faculty Advisor Dr. Spring-Serenity Duvall Section Editors Elle Chiaradio Natalie Patterson Staff Writers Heaven Guilford Meghan Nelson Sofia Lopez-Arellano Sharissa Theodore Holly Vazquez Photographers Anahi Sanchez Tapia Holli Burroughs Hayden Smith Lydia Gilbert
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The Staff | 2018-2019
Editor-in-Chief Sophie Shelton Assistant Editor Katarina Radu Copy Editor Gaby Iori WordPress Editor Natalie Patterson Layout Editor Olivia Chipi Sadie Marsh Head Photographer Sam Shaw Faculty Advisor Dr. Spring-Serenity Duvall Writer/Reporters Kameelah Brower-Daniel Krista Bryant Elle Chiaradio Morgan Dancy Gabrielle Iori Natalie Patterson Denae Rabinette Sav Franz Brianna Salaiz Sam Shaw Verity Wilcher Photographers Krista…
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October Town Hall Review
SADIE MARSH From the Dean of the College: Salem College is building strategic relationships between places involved in academic and student affairs. The College will be working on developing several new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), like the pathway to pharmacy currently in place with High Point University. Other MOUs are in place with Elon University, Campbell…
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Doran Commits to Salem Community, Transitions from Interim Role
SADIE MARSH On April 18, 2018, Sandra Doran was named the interim president of Salem College, a position which she started the following month. She served in this capacity for 14 months. This September, Salem Academy and College’s Board of Trustees voted to transition Doran into the role of Salem’s 21st president. When she was…
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Counseling Services Welcomes New Director Robin Campbell
MEGHAN NELSON Salem College welcomes Robin Campbell as the new Director of Counseling. Campbell has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, most recently at Bennett College where she held the same position for 12 years. She has also worked at a behavioral health hospital in High Point, North Carolina and earned…
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Pierettes Review: “Collective Rage” Uses Absurdity to Connect Us
SAV FRANZ In the Salem College Pierettes’ production of “Collective Rage: A Tale in 5 Betties,” the club shows they are not afraid to get a little political and extremely absurd. Centering itself around five different New York women all named Betty, each character reflects the deeply individual yet uniting struggles they face in loving…
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The New Poetry Review: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
NATALIE PATTERSON Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky 2019 Ilya Kaminsky’s much-anticipated second collection is an intricately crafted narrative that orbits the question of silence—silence in a time of unrest, political upheaval, and state violence. Winner of a Whiting Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Kaminsky was born in the former Soviet Union and…