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Through the Eyes of a Salem Student: Coal in Southern Appalachia
OLIVIA CHIPI *Editor’s note: The following is co-written with the help of Lilith Ward, a sophomore in ENVS 230: The Role of Coal in Society. In 2018, “about 687 million short tons of coal were consumed in the United States” according to the US Energy Information Administration. 687 million tons of coal is a substantial…
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Lunch Dates at Burger King: Social Life Abroad
ELLE CHIARADIO It was perhaps six months ago I walked to the Refectory misty eyed and anxious. I had just finished up some work on my visa application when it suddenly hit me: in a few months, I’d be an ocean away from all my friends and family. Instead of excitement, I began to feel…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones “Separate and Unequal: School Segregation in Modern Day America”
SADIE MARSH Nikole Hannah-Jones represents the potential we have in our own backyard. A New York Times investigative reporter raised in North Carolina. A reporter who focuses on racial injustice. A reporter who fights for equality in education for all children. Her passion for covering race, class, equity and school resegregation issues is profoundly more…
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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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Salem Students Shine at Techstars Startup Weekend
OLIVIA CHIPI Over the course of a November weekend, 12 Salem siblings transformed into entrepreneurs for the fourth time in four years. “They [students] learn more in that 54 hour length of time than they could ever learn in a classroom,” said Alyson Francisco in her description of the annual Techstars StartUp Weekend for Design…
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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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Center for Women Writers Hosts Embodiment Panel
NATALIE PATTERSON On Friday, Oct. 18, Metta-Sáma and the Center for Women Writers welcomed poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Rosebud Ben-Oni and Brenda Iijima, as well as self-identified diarist and anti-poet Kenyatta JP García, to each present a talk on the topic of embodiment. In her introduction of the writers, Metta-Sáma explained that the Embodiment Panel was…
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