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By: Samara C. George, Salem College Historical Society Image from the official Gramley Library website. https://guides.library.salem.edu/archives-special-collections/ We’re all enchanted by the past. Even if you’re the type that starts to feel drowsy in history class, or who visits museums for photo ops rather than historical or artistic intrigue, you’d be lying if you said you…
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Piedmont Raging Grannies Take On Trump Administration Through Song
By: Clare Buchanan Photo Credit: piedmontraginggrannies on Instagram Piedmont Raging Grannies Take On Trump Administration Through Song On November 21, I got the opportunity to interview a few members of The Piedmont Raging Grannies, a local chapter of a larger international organization originally founded in Canada in 1987, the Raging Grannies. Brought together by their…
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Best Albums of 2025
By: Clare Buchanan It’s that time of year again! As has become tradition here on The Salemite’s website, I have compiled a list of my favorite albums released in 2025. The albums I selected spanned a variety of genres from alternative to pop to indie rock to country folk. 2025 in general was a busy…
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Florida Beaches and Nevada Mountains – A Recount of My Winter Break
By: Neva Mellow Bob Ross Art Workshop Photo Credit: Neva Mellow We are each given 24 hours in a day, and everyday, I try to fill every last one of them. The beginning of my winter break was spent in Southern Florida, where I traveled to spend a week with my boyfriend. That week was…
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Hometown Highlight: Linden, NC
By: Emma De Noble Living on the outskirts of your hometown makes articles like these difficult to write. Living on the outskirts of another, much larger city that perhaps is more of a “hometown” than the dinky little town in-between towns and cities itself makes it even more of a challenge. Throughout writing this article…
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Hometown Highlight: Santa Fe, NM
By: Maryem Hamdouni At this point in my life, I find that there isn’t much that I look forward to, but returning to New Mexico after being gone for any length of time is something that will always tug at my heartstrings. After four months away at Salem, I was nothing less than ecstatic to…
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Hometown Highlight: Apex, NC
By: Sydney Halsey Welcome to the Peak of Good Living. Located just 1 hour and 30 minutes east of Salem College, Apex is a suburb of the state capitol of North Carolina: Raleigh. Apex is home to approximately 67,000 residents. Being only 20 minutes away from the Research Triangle Park (RTP), Apex offers a small-town…
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The Joy of Axe Throwing
By: Neva Mellow Besides being able to field strip a machine gun in 34 seconds, and flying through 800 plus pages of a Stephen King novel every weekend, I also take great pride in my abilities in a skill that’s a little bit less expected: axe throwing. I first discovered this talent the night I…
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An Elegy to the Late Diane Keaton
By: Clare Buchanan It’s been almost three months since Diane Keaton died. I don’t remember the first movie I saw with her that captivated me. Was it her role as the all-knowing, middle-class housewife to Steve Martin in “Father of the Bride”? Was it her guarded, maternal, yet youthful character in “Something’s Gotta Give”? Maybe…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Switch Up
By: Stella Bovender On Nov. 21, 2025, Marjorie Taylor Greene, House Representative to Georgia’s 14th District, posted a video on X sharing that she is resigning from her position in Congress on Jan. 5, 2026. Since being elected three times in a row beginning in late 2020, Greene has developed a reputation for her far-right…
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