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Spirits Volleyball Clean Sweep Against Brevard College
By: Alaysia Williams On Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Salem Spirits went up against their biggest competitors, the Southern Virginia Knights. The game on this day was a tough one for both teams, but at the end of the game, the score was 3-1 with Salem bringing a victory home. The Spirits won the first two…
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Approaching The Salemite’s Centennial
SADIE MARSH As we move into our centennial year, The Salemite hopes to reflect on the past century and feature Salem alumnae who have best exemplified what it means to be a Salem sibling. Before The Salemite there was The Ivy, which was stopped due to the Second World War. The founding of The Salemite…
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Gearing Up for the Primary Elections
OLIVIA CHIPI The primary elections are March 3. Here’s some information about voting in the upcoming primaries: For out-of-state students: You can still vote even if your residential address is not in North Carolina! You can either register to vote with your Salem College mailing address or if you are registered to vote in another…
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Spring 2020 Brings Changes to Student Government Functions
OLIVIA CHIPI Starting this spring, the officers of the Student Government Association (SGA) will be introducing several new changes in response to student suggestions from the fall semester. “The [SGA] board needed to restructure to be more effective leaders,” said Sarah Hallet, SGA Secretary and senior at Salem College. The first of the changes is…
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The 2020 Oscars, Done Right
MAGGIE RYALS To no ones’ surprise, this year’s Oscars nominees are awful. From the lack of female nominees in the directing category (Natalie Portman is proving to be more of a prophet than a comedian) to the shocking 11 nominations for Joker, the Oscars feel more out of touch than ever. Never one to turn…
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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 Expands Community Partnerships with Articulation Agreement
MEGHAN NELSON Salem College and Forsyth Technical Community College recently signed their new co-admission agreement into effect in a ceremony held at Salem College on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Sandra Doran, the newly appointed President of Salem College and Janet Spriggs, President of Forsyth Technical and Community College, represented their respective schools in the short…
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Wildlife Rambles: Eastern Chipmunk
JULIA JENNINGS Objectively one of the cutest inhabitant of Salem’s campus, the eastern chipmunk is also one of the hardest to catch on camera–especially during the winter when they hibernate in their burrows. Although dubbed the “eastern” chipmunk, this small rodent is not found in the eastern part of North Carolina and are most densely…
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