Tag: Merritt Enright
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Crossing Campuses: WFU’s cross-registration system with Salem College
By Merritt Enright It is the first day of Fall semester at Wake Forest University and sophomore Emma Battle joins the throngs of students making their way across the brick labyrinth of campus. As Battle takes her seat in Latino Political Behavior and listens to Professor Wilkinson take attendance, she never hears her name…
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Salem Cleans up its Act
By Mackenzie Confer If anything has been thoroughly glossed over in the presidential debates and campaigns, it is most certainly climate change and environmental impact. Bernie Sanders has been quoted as saying climate change is the greatest threat to national security; whether or not you personally agree, environmental impact is something that should be discussed.…
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Liberal Arts College or Intellectual Daycare?
By Merritt Enright Two new terms have risen to prominence in college culture. A “microaggression” refers to brief, everyday phrases that subtly demean or discriminate against a group of people. Likewise, “trigger warnings” are warning labels used for the benefit of people with PTSD to avoid traumatizing content, now used by college professors to warn…
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The Odyssey Begins at Salem
By Sarah Vick November 2, 2015, Winston-Salem, NC– Salem College is launching a branch of The Odyssey. First-year Merritt Enright was interested in writing for The Odyssey, but noticed that Salem College was not listed as one of the publication’s affiliated colleges. Undeterred, she reached out to the site’s officials. Today, she spoke over the…
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