Tag: North Carolina
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Special Election to Occur in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District
LAUREN KAY CHIARADIO For months North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District has suffered from turmoil revolving around the results of the 2018 midterm. Upon discovering these results as fraudulent, the North Carolina Board of Elections ordered a special election to be held in September of 2019. In November of 2018, election results came back from North…
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Devastation by Hurricanes Florence and Michael
DENAE RABINETTE Last month, Hurricane Florence struck the southeastern coast of the United States near Wilmington, North Carolina and became one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the Carolinas. School districts across the east coast closed, airports grounded flights, and over a million people were under mandatory evacuation orders as the storm approached…
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Salem College Republicans: Upcoming Plans
By Nicole Winks Salem College Republicans will attend two conferences to make students aware of the current political movement and of the Republican Party. These conferences are the North Carolina Women’s Leadership Summit in Raleigh and the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Salem College has various political organizations on its campus, including the…
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Voting 101: Registration and Where to Go
By Kadia King America has borne witness to one of its most contentious election cycles in the past year. It is important to vote and let your voice be heard. Here’s some information you’ll need to get ready to cast your vote in November. How To Register You have to be registered to vote. Registering…
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Local Elections 2016 Results
By Sarah Vick Photo courtesy of James Willamor Most folks are aware that Trump and Clinton won the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina, respectively, but do you know about local politics? Here are the results of all local elections in Winston-Salem as provided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Board of…
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Students Marching for Justice
By Lesly Luna On Feb. 13, thousands of activists gathered at the 10th Annual Moral March in downtown Raleigh. Salem students that volunteer for grassroots organization Democracy North Carolina attended the event to personally raise awareness about the role of money in politics and voter participation. Sophomore Rokia Tounkara made the trip to Raleigh…
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Salem Senior Shows off Her Art Downtown
Emily Collins, senior, recently showed her art to all of Winston-Salem through Storefronts Winston-Salem. The theme of the work was science based, so Collins created a huge structure of wire and light to describe something many people do not understand. “I decided to use chicken wire and Christmas lights to create neurons and illustrate what…
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6 Facts You May Not Have Known About Black History in Salem
Did you know that Salem was home to one of the oldest African-American churches in the nation, in addition to the oldest women’s institution? As many events occurred throughout the nation, there were several interesting instances in Black history that happened right in Salem, North Carolina. During 1785, Anna Maria Samuels, daughter of Johann…
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The JanTerm Experience: “Adventures in Mexico”
You haven’t experienced culture shock until you can’t flush toilet paper. That was the first thing I learned upon landing in Mérida, México for Jan Term 2015. Seriously. The pipes can’t handle it, so you have to throw it away. And that was only the first in a laundry list of things that are different…
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The Center For Women Writers Uses Poetry and Prose to Raise Donations
The Center For Women Writers has invited debut novelist Kim Church to read from her work at their annual event Bread & Words. Though Church is the featured speaker for it, Bread & Words is also an open mic event. Students, staff, and faculty are invited to read their own work or recite work by…
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