Tag: october 2017
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The Road to Fall Fest
MARY DANIELS The sophomores took home an unexpected win at 2017’s Fall Fest. Conversations with a few Fall Fest participants and chair, Mary Wagner, illustrate how arduous the road to Fall Fest was for the underclassmen. Imani Brown revealed that gathering participation was the junior class’s biggest Fall Fest challenge “because fall fest is something…
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Ethnic cleansing in Buddhist Myanmar
MARY DANIELS Around 436,000 Rohingya Muslims found themselves fleeing to Bangladesh this year due to being targets of a military campaign in their home country of Myanmar. The BBC has reported that on Aug. 25 conflict broke out between Rohingya militants and Myanmar’s military. The military claims the militants instigated the fight by attacking a…
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Wildlife Rambles: The Groundhog
JULIA JENNINGS Welcome back to Wildlife Rambles! For this month’s edition I’ll be discussing one of Salem’s most well-known furry friends – the groundhog! Did you guess correctly from last week’s hint? The groundhog is actually a kind of giant ground squirrel, a marmot, in the same family as the tree squirrels we are familiar…
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Love on a Leash Sponsors Therapy Dogs for Salem Students
EDEN HAMBY Salem College is offering a weekly event on campus for the 2017-2018 academic year. Maureen and Dave Minns, Tamara Macy, and Janice Beane make up a group of volunteers who will be bringing therapy dogs to campus to offer companionship and comfort to Salem students. The volunteers are trained and certified by Love…
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This Month in History: October
NATALIE PATTERSON October 1, 1908: Henry Ford debuts his Model T car, regarded as the first automobile available to the masses. October 2, 1869: Indian Civil Rights leader Mahatma Gandhi is born in Porbandar, India. October 4, 1941: Anne Rice, author of “The Vampire Chronicles”, is born in New Orleans. October 11, 1975: The very…
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A Call to Action: Procession for immigrants in downtown W-S
MARY DANIELS On Sept. 28, North Carolina residents gathered on W. 4th Street to show support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals bill. They shouted chants such as, “Juana, Minerva and Jose! They are here to stay” as they marched through downtown Winston-Salem. The DACA program was created under the Obama administration to allow…
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Review: Love, Memory, and Humor in Chen Chen’s Debut Poetry Collection
NATALIE PATTERSON When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities By Chen Chen Published 2017 Winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities” is a rare and forceful first collection that sets Chen Chen apart from other…
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What’s New Book Review
SAM SHAW Kaleidoscope Song By Fox Benwell Published September 19, 2017 “Kaleidoscope Song” is a book that leaves something intangible behind with the reader. This lyrical bildungsroman is the tale of teenager Neo’s journey from an innocent, sheltered girl to an outspoken, unapologetic young woman. Her love of music leads her to encounter Tale, the…
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“In the Next Room” leaves Salem Quivering in Delight!
EDEN HAMBY During the weekend of Sept. 28-30, the Salem College Pierette Players debuted their annual Fall Play. This year’s selection was “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)” by Sarah Ruhl, a dramatic comedy based around the invention of the vibrator and the treatment of ‘hysteria’. The play was hosted in the Drama…
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