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Stephanie Tholand/Old Gold and Black

Dell CEO tells of personal, corporate rise to power
By David Irvine
Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Computers sat down to tell how a guy with $1,000 and an original idea became a multi-millionaire.


Student Government candidates begin campaigns
By Hayley Sanders
Student Government elections will take place April 16 from midnight until midnight through online voting accessible through WIN. This will include voting for the executive council, the student budget advisory committee and honor and ethics council. Eight students are vying for executive council positions including two candidates running for president, three for treasurer, two for secretary and one running unopposed for speaker of the house.

RAs lend hand to janitor
By Susannah Rosenblatt
Senior J.P. Hebert and junior Laura Funke saw someone suffering, and knew they wanted to help. Hebert, part of the Poteat House Resident Advising staff, is organizing a cancer awareness program 7 - 9:30 p.m. April 18 in the Poteat Lounge. He was inspired by one resident's connection with one of the maintenance men who cleaned the building every day.

Peeping tom charged, other suspected
By Tom Clark
University Police arrested Roderick Berry, a Winston-Salem resident, April 5 after a report that the man had been caught hiding in a women's shower stall in Bostwick Residence Hall.

Sophomore wins Goldwater Scholarship for biology
By Lauren Pressley
Sophomore Cindy Gillikin recently received the Goldwater Scholarship, the most esteemed award of its kind for outstanding students in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering.

Female minister, grad returns
By Andrea Carden

A '93 university graduate returns to campus to spread enthusiasm and guidance.
Stephanie Spellers, '93, left a lasting impression on the university eight years ago - and returned to campus April 4 in what marks another step in her journey of upward momentum.

AAUP seeks academic freedom

By Erin Moran
The North Carolina Conference of the American Association of University Professors discussed academic freedom during an event April 6. Charles Kennedy, a North Carolina Chapter executive board member and associate professor of political science, organized the event with Carole Browne, university chapter president and professor of biology, as well as David Weinstein, an associate professor of political science.

General manager of Graylyn center tenders resignation
By Vanessa St. Gerard
The general manager of Graylyn International Conference Center has submitted his resignation to the university and at the end of the month, will no longer be recognized as the center's head.

North Carolina Baptists hold Alliance meeting in Wait
By Elizabeth Bland
The Alliance of Baptists provided instructional workshops and networking opportunities at their 15th annual convocation held on campus April 5 - 7. The event brought together several hundred people from around the world including delegates from Cuba, Zimbabwe and Canada.

Biomedical center makes steady progress
By Jamie Dean
Despite some bureaucratic red tape, the university plans to forge ahead with its plan to jointly create a School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Prayer vigils focus on war, orphans, homeless
By Nick Phillips
Several campus ministry groups have organized three nights of prayer for various issues beginning April 9 and concluding April 11.

OGB editors shift

Old Gold and Black Staff Report
The Old Gold and Black announced staff positions for the fall 2002 semester April 11. Junior Will Wingfield replaces senior Jay Cridlin as editor in chief.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


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