Survey
shows room for social changes
This
Column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board
The recent survey of student satisfaction on campus has confirmed
what many have been saying for a long time. In many respects, students
are not satisfied with the social environment at the university. Now,
however, the administration has concrete numbers to back up the claims
of student dissatisfaction.
Discovering
power of pigskin
By
Brett Gray
I
came to this university knowing that the campus community prided itself
on its basketball program. I was fully willing to accept a change from
being a football fan to being a basketball fan, but after two seasons
of each I still think that nothing compares to college football.
Students
alone will relieve university's identity crisis
By:
Chris Plumblee
Recently,
President Hearn stated that the purpose of the university is now "up
for grabs." His point was that the ultimate identity of the university
is no longer intimately tied up in the North Carolina Baptist Convention,
nor does it fit any longer with exclusively being a small, private school
in the South. The final identity for the university is now in the balance,
and I believe that the student body will do by far the most to shape
the identity that we take.
Kid-friendly
or X-rated
By
Emily Brewer
Living
in Winston-Salem for the majority of these past eight years, I have
too often found myself saying good-bye to closing cafes and coffee houses,
locally-owned original restaurant concepts and, this summer, to the
North Point 5 Theater. Sadly, I have watched more and more chain restaurants
march onto the landscape, challenging this city’s character and
individuality.
Political
alliances divide
By
Doug Hutton
For
the past two weeks, I have been contemplating the appropriate response
to senior Jamie Kidd’s Aug. 29 column ("Fear and loathing
in the capital"), trying desperately to mitigate my supposed "top-down
loathing" of liberals long enough to write a coherent column on
the true values of conservatism.
South
is in a class by itself
By
Rob Jackson
All
of those who steer the roadways of America in a southern direction to
reap the rewards of an education at this school have probably noticed
it. Anyone who boards a jet to fly the expanse of thousands of miles
to get here can’t have missed it.
The
power of 'uprising' is foreign to many students
By
Matt Wilson
As
I read through these editorial pages every week and look at what all
the columnists and letter-writers have to say about what’s going
on around the campus and throughout the world, I come to one very basic
conclusion: almost everyone’s complaining. Whether it’s about
the Alcohol Law Enforcement being too strict, the Sig Ep pig adventure
or national politics, it seems that everyone has something to say about
how he or she could do things better around here and in Washington.
First
anniversary of Sept. 11th a day of grieving, hope
By
Kathryn Spangler
I’m
not ready -- Those
are the words that come to mind when I think about the one-year anniversary
of Sept. 11. I realize that by the time this edition of the Old Gold
and Black goes to press that day will have come and gone, but as I sit
here writing this column on Sept. 10 with my hands shaking and my stomach
twisted in knots of anxiety, all I can do is dread its arrival.
One
nation for all is the American way
By
Elizabeth Turnbull
I’m
proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. How starkly
these words contrast with "We’ll put a boot in your ass —
It’s the American way," a line from the popular country music
single, "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),"
by Toby Keith. While claiming to be patriotic, in this song Keith crosses
the precarious line between patriotism and nationalism.
Bush
can't heal economic woes
By
Jamie Kidd
For
as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be older then I actually
am. The reasons have varied throughout time. When I was in elementary
school, I wanted to have a later bedtime. In middle school, I wanted
to drive. In my early years of high school, I wanted to date senior
boys, mainly because they could drive. In late high school and early
college years, I wanted to go to bars and clubs. Finally, I have managed
to reach the golden pseudo-adulthood of 21 with my own car and an ABC
only 10 short minutes away.
