Coffeehouse plans begin brewing again
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board.
In the face of a scare that threatened to shut down all plans for the new coffeehouse set to open in Taylor House next semester, Student Government rose to the occasion this week and secured the necessary university administrative support for the initiative.

Evil rears its horned head at Wake
By Krys Mroczkowski
It's time to break out those holy texts boys and girls, because the end of the world is upon us! It looks like those wacky Seventh-Day Adventists were only a few years off on the Armageddon. Need convincing?

Displays of intolerance challenge 'Pro Humanitate'
By Claire Boyette
When we applied to come to Wake Forest, we all were required to write an essay echoing our sentiments on Pro Humanitate and how we apply this motto to our lives. We all came up with a 500-word essay that somehow convinced someone over in the admissions office to let us in.

Voting an overlooked priority
By Bianca Brown
Why vote? Why is it important? How does my vote really matter? These are many questions that citizens, especially college-aged citizens, pose when it is time to vote. However, I'm pretty sure that most of us know that 40 years ago these questions did not need to be asked.

Silent stands doom Deacs
By John Toner
The essence of football from the stands is a fan's duty to support one's team with heart, soul and dedication. Body paint, strained vocal chords, M&M's, drunken taunting of the other team's towel boy and that ridiculously annoying loudspeaker near the student section (so we can hear all the cheerleading greats such as "go Deacs go," "Deacs get tough," or "first and 10!") converge to create a third team off the field capable of magnificent feats.

Healthcare problem here?
By Doug Hutton
It seems that the healthcare debate has finally reached Wake Forest. Even the gated campus entrances couldn't keep the power of healthcare at bay any longer. And rightfully so. As with much of America, it is time to address an issue and industry that is predicted to consume 13 percent of our gross national product by 2010.

Recipe for violence unending
By Ryan Whitley
Twelve Palestinians lie dead in the streets of Gaza and Ariel Sharon claims success. Twelve Israeli lives in Hebron, cut short in retaliation. A mother has lost her son, a young man is rendered fatherless, and a sister becomes an only child. Israelis in Hebron are calling for more violence and making blunt allusions to a previous massacre of Palestinians as a way of saying, "be prepared."

War against Iraq is not simply Bushs' quest for power
By David Dolgin
With all the recent happenings regarding the impending war with Iraq, much of the focus is on whether or not Saddam Hussein presents a direct threat to U.S. interests. For the most part, those opposed to the war range from many Democrats to types like Pat "Let's build a concrete wall on the Mexican border" Buchanan.