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Senior Cris Wiley samples a plate of rice at the City of Joy Scholars' hunger banquet. The scholars used the banquet to help raise money to fund their trip to India.

Coffeehouse rebounds from project-ending scare
By Kezia McKeague
Despite two days of uncertainty, Student Government has achieved administrative cooperation to move forward on plans for a student coffeehouse.

Calloway tax information to benefit county residents
By Rory Dineen
Faculty members at the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy are used to crunching large monetary sums. However, these members were recently made aware of a monetary amount too significant to ignore.

Minority council founded
By Scott Hurff
The Minority Greek Council, the latest addition to the university's Greek service groups, was formally founded Nov. 14.

Lecturer rose from inner city to Ivy
By Angel Hsu
The book recounts the story of Cedric Jennings, a young man who overcomes poverty, crime and violence in the inner city to achieve his dream of attending Brown University. Jennings will speak about his journey from inner city to Ivy League at 8 p.m. Nov. 21 in Pugh Auditorium.

Campus celebrates Indian culture with Diwali
By Alex Reyes
Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, gathered students, faculty and community members Nov. 17 in a celebration of Indian food, dance and culture. The Asia Student Interest Association and the Student Government Executive Committee on Race Relations sponsored the celebration of the traditional Indian holiday.

Holidays to light up Quad
By Stephanie Bennett
This year, several campus organizations have collaborated to create an event that should jumpstart the holidays for students.

Campus debate tourney draws over 200 teams
By Scott Hurff
The university's debate team hosted the Wake Forest Dixie Classic debate tournament last weekend, which has been labeled by some as the "Cannes Film Festival of the debate world."

'Real Life Soprano' DeMeo gives glimpse into mob
By Jeff Harvey
Dozens of curious students filled Pugh Auditorium Nov. 14 to attend a presentation dubbed "Real Life Sopranos" given by the "son of a Mafia hit man." Albert DeMeo, son of Roy DeMeo, at the invitation of the Student Union, gave students a glimpse into the life that inspired his recent book For the Sins of My Father: The Legacy of a Mafia Life.