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Ageless Wonders
City celebrates birthday with other 100-year-olds More than 40 of the city’s oldest residents were feted Friday afternoon during the City of Winston-Salem’s Centenarian Luncheon at Benton Convention Center. The luncheon, which was open
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Johnson: Social capital could change fortunes of the poor
Building social capital – or community connections and friendships across lines of race, class and neighborhood boundaries – is especially essential for those who are economically marginalized. Dr. James Johnson, the William R. Kenan
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CIAA commissioner impressed by Rams’ achievements
The CIAA’s first full-time female commissioner made a stop in the Twin City last week to congratulate Winston-Salem State University on its athletic and academic accomplishments. Jacque Carpenter gave high praise to WSSU during
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Lane, Smith named top Rams
Winston-Salem State University Athletics named student-athletes Brittany Lane and Kameron Smith as the top female and male student-athletes for the 2012-13 year. The honors were announced during the Department of Athletics’ Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
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Scholarly Pursuits
Crosby program honors participants Standing on the cusp of a new chapter of his life is bittersweet for 18 year-old Israel Suarez. “I’m going to miss high school and just school in general,” said
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College-Bound
Israel Suarez poses with his mother, Isabella Acosta, at the annual Crosby Scholars Senior Gala Monday night at the Benton Convention Center. Suarez, a senior at Reagan High School, was one of nearly 600
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local sports legends Added to Hall
There have been many seminal moments in Rodney Webb’s life, but two stand out. His union to his wife, Rita, more than 30 years ago is tops; he called his induction last week into
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Grand Gathering
City welcomes members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. received a warm Winston-Salem welcome at the Benton Convention Center last Thursday, the opening day of AKA’s four-day
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Locals to dance for homeless shelter
Take the Lead Winston-Salem, a fundraiser for the Bethesda Center for the Homeless inspired by the hit television show “Dancing with the Stars,” is back. A new slate of local stars was announced late
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Editorial: Criticism of President still taboo
WS Chronicle March 28, 2013 0The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been called a pastor’s pastor, a preaching master who’s like the opposite of March: comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. But not even his
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