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In early February, posts began to circulate on the anonymous social media app Fizz about associate English professor Dr. Omaar Hena. The posts referred to photos and videos Hena posted of himself on ...
A fourth-year medical student at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Kychelle Del Rosario, has been placed on a leave of absence “as a result of [an] inappropriate and misleading post”, ...
Since the beginning of the semester, I’ve probably watched more war movies than you’ve seen in the last few years of your life. I’ve become absorbed in this genre for a number of reasons. I’m ...
In February 2022, a fire ignited at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant, causing Wake Forest students and Winston-Salem residents within one mile to evacuate from the area. Two years later, the city is still ...
Wake Forest medical student Kychelle Del Rosario is coming under fire — particularly from right-wing news outlets — over a now-deleted tweet. “I had a patient I was doing a blood draw on see my ...
Wake Forest culture has lore that runs deep — a few feet deep, actually. During the first semester, whispers about the secret tunnel system that runs below campus and connects dorms spread as quickly ...
This summer, I trusted in the U.S. State Department to decide where I would study abroad. It came down to Georgia and Kyrgyzstan — the 2023 Russian language sites for the Critical Language Scholarship ...
Even amidst the climate crisis, consumerism is at an all-time high. Fast fashion companies have given rise to mass-produced, inhumanely produced, cheap clothing –– harming the environment and the ...
Earlier this week, controversy surrounded a slated talk by a former Israeli Defense Forces soldier — the event has now been canceled. Sam Fried, an American-born IDF soldier, was invited by Jewish ...
Banner course registration confirms Dr. Omaar Hena’s return to Wake Forest. The English professor will teach three sections of his First-Year Seminar called “Globalization and Culture.” Hena went on ...
The Wake Forest athletic program just scored a major win. One of the university’s most generous donors (in fact the largest donor in Wake Forest athletics history), Bob McCreary, has donated $20 ...