Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Vol. 47, Issue 1
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9/11 vigil on campus
Photo by Corderius Cowans
In honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Campus Life
Marketing Committee placed 2,974 miniature U.S. flags on the grounds
adjacent to the clock tower. See Vigil story on Page 5.
BRITTANl PARKER
Reporter
The class of 2013 is about 500
fewer than last year. According
to fall 2009 payment records,
approximately 789 freshmen
were enrolled as of Sept, 1.
These records report that 1,353
freshmen were enrolled in
September 2008.
According to a Winston-
Salem Journal article published
Aug. 21, the smaller incoming
class is a reflection of the
school's desire to admit fewer
freshmen.
"The large freshmen class in
2008 led to challenges as the
University faced maximum
capacity," said Aaron
Singleton, in News and Media
Relations at Winston-Salem
Faculty, students
‘park’ in lines
for new decals
Average wait in long lines
was about three hours.
Faculty, students, staff
TIFFANY GIBSON
Editor in Chief
This year campus police
made all parking assignments
on campus first come first
serve.
Because of the new policy,
many faculty and staff came to
campus early to buy Aug. 17.
Some of them stood in lines
for at least two hours before
purchasing their decals.
Previous years only student
parking was conducted this
way.
Students and faculty formed
lines outside the Anderson
Center and K.R. Williams
Auditorium to purchase park
ing decals.
"I arrived to campus for my
parking sticker at 5 a.m. and
stood in line with some other
faculty and staff members until
around 7 a.m.," said Dr. Brian
Blount, a professor in the
Department of Mass
Communications.
At least two faculty members
expressed their concern about
the new parking decal policy in
an e-mail to Patricia Norris,
Decals
continued on Page 5
Name WSSU's QEP,
win $200 cash prize
Admission standards rise, freshmen enrollment declines
State.
"This strain was felt
throughout the campus in edu
cational opportunities, includ
ing the hiring of faculty, the
scheduling of classrooms,
transportation and housing,"
he said.
Admission
continued on Page 5
QEP what?
The $200 prize sounds good,
but how can I name what I
don't know!
QEP is short for Quality
Enhancement Plan, part of
Winston-Salem State's accredi
tation process that will take
place during this academic
year.
Students will get a chance to
give the plan a more user-
friendly-name in a contest that
offers a $200 cash prize.
The contest will run through
Oct. 7.
Any undergraduate student
can submit a name or slogan to
describe the QEP, designed to
improve the writing profi
ciency of all majors, focusing
on juniors and seniors.
Every 10 years, WSSU. and
other educational institutions
in the southeast are evaluated
by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools to earn
or reaffirm their accreditations.
SACS evaluates every aspect
of the university to ensure that
programs, faculty, resources,
services, operations, policies
and procedures comply with
standards established by its
Commission on Colleges, com-
QEP
continued on Page 5
Texting causes Gen Y problems?
Linguists tiiink that the skill of reading
nonverbal cues has gradually
decreased because of the habit of
text-dependent communications. A
statistic from Nielsen indicates there
were 2,272 text messages being sent
and received by American teens per
month on average during the last
three months of 2008. This worries
physicians due to the possibility of
leading consumers to anxiety, sleep
deprivation and stress injury.
Source: CollegeNews.com
Honda All-Star deadline Oct.2
The registration deadline for the
Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is
Oct. 2. The tournament is Oct. 17 in
Thompson Center 207. Teams of
four players will square off in con
tests with questions about a variety
of subjects including popular culture
and general knowledge. The top
three teams will receive cash prizes
of $200. Information available at
www.hcasc.com for more informa
tion.
Wake Forest hit with swine flu
America’s universities and colleges
are preparing for an invasion of the
H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu
Wake Forest University has treated 80
students with symptoms of H1N1
virus. WFU confirmed two cases of
swine flu. Mississippi State University
has reported more than 250 cases of
students with flu-like symptoms, and
the University of Tennessee Knoxville
has encountered at least 100 similar
cases.
Source: CollegeNews.com
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