Tyresha ParkerReporter@tparker111

Winston-Salem State alum Brian “BDaht” McLaughlin took his talents from the athletic press box to the comedic stage during Homecoming 2014.

WSSU kicked off the football season on Sept. 6 and for the first time in 10 years McLaughlin attended a football game as a 102 JAMZ representative and not as the WSSU athletic announcer.

McLaughlin said that more than 100 people asked him why he was not in the press box and told him how much they missed him.

The University did not renew his contract as announcer for the upcoming athletic season.

“It was then I decided not to attend another game because I felt insulted, and I was not emo-tionally prepared for the ques-tions I was going to be asked,” McLaughlin said.

His absence in the press box this season stemmed from a scan-dal during Student Government Association and royal court elections spring semester. A photo on social media featured Mr. WSSU candidate Aaron McCorkle was released on social media exposing his dabble

as a cross-dresser. The Argus reported in the April 2 issue that McCorkle also had criminal charges including common law robbery, unlawful concealment and larceny misdemeanor.)

Radio personali ty, McLaughlin, went on a Twitter rampage in April, making offen-sive comments about the “drag queen.”

BDaht said he was hesitant to comment about the pho-tos because he did not want to involve himself in a matter he was not directly affected by.

“But... it was a big conversation and if I feel it, I roll with it,” McLaughlin said.

There was speculation that McLaughlin’s comedy show was scheduled during home-coming because his contract wasn’t renewed.

In previous years, homecom-ing had been a week-long event.

This year the festivities were cut to three days; none of the days included a comedy show.Comedy Showcontinued on Page 2

Katrina RobinsonEditor-in-Chief@krobinson110

The crowning of the royal court wasn’t just a night of bliss and vintage-style glam-our. It was historical.

Miss WSSU, Leah Darby, isn’t the first to wear the crown in her household.

That honor goes to her mother, Darlene Sowell-Darby — Miss WSSU 1979.

It is the first lineage for the royal crown not only at WSSU, but in the CIAA.

Sowell-Darby said that it was a magical moment to see her daughter, so much in her likeness, stand tall among the crowd and overcome her adversities.

“I’ve watched her grow to be so much like me with the height,” she said.

“It can be somewhat awk-ward. Knowing how to use that in a positive way and building your confidence can be difficult.”

Although Miss WSSU had

difficulty in school because of her height, one could never tell as she addressed the crowd with a ready smile and her head held high.

Miss WSSU’s father, Richard Darby, said it was one of his proudest moments as a parent.

“Outside of the birth of my daughter, it was one of the most exciting things I’ve ever been involved in,” he said.

Darby said that he is proud that his daughter is carrying on the legacy of getting an educa-tion.

The Darby clan is a family of educators who all attended HBCUs. Her mother is in route to becoming a professor and her father coaches high school basketball.

Miss WSSU is an education major.

She said there was no ques-tion as to what school she would be attending.

“I only applied to Winston-Salem State,” she said. “I was just already a part of the cul-ture. My mom took me to all of the homecoming games and

football games. There was no other choice for me.”

The choice was cemented for Sowell-Darby as well, as her older sister, Patsy Murrill, also influenced her decision to attend WSSU. Murrill teaches kindergarten.

“I was very interested in everything that she was involved in,” she said.

“She was Miss Omega Psi Phi and president of different organizations.”

Miss WSSU said seeing two great educators like her aunt and mother made the choice to come to WSSU and pursue education easy.

“I knew I had to go here,” she said.

Sowell-Darby said when it comes to the level of sup-port from peers, not much has changed.To her, the coronation was just as majestic during her reign.

“When I was Miss WSSU, we had one gown and one crown,” she joked. “But it was still very magical to me.”

Photo courtesy of Darlene Sowell-Darby

Jaquel HorneReporter@jhorne111

On or off campus crimes involving Winston-Salem State students are under the jurisdiction of the Winston-Salem State Campus Police -- a self-contained, fully operating police department.

Student crimes are not reported to the Winston-Salem Police Department unless they involve a homicide or sexual assault.

Campus police do not have the forensic capabili-ties for those cases, but they assist the WSPD.

“A lot of students think that they [Campus Police] are just University Police Officers….” said Deona Cureton, student conduct director.

“They are actual police officers with guns, badges and everything. Some of them actually used to be with the WSPD.”

The campus police undergo training required of all police departments in North Carolina.

WSSU officers have the authority to refer a stu-

dent’s criminal activity to the Office of Student Conduct, issue a citation or make an arrest.

WSSU police chief, Patricia Norris, makes the decision to send the stu-dent offender’s case to be processed in the Forsyth County Courts.

WSPD Captain Christopher Lowder said that getting involved in a WSSU student’s case is a mutual agreement between the city and cam-pus police departments. WSPD has cooperative agreements with Wake Forest University, Salem College and Forsyth Technical Community College.

“When a crime is reported to the WSSU police, the process is the same as if it was reported to the WSPD,” Norris said.

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Miss WSSU and her mother, Darlene Sowell-Darby.

BDaht: ‘I felt insulted’Student criminal activitynot always reported toWS Police Department

First-time succession in royal court

Photo courtesy of Brian “BDaht” McLaughlinBDaht (right) posted different fliers like this one to promote the comedy show.

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In January, BDaht and two other comedians, Bean and Drankin, planned a Freestyle Funny Comedy Show Tour for the fall. The tour visited WSSU, NC A&T, Bennett College, and Elizabeth City State.

“For the past three years B -Daht had inquired about host-ing a homecoming event, but has been unsuccessful because of the previous event lineups,” said Kenneth Brown, SGA vice president of external affairs.

Brown also said that SGA was not upset with the event’s tim-ing because that was the only feasible day to schedule the show without taking away from the University’s “money maker events” like the Red and Black Affair.

However, the Instagram cap-tion posted by McLaughlin 13 days prior to the event did cause Brown to question the motives.

The caption read: “To whom it may concern: trying to sab-otage ‘the Comedy Show’ (#FFCS Friday Night, October 17th at 7pm at the ANNEX) isn’t going to sell more #WSSU Homecoming Packages. Just trying to live up to the motto: Enter to Learn. Depart to Serve. Hope to see a SEA OF RED at the #FFCS for Homecoming.”

McLaughlin said, “Had it not been for the situation in April, no one would’ve had a prob-lem with my comedy show.”

McLaughlin said. There were Ram heads placed

on the flier, however the show was no wayaffiliated with the University. BDaht said the flier was strictly for branding pur-poses.

“It was also an effort to pro-mote comedians Bean and Drankin who are both NC A&T alumni and would like to expand their comedic resumes,” McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin decided not to provide the University with any revenue made from the comedy show.

The University step show was the same night as the FFCS.

The comedy show sold 1,500 tickets for an off-campus venue that housed 3,000 seats. The University’s step show in KR Williams Auditoriums sold out .

The auditorium is an 1,800 -seat facililty.

“So many people thought I was doing the show to ‘teach WSSU a lesson,’ but I wasn’t even sure how the show would turn out, so I definitely wouldn’t try to teach a lesson not know-ing if the show would be suc-cessful.”

Both McLaughlin and Brown said they were thankful that the step show was a success.

McLaughlin said, “If the show had failed, I would have been blamed for it.”

“If a WSSU officer makes an arrest, the arrest shows up on the arrestee’s criminal record just as it would if a WSPD officer were to make the arrest.”

The Jeanne Clery Act requires all campus police departments to provide access to criminal activity reports.

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities participating in federal student-financial-aid programs to report information on certain crimes committed on and around campus, including on campus-owned property.

The recent adjustments to the Clery Act are additional require-ments, including providing stu-dents with information, better protecting of victims of sexual assault and clarifying the pro-cess for collecting crime statis-tics.

Office of Student Conduct, keeps a record of student judicial proceedings.

Though all violations are kept on record, not all infrac-tions show on the students’ offi-cial transcript. If a WSSU stu-dent violates any part of the University’s Zero Tolerance Policy, that student could be sus-pend or expelled. These actions will be recorded on the official transcript. The Zero Tolerance Policy is located on WSSU’s

website.Any infractions involving sale

and distribution of marijuana will more than likely result in both expulsion and jail time.

At the end of the day, we want to keep our students out of the court system, but we cannot keep them out of the court sys-tem if they can’t keep themselves out of trouble,” Cureton said.

The most extreme punishment given by Student Conduct is expulsion up to five years, dur-ing which the student cannot attend any other UNC public institutions, Cureton said.

“Some students benefit from going through Student Conduct. They grow, they learn, they evolve and they don’t have any other infractions. Some students need to go through the court sys-tem because they need that tough love, and they need to learn the severity of their actions,” she said.

According to Winston-Salem’s online incident reports, the WSPD has assisted in five cases involving WSSU students since the start of fall semester.

Student Conduct tries to keep students from becoming nega-tive statistics because going through the court system pos-sibly makes it harder [for a stu-dent] to get a job after gradua-tion, Cureton said.

Courtney HerringReporter@cherring111

Simon’s Green Acre Community Garden, rooted in Winston-Salem State’s tradition of service unifies students, faculty, staff and neighbors.

“The CDC [Community Development Corporation] donated land for us to begin gardening. Myself and the other original gardeners did not have any equipment to utilize, but after we got it going the first year and made it survive, the rest as you can see is history,” said Rudy Anderson, manager of internal communications in the Office of Marketing and Communications.

He said the CDC paired with the University to start a community garden spring 2011.

The garden has healthful foods such as collard greens, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage and onions. . The com-munity garden is operated without a budget.

“We rely upon grant funding and the kindness of local businesses and individ-uals. Carol Davis, the execu-tive director of the CDC, has heavily supported us with resources and financ-ing. But we are looking for more ways to be more self-sustaining by discussing possible fundraisers,” said Sigrid Hall, director of the community garden and the

chief marketing officer of OMC.

The garden provides opportunities for students to become involved within the community, gain volunteer hours, feed the hungry and learn effective gardening skills. According to the gar-den’s web site, the garden has produced more than 4,000 pounds of foodwhich has distributed it to com-munity service agencies and church food banks.

WSSU has its own gar-den plot that has raised six beds and a sizeable piece of land for in-ground planting. Other groups are encour-aged to share that space instead of starting separate gardens.

The garden has 13 groups – organizations and families -- each has a plot.

“I have a personal interest in gardening and thought it [the garden] would be a great idea to teach the youth healthy eating and living habits and an opportunity for fitness and fellowship,” Hall said.

“This community garden is a way for youth to take an interest to grow their food. In life, you may lose your job or your home, but you can always grow your own food.”

Hall said she feels that the garden can ultimately make a student more self-sustaining.

“Aside from the direct benefits, we are able to give

back to our local commu-nity,” she said.

“Winston-Salem is located in a food desert, meaning a large percentage of fami-lies do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Instead, they rely upon cor-ner stores that only provide an abundance of unhealthy food. After volunteers take the food they want, we donate the remaining pro-duce to local food pantries.”

To supplement garden-ing and growing food, Hall and Davis are planning to have cooking demos on site for the community. She said that many students get excited about harvesting the vegetables but do not know how to cook them.

“This year was a really exciting year because we decided to switch to raised beds,” Lorraine Mortis said.

“Raised beds increase the productivity because we can now focus on less weeding and more production. We added boxes on the outside of the fence so that the peo-ple in the community can come by and pick up vegeta-bles as volunteer gardeners donated the produce as they saw fit. This is the third year that our graduate chapter has been gardening here and our chapter will continue to give back to our community as much as we can.”

Mortis is the chairperson of the Poverty Initiative Committee of Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa

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Comedy Show continued from Page 1

Photo by Courtney Herring

Community garden plants unity

The community garden is planted by different organizations.

The News Argus was unable to retrieve the crime reports. The law requires schools make the report available to all current students and employees, and prospective students and employees must be notified of its existence and given a copy upon request. Schools may comply with this requirement via the internet if required recipients are notified and provided exact information regarding the on-line location of the report. Paper copies of the ASR should be available upon request. All crime sta-tistics must be provided to the U.S. Department of Education.

Livingstone game recap

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Even though the Rams have been crushing competition, Head Coach Kienus Boulware still rates the team at “B-”, suggesting that there’s much room for improvement.

Boulware has selected Duvontae Covington, a 6-foot-2 senior defen-sive lineman, as the recipient for this issue’s Coach’s Game Ball.

Covington is one of the leaders on the defensive line, and is a “work-horse” said Boulware. Boulware also describes Covington as “a man amongst boys” as he leads the interior defense with 34 tackles on the season

(stats good as of Oct. 18).The physical education major from

Greensboro was one of the original members of the recruiting class of 2010.

Though WSSU football has stiff competition in the CIAA, according to Boulware, they are still on a quest for the national title.

Boulware strongly feels that Covington will contribute largely.

Argus: Why did you choose to play football at WSSU?

Covington: I had three choices: Winston-Salem State, UNC-Pembroke and Fayetteville State. When I visited here, it felt like home and the environ-ment was more comfortable.

Argus: Describe your feelings fol-lowing the victory on homecoming.

Covington: This was my last home-coming, and I felt like I did a pretty good job. I earned defensive player of the game honors from the team and the conference (CIAA).

Argus: What impact do you believe you made throughout your four years with the football program?

Covington: I’ve been a positive guy. If I didn’t play a lot I contributed the best way I could.

Argus: How do you balance being a member of a fraternity, a student-athlete, and being involved in your major?

Covington: I make sure that I pri-oritize everything. When I first came here, I didn’t know that I would be in a fraternity. Ultimately, I put school

first, football second, and the frater-nity third.

Argus: Is there anyone you look up to for inspiration as an athlete?

Covington: I look up to Ray Lewis [Retired Baltimore Ravens defensive player.].

Argus: What are your plans after graduation?

Covington: I’m still deciding on whether I should go to grad school, keep playing football and find a job in my field. For now, I’m just going to wait until the season ends to see how everything plays out.

Argus: What has been your greatest challenge as a WSSU football player?

Covington: Remaining humble. With all the success we’ve had, I learned to keep my head straight and to stay focused on our final goal, which is winning a national champi-onship.

Argus: What do you do in your spare time?

Covington: I’m older [22] now, so I like to chill and watch TV and movies. I take some free time to socialize with friends.

Argus: What long-lasting effect will being a student and an athlete at this University have on you as a person?

Covington: I’ve learned many valu-able things here, and football has molded me into the man that I am today. Playing football helped me to become more mature as well.

Duvontae Covington

By Demetrius DillardContributor

Photo courtesy of www.wssurams.com

Demetrius DillardContributor@ddillard112

Winston-Salem State football continues its reign in the CIAA. The team comfortably defeated the Livingstone College Blue Bears, 34–17 on Senior Day Oct. 25.

The Rams are 7-1 overall and 4-0 in conference.

Running back Mustafa Greene scored the first touchdown of the game with a 59-yard run with 10:30 left in the first quar-ter, and the Rams never looked back. WSSU’s defense held Livingstone star quarterback Drew Powell, who came into the matchup leading the CIAA in passing yards per game, to only eight passing yards in the first quarter. Powell’s favorite target, wide receiver Jalen Hendricks, was held to only two yards in the first quarter.

The same defensive intensity by the Rams translated to the rest of the game. Linebacker Terry Ross led the way with 10 tackles, followed by linebacker James Hickman with eight tack-

les. WSSU’s defense was simply too much for Livingstone, total-ing 78 tackles to the Blue Bears’ 53.

WSSU wide receiver Brendan Felder had the best game per-formance of his career, with his most impressive highlight com-ing in the second quarter when he ran a kickoff back 105 yards for a touchdown. The play pro-pelled the Rams to a 17-3 half-time lead.

The Blue Bears did, however, show persistence in the second half with several big plays down the stretch. Powell threw two touchdowns, one to tight end Austin Higgins and another to Hendricks. His touchdown to Hendricks came with 5:08 left in the game and made the score 34-15. Powell and Hendricks then connected again for a two-point conversion to make it 34-17. Powell finished with 281 passing yards and 85 rush-ing yards. Hendricks caught six passes for 67 yards, and Higgins had eight catches for 94 yards.

Even though Livingstone showed great effort in the sec-ond half, the Rams matched their intensity as they main-

tained a comfortable lead throughout the remainder of the game. Phil Sims made his first career start for the Rams, and the WSSU coaches seemed to ditch the dual-quarterback approach they had previously relied on. Sims got most of the snaps at quarterback, complet-ing 12 of 20 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns, both to Felder. Felder amassed 240 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns. Rudy Johnson, who started last season and the first seven games of this season, was used as more of a utility player than a quarterback. He completed one of three passes for 24 yards, rushed five times for 66 and caught a pass for seven.

The Rams’ next game will be Nov. 1 against the Shaw Bears (3-6, 2-3), who just came off of a one-point homecoming win over Johnson C. Smith, 35-34. The Rams could be in for a chal-lenge against Shaw quarterback Trey Folston and running back Marqui Grizzle. Folston is aver-aging 217.8 passing yards per game, and Grizzle has rushed for 7 touchdowns on the season

Covington ‘a man amongst boys’

HOMECOMING

Alumni cheerleaders cheer on the Rams during the football game against St. Augustine.

Miss Chi Eta Phi and Miss Kappa Kappa Psi play black jack with their escorts at coronation ball.

Scarlet Lace member Rodnika VanDerburg dances through the crowd during the Homecoming Parade.

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Mr. and Miss WSSU, Brandon Bowden and Leah Darby with Little Mr. and Miss WSSU during the homecoming parade.

In the center, Dr. Jack Monell takes in the sun during the game.

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Head Coach Kienus Boulware rallies the team.

Singer Frankie Beverly performs at the alumni concert.

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Rammie pumps up the crowd for homecoming.

Students take time to serve during homecoming.

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What was your opinion of Homecoming 2014?

Photos and Interviews by Argus Staff

SIERRA BRADNEREXERCISE SCIENCE

GREENSBOROThis year’s homecoming wasn’t like my freshman year, but it was still a success. Seeing alumni and the alumni cheer-leaders get down was live. I didn’t like that it was short.

MONTRELL CARTYSPORTS MANAG.

DURHAMThis year’s homecoming was a great experience. The current stu-dents and alumni coming together was great. My favorite event was the step show because my frater-nity Omega Psi Phi won it all!

ANTHONY EVERETTPHYSICAL EDUCATION

FAYETTEVILLEHomecoming was okay, I wish it could’ve been longer. By me transferring from a community college, it really gave me a great HBCU experience.

SHARRON WALKERMIDDLE GRADE EDUCATION

CHARLOTTEI enjoyed this years homecom-ing. I thought it was a great idea to have the old school theme. I wish it could’ve been an entire week, but I still enjoyed myself.

I think this years homecoming was the best by far. The peo-ple and the atmosphere were so positive. Everyone looked nice and had a good time.

WSSU students, faculty and staff are selected randomly to answer a provocative question from The News Argus. Comments do not represent the opinions of the Argus staff. To listen to the complete responses visit www.thenewsar-gus.com.

Winston-Salem States Homecoming 2014 is the most anticipated event of the school year. The lighting of the homecoming sign took place Oct. 14 and ended with the football game on Oct. 18.

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Since when did “African-American” become a label?I asked myself that once former child star Raven Symone said that she did not want to be labeled as such.Symone appeared on Oprah’s Where Are They Now? The mighty Oprah would not neglect to ask about Symone’s sexual ori-entation after she tweeted,“I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you.” In response to the supreme court’s decision to overrule the defense of

the Marriage Act. When she told Oprah that she was in a proud relationship with another woman, Oprah inquired about how she was able to identify it when she was younger. When

the former Cosby Show star said, “I’m tired of being labeled. I’m an American. Not an African-American.First, I sincerely think Raven just wasn’t able to articulate what she truly meant. Growing up, I always heard how the term African American was a vague political description because majority of “Blacks” did not know where our origins derived. A person of ethnicity are referred to as African American, Asian American, Latin American and the big slap, Native American. It sounds like the six kingdoms of biology. Homo Sapien Africano.If people do not physically or cultural identify as white, they’re not American.But every day you look around, it is clear that White is not America.An argument you would think she’d mention, but what she later says is far worst.Raven told Oprah that she didn’t know where her roots were, but she did know that she has roots in Louisiana. That’s a colorless person,” said Symone.No, Raven that’s exactly what it isn’t.Growing up in Arkansas I can tell you, people, including those of color, often associate being black as being barbaric. Our passion is ghetto. Our crime’s are “Black on Black.” If a black person acts crazy in public, someone always whispers, “You can’t take black people no where.”It is our civic duty to negate all the stereotypes standing against us by simply being comfortable in our own Black skin.We, ESPECIALLY Raven, are no way colorless, but colorFUL. Whatever you identify as don’t blend in, stand out.

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If President Obama wanted to keep the support of the Latinos, he made the wrong decision by delaying the immi-gration reform policy.

The fact that there has been a delay twice during the Obama Administration, makes President Obama look bad, when really it is not a decision that he has made alone. It is a decision that was forced by Republicans, again, just to prove a point.

The argument that action should be delayed to give immigration reform a chance has been heard before -- and proved time and time again to be inef-fective in getting a bill passed, due to Democrats and Republicans not agreeing on the bill.

This decision will back fire for Obama and future Democratic candidates, sim-ply because they have lost supporters from the Hispanic community. This is a plus for the Republicans, which is more than likely a part of a plan to sway the Hispanic community to vote for them and their policies. It has to feel like a slap to the face for the Latinos, because this is the second time President Obama has delayed the policy. Immigration advocacy groups such as the DREAM Action Coalition, the National Council of La Raza, and the League of United Latin American Citizens, have all loudly voiced their frustration about President Obama’s choice.

When the Republicans and Democrats came together to agree on this, I do not think that they realized they were liter-ally separating families, just so they can save their own tail from a failing future election.

Jaquel HorneReporter@jhorne111

While running for office, President Barack Obama promised to deliver a compromising immigration reform bill. However, several years have passed and other issues have been targeted but immigration reform has been set on the back burner, or so it seems.

Immigration activists have not stop pressing the government for the fulfill-ment of Obama’s promises and to stop deportations.

Like most politicians, Obama may have ulterior motives for pushing back on reforms. If it means possibly securing Democratic spots in the Senate then it is a good idea. Republicans and conserva-

tives will be upset and thus less likely to vote Democrat. It is not the tricks of the government that I find disturb-ing, but rather the people who suffer from their deci-sions and internal disagreeances. For instance, while Obama holds off until after elections, people are still liv-

ing their day to day lives. Immigrants will still be deported. It is the people that are affected the most. On the other hand, possibly securing more Democratic seats in the Senate is a better decision for the long run. Having more Democrats means that Obama will have more support in his future decisions.

Chris EtsonContributor

Democratic Senate leaders are urging President Obama to delay the immigra-tion order. The President has decided to wait on making such a big decision right before the upcoming elections on Nov. 4. He believes making such a controver-sial ruling could potentially cause the Democratic Party to lose conservative voters this year.

The nation needs a comprehensive immigration law. Every day the lives of Hispanic families are drastically being altered in the blink of an eye.

Janet Murguia the National council of La Raza says, “For us the president has been our Deporter in Chief.“

Her statement is warranted when there are thousands of families being shattered every day as a result of depor-tation. These families have to suddenly find new ways to support each other and reconnect while being separated for an uncertain amount of time.

Immigrant workers and their cheap labor help American business thrive. Some will argue deportation is good because immigrants are taking the jobs that American citizens need. The truth is that few Americans are lining up to work jobs that require manual labor, long work hours and low pay rates (e.g. land-scaping, construction, and repair). These individuals should be allowed to own a workers permit. The government needs to make it a priority to deport the crimi-nals and felons, instead of people who are trying to earn an honest living.

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Immigration reformMatthew Parmesano

Reporter @mparmesano112

WSSUInsider and the people who run it need to be shut down and shut up. It’d be different if the lead blogger and his cronies weren’t running the blog anony-mously. But to for them to con-tinue to try to expose dirt about Winston-Salem State and insult its leaders without putting their names to it is gutless.

The bloggers have no chance of facing repercussions for their actions because no one knows who they are.

The fact that the bloggers are still anonymous diminishes their credibility and the credibility of the blog substantially. Responsible readers should take caution before believing anything on WSSUInsider.

If I had the chance, I’d reveal who the blogger is and shut the blog down. The blog is biased and so are the cowards who run it.

All blog entries on the site are completely one-sided and none of them tell the whole story. The blog and the bloggers lead to people reading and spreading rumors that may or not be true about my University and its leaders, and it’d suit me fine WSSUInsider was just made to go away.

Veniscia JonesReporter@vjones111

The controversial blog, WSSU Insider, shines the light on cur-rent events that take place behind Winston-Salem State doors.

Topics at hand touch a variety of subjects such as students and fac-ulty but majority of the blogs dis-cuss Chancellor Donald J. Reaves.

WSSU Insider serves as the critical breakdown of Chancellor Reaves’ every step and move since 2011, when the blog was created. Referring to the chancellor as the “Wizard” in its heading, WSSU Insider proves to not be a fan of Reaves.

The WSSU Insider may be a way

to vent and complain. Everyone should be allowed that outlet. But what exactly is the blog intended to do?

The purpose WSSU Insider serves to do is “Pull back the cur-tain and show you what the “wiz-ard” known as DJ is really doing”, but then what?

Okay so now the people know the gossip and rumors of WSSU, but is that it? Its effectiveness cre-ates buzz and talk around what may or may not be going on behind closed doors, but just like any other form of news it quickly becomes old and forgotten.

Many schools has its flaws and issues. Many people have their likes and dislikes.

Creating a blog is not the issue. Hiding behind a computer is. The cyber bully tactic of typing out what a person thinks but wouldn’t dare say is pretty pathetic.

There is nothing wrong with standing up for what one believes in. But why stand for something and not make sure your voice is heard and face is seen?

If the problems are as bad as claimed, a lot of the issues that the WSSU Insider “pulls the curtain back on” should be taken to local news and radio stations.

Ok, so losing a job could be the main force of reasoning behind why no one wants to come for-ward about the blog. But a person can either stand for something or fall for anything.

If the publishers really went against all the decisions made by Chancellor Reaves and felt he was doing wrong, losing their job would be the last of their worries.

Defending WSSU till the end and protecting it history and honor would be the priority.

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