News topic: Student groups
Wake ‘N Shake raises money, awareness
The third annual Wake ‘N Shake dance marathon benefiting the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund took place March 1 in Reynolds Gym. Students stayed on their feet for 12 hours straight, from noon to midnight,… Read »
Trip aims to give aid to Nicaraguan businesses
Sixteen students from the university’s Babcock Graduate School of Management are spending this Spring Break in Nicaragua. The students, along with two faculty members, will be sharing their knowledge… Read »
OGB receives two awards
The Old Gold & Black won two awards at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media Convention held Feb. 29-March 2 in San Francisco. The newspaper won third place in the four year weekly… Read »
New 3 to 4 Ounces in the works
Three to Four Ounces, one of the university’s only student literary publications, has recently been revamped after 14 years of steady production. The publication is released one time per semester;… Read »
College Dems host convention
The university hosted the first annual North Carolina Federation of College Democrats’ Convention Feb. 23. Almost 100 students and more than 20 candidates for local and national office were in attendance.… Read »
Interfaith council to open space
The university’s interfaith council has proposed a new space on Benson University Center’s third floor, set to open after spring break, which will accommodate people of all religious denominations… Read »
ASIA to hold Chinese New Year festival
University librarian Cristina Yu first put together a celebration for the Chinese New Year nine years ago, in the year of the dragon. Her daughters were beginning to get old enough to appreciate their… Read »
Veteran resident advisor gives insight into the job
A belligerent, intoxicated student corners his peer in a study lounge, yelling and gesticulating threateningly; a freshman endures bouts of depression and homesickness and thinks of suicide; roommates… Read »
Democrats host Senate candidate
College Democrats hosted an informal question and answer session with U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Neal Feb. 5. Neal is running against fellow Democrat Kay Hagan for their party’s nomination while Republican… Read »
Spring semester brings fresh faces to OGB
This semester the Old Gold & Black has seen a huge number of transitions as a largely senior staff bids goodbye to the newspaper and hello to job searches and thesis research. Senior Caitlin Kenney hands… Read »