Artist B.o.B performs for Wingate’s Springate 2018 concert

Sarah Thurman, Staff Writer Over 100 students gathered in Cuddy Arena on Friday, April 27 to celebrate the last event on the SprinGgate 2018 schedule, with a concert from the famous artist B.o.B. Springate 2018 was a week full of events to close out the end of the year and to allow students to letContinueContinue reading “Artist B.o.B performs for Wingate’s Springate 2018 concert”

McDonald wins SAC Player of the Year Award, cherishes season

Shane Rich, Staff Writer For the first time in her time at Wingate as a golfer, Diana McDonald has been awarded the SAC Player of the Year Award for Women’s Golf. McDonald, along with the rest of the women’s golf team, has had much success throughout the course of the year, as they just finishedContinueContinue reading “McDonald wins SAC Player of the Year Award, cherishes season”

Football to host seven home games this fall

Crystal Fuller, Staff Writer Wingate University Athletics Director Steve Poston and Head Football Coach Joe Reich announced the 2018 Wingate Football schedule in March. For the first time since 2002, Wingate University’s football team will have the upperhand of playing seven home games. Coach Reich explained how the Bulldogs got lucky, “When we look forContinueContinue reading “Football to host seven home games this fall”

Wingate Men’s Golf finish season 3rd in SAC Tournament; Women win conference, moving on to NCAA’s

Kyle Brodt, Staff Writer Both Wingate Golf teams had strong showings this year at the SAC Tournament with the women taking the title and the men finishing third in the competition. The women’s championships, hosted by Newberry at Member’s Club at Woodcreek, was a runaway with the Bulldogs winning by a whopping 26 strokes. TheyContinueContinue reading “Wingate Men’s Golf finish season 3rd in SAC Tournament; Women win conference, moving on to NCAA’s”

Surging Bulldogs host men’s lacrosse SAC semifinal vs. LMU this afternoon

Ryan Mackintosh, Staff Writer  The Wingate Bulldogs men’s lacrosse team is hoping to take advantage of some home field advantage throughout the South Atlantic Conference tournament here at Graham Gill Field this weekend. The Bulldogs, 9-5 overall and 7-1 in the SAC,  are hosting the Final Four of the  Tournament this weekend. Wingate had aContinueContinue reading “Surging Bulldogs host men’s lacrosse SAC semifinal vs. LMU this afternoon”

Leo club looks towards the future as the club continues to grow

Shane Rich, Staff Writer  Since the fall of 2016, the Leo club has been continuing its growth at Wingate and looks towards the upcoming changes and growth opportunities that are coming into the near future.The Leo club is an organization that looks to educate the student body about the visually impaired. It is also aContinueContinue reading “Leo club looks towards the future as the club continues to grow”

Opinion: “#WalkUpNotOut” hashtag points fingers at the wrong people

Sarah Thurman, Staff Writer Instead of walking out of class, walk up to a student who is isolated and be nice to them. While this seems like a good idea at first, when it is looked deeper into it, this is victim blaming. The entire point of the walk out was for students to takeContinueContinue reading “Opinion: “#WalkUpNotOut” hashtag points fingers at the wrong people”

Kirkland brings international experience to Wingate men’s hoops

Emarius Logan, Staff Writer There’s a big difference between love and hate when it comes to being an athlete. The path every athlete takes isn’t the same and the reasoning for the things they do aren’t always the same either. I talked with Wingate assistant basketball coach Marcus Kirkland to get to know more aboutContinueContinue reading “Kirkland brings international experience to Wingate men’s hoops”

‘No Matter The Letter, Greeks Do it Better!’: Greek Week Wraps Up

Tanya Crump, Staff Writer This past week, all of the Greek organizations at Wingate University gathered together to celebrate Greek week. Greek week is an annual event on campus where the organizations get together and compete in events to win a trophy and a winning title. The first events began Tuesday around 5pm. Organizations presentedContinueContinue reading “‘No Matter The Letter, Greeks Do it Better!’: Greek Week Wraps Up”

Wingate Seniors talk about life after graduation

Mariah Anderson, Staff Writer As the spring semester comes to a close, Wingate seniors are looking forward to graduation and life outside of campus. Some will go on to graduate school, while others have found internships and jobs, and still others will make these decisions after graduating once coursework is behind them. We interviewed threeContinueContinue reading “Wingate Seniors talk about life after graduation”