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Staff Writer: David McCallister When thinking back to high school, many college students may have thought little of their complete college experience. Some students may have thought too much about their future and how they want to have an impact on society. For local high school student Reagan Fauser, her goals of impacting young adultsContinueContinue reading “Local Union County Student Aims Survey at Young College Students”

Touching down in New York from Charlotte, NC. Staff Writer: Tzu-Hsun Hsu In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 rapidly spreading out in the United States, which accelerated the increase of the confirmed cases, the NCAA decided to cancel the spring season. During the pandemic, I took a long-distance and tough flight back to Taiwan. ContinueContinue reading “The Journey Back to Taiwan”

Staff Writer: Amy Cenname As the holiday season is approaching, students are planning to leave campus in the upcoming week for Thanksgiving break. And as students are preparing to have friendsgiving or be back with their loved ones, many are being asked, “What would you like to eat for Thanksgiving Dinner?”. Although many traditional ThanksgivingContinueContinue reading “Thanksgiving Meal – 101”

Staff Writer: Kendrick Tucker 2020 has been a very interesting one to say the least, from the pandemic hitting the world earlier this year, to schooling across the globe changed to virtual learning. There has been one thing that many people around America have been anticipating, which is the 2020 Presidential Election.  With many collegeContinueContinue reading “College students exercising their right to vote”

Staff Writer: Amy Cenname With COVID-19 cases still having a huge impact on the Wingate Community, Flu season is now among us and it could be one of the worst one yet to come. Although cases of COVID-19 have dropped significantly, it is still very important that everyone remembers to continue doing the three W’s.ContinueContinue reading “Flu Season During COVID-19”

Staff Writer: Jarren Cottingham WINGATE– Wingate student-athletes organized a peaceful protest to raise awareness to the recent social injustice and police brutality towards the black community.  Tension between the African American community and the police force is high at this point in time. Throughout 2020, the many police killings and brutality towards blacks has caused an uproarContinueContinue reading “Black Lives Matter Protest on campus”

Staff Writer: Kendrick Tucker There is no secret that the current state of the world is under great distress. Aside from the pandemic sweeping everyone by surprise, a civil problem captured several eyes and ears as well.  Police brutality.   It’s something that many may shy away from calling it a touchy subject resulting InContinueContinue reading “Awareness of police brutality increases”

  Staff Writer: Sara Lawrence      Chic comfort and historic beauty have come to Wingate in the form of Java the Cup, a coffee shop that recently opened on North Main St. The shop held its grand opening last Tuesday, November 5, welcoming students and community members alike with a warm interior and aContinueContinue reading “New coffee shop: Java the Cup”

Staff Writer: Aaliyah Parson      Sexual assault on college campuses is a very common occurrence that often goes unreported. Wingate University has approximately 3,600 students on three campuses.       According to Campus Safety and Fire Safety Annual Report, in 2018 there were 24 reports of sexual misconduct. Sexual misconduct is any conduct ofContinueContinue reading “The uncomfortable truth about sexual assault”

Staff Writer: Quinn McGhee      Mental illness is very common among college students, one in four students have a diagnosable illness, but 40% of those students do not seek help according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).      Stigma around mental health is the biggest thing that keeps people from seekingContinueContinue reading “Importance of mental health”