SADIE MARSH As we move into our centennial year, The Salemite hopes to reflect on the past century and feature Salem alumnae who have best exemplified what it means to be a Salem sibling. Before The Salemite there was The Ivy, which was stopped due to the Second World War. The founding of The Salemite […]
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ELLE CHIARADIO I left for five months and everything changed. My French is better and I’ve forgotten what exactly a derivative is. There’s now a playground next to my parent’s house and the roads to my former high school were re-paved. At the restaurant I used to work at, I recognize only a few faces […]
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Howdy my sexy salemites! I hope your Jan term is saucy, spicy, and safe! This month’s topic is birth control! There are several reasons to use birth control, like to prevent pregnancy or to help regulate periods and/or hormones, so let’s look at the different methods for each! To help regulate periods, many people use […]
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OLIVIA CHIPI Starting this spring, the officers of the Student Government Association (SGA) will be introducing several new changes in response to student suggestions from the fall semester. “The [SGA] board needed to restructure to be more effective leaders,” said Sarah Hallet, SGA Secretary and senior at Salem College. The first of the changes is […]
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MEGHAN NELSON Salem College prides itself on its small class sizes, but what happens when the population dwindles too small? For the first-year class of 2019-2020, a vanishing class has become a reality. Talking to ten first-years, the largest threat to the retention rate seems to be students transferring within the year, revealing the fact […]
Read More… OLIVIA CHIPI *Editor’s note: The following is co-written with the help of Lilith Ward, a sophomore in ENVS 230: The Role of Coal in Society. In 2018, “about 687 million short tons of coal were consumed in the United States” according to the US Energy Information Administration. 687 million tons of coal is a substantial […]
Read More… ELLE CHIARADIO It was perhaps six months ago I walked to the Refectory misty eyed and anxious. I had just finished up some work on my visa application when it suddenly hit me: in a few months, I’d be an ocean away from all my friends and family. Instead of excitement, I began to feel […]
Read More… OLIVIA CHIPI Over the course of a November weekend, 12 Salem siblings transformed into entrepreneurs for the fourth time in four years. “They [students] learn more in that 54 hour length of time than they could ever learn in a classroom,” said Alyson Francisco in her description of the annual Techstars StartUp Weekend for Design […]
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SADIE MARSH From the Dean of the College: Salem College is building strategic relationships between places involved in academic and student affairs. The College will be working on developing several new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), like the pathway to pharmacy currently in place with High Point University. Other MOUs are in place with Elon University, Campbell […]
Read More… SADIE MARSH On April 18, 2018, Sandra Doran was named the interim president of Salem College, a position which she started the following month. She served in this capacity for 14 months. This September, Salem Academy and College’s Board of Trustees voted to transition Doran into the role of Salem’s 21st president. When she was […]
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