Sights and Insights Celebrates Smile Day at Gallery Hop

EVA ANDREWS KRISTEN MAIKOO PHOTOS BY ARIEL BECKER Staff from Salem’s yearbook, Sights and Insights, set up a table at Artworks Gallery on Trade St. during Gallery Hop on Oct. 7 in honor of World Smile Day and National Yearbook Week. Staff members and volunteers handed out disposable cameras. Art professor Kim Varnadoe is the […]

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Voting 101: Registration and Where to Go

By Kadia King America has borne witness to one of its most contentious election cycles in the past year.  It is important to vote and let your voice be heard. Here’s some information you’ll need to get ready to cast your vote in November. How To Register You have to be registered to vote.  Registering […]

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Farewell Letter from the Editor

by Sarah Vick Editor-in-Chief     The Salemite began in 1920 as a student-run publication. To understand The Salemite as it is now, it is necessary to know its history. From 1920- 2010, The Salemite went through phases of printing weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. There used to be multiple classes within the communication department that worked to […]

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Salem College Hosts First Annual Publications Conference

By Emily Ramser Photo by Kristen Maikoo     With attendees from North Carolina State, Guilford College, UNC Greensboro and Winston-Salem State, Salem College hosted its first Collegiate Publications and Journalists (CPJ) Conference on April 30. Roughly 50 to 60 students attended the conference throughout the day.       “The conference is meant to promote journalism and collegiate publications, […]

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Photography Returning to Salem?

By Kristen Maikoo       Petitions have been posted around campus advocating for photography courses to be offered at Salem. Sophomore design student Victoria LaJuan Bowen, who began the petition, became interested in photography taking a course on it at Sawtooth School for Visual Art.     “I’m very passionate about photography,” she says. “It’s not only an […]

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Who Invited the Fleas?

By Kristen Maikoo Photo by Kristen Maikoo From left to right: Cedric Macon, George Morales, and Scott McNeely.     As students left campus for winter break, there remained no further reports of fleas since early October when students reported having flea bites. Fleas do not arrive uninvited, however; they always appear accompanied by a host.     According […]

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Women’s Conference Highlights Professional Leadership

By Aryatara Shakya and Kristen Maikoo Photo by Leslie Luna     In the Fortune 500, there are “23 women out of 500,” as Susan Cameron, President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc. mentioned in her speech. According to Pew Research, 5.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEO’s are women. In a male-dominated workforce, professionals speaking during the […]

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Who Gives a Poop About Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Student Pioneers for Transgender Rights By Kristen Maikoo     It started with a class project and a drive for change. Junior Mikaella Bruce, known to most as Bruce, became interested in establishing gender neutral restrooms on Salem’s campus and began the process during her Not-For-Profit Management course last year.     After learning the basics of public policy […]

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An Emmy for Viola Davis

By Kristen Maikoo     On Sept. 20, Viola Davis was the first African-American actress to win an Emmy for the best actress in a drama series. Davis’s recognition was for her lead role as Annalise Keating in ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder.     In her speech, after quoting Harriet Tubman, Davis said, “The […]

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Fall Fest 2015: Challenges and Rewards

This year’s Fall Fest Chair Purva Trivedi. Picture by Lesly Luna.  By Kristen Maikoo     In the weeks leading up to Fall Fest, classes converge in scheduled practices to create a uniquely Salem experience. Campus babbles with energy and an air of secrecy as students share ideas, editing scripts and lyrics while they shield their plans […]

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