…Take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles of beer on the Quad. Hundreds of students congregated on Hearn Plaza from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on March 20 to celebrate the opportunity to seize the Quad.
Within five minutes of “friending” someone on Facebook, a user can know their race, gender, age, political beliefs, religious affiliations and relationship status. They know who you hang out with (your friends), what you do in your free time (your photos), and what excites, angers and motivates you (status changes and notes).
A variety of changes are coming to meal plans that will be available to students during the 2009-2010 academic year.
More than one-third of “normal dieters” evolve into pathological dieters, according to research conducted by the National Eating Disorder Association. Over 80 percent of college students have dieted. Seventy-five percent have avoided or skipped meals.
“As a Muslim filmmaker, mine is the ‘Jihad’ of the camera,” film director Parvez Sharma wrote in a 2007 blog entry. “I humbly suggest that filmmakers like myself follow in the footsteps of scholars through centuries who had chosen ‘the Jihad of the pen.’ In making (A Jihad for Love) it has been profound to realize that I am called upon to be a defender of my faith.”
“If you’re graduating this year, consider taking a year off just to explore the world,” author David Bornstein said. If you can’t afford it, get an internship and go to another country and do something you care about. Just google ‘social entrepreneurship.’” Bornstein spoke to an auditorium filled with students, faculty, the Winston-Salem community and other Creativity Symposium attendees.
The Disabilities Awareness Coalition (DAC) is one of the untapped organizations on campus. Fondly known by its members as the DAC, this organization aims to bring awareness of disabilities to the university. The group meets weekly and is a close community. Through different fundraisers, the organization reaches out to those with disabilities and those who would like to learn more about them.
On Saturday, March 21, the Magnolia Quad was filled with plenty of smiles for children, students, adults and llamas alike. Families from all around Forsyth County joined student volunteers for KidsFest, an event sponsored by student group Helping to Overcome Physical Expectations (HOPE).
