‘Food Truck Fridays’ bring diverse menu options Demetrius Dillard @ddillard112 Online Editor
Winston-Salem State introduced “Food Truck Fridays” as part of an objective to create a more diverse, interactive and enriching environment for the campus. They began April 1 and will operate in the Diggs Gallery parking lot every Friday for the remainder of this academic year, April 29. In addition, the trucks’ presence on campus creates a platform for faculty and students to socialize and mingle. Kanesha Leak, the student activities and athletics liaison, is the “Food Truck” organizer. Leak is also a member of the Campus Culture Committee “We thought that it would be a good idea to diversify foods on campus,” said Leak, a 2013 graduate. “So the goal is to have different types of food here, other than the Popeye’s, Subway, [and] the things you always get,” she said. Leak said the food trucks aren’t or won’t be a threat to the eateries spread throughout campus.
“I don’t think it [food trucks] will threaten business for them [other campus eateries] because a lot of students may not have the funds to pay for this or they may not just want what’s out here.” Leak said she started contacting a variety of food trucks in throughtout Triad. The truck vendors’ fee was waived on the kick-off day. But every following Friday there will be a vendor fee, which will go to student to support student scholarships through the Office of Business and Auxiliary Services. In the week following the first Food Truck Friday, the committee received positive feedback, Leak said. “We got a little slack from people saying it may be taking away from Aramark or their facilities, but we’re trying to make sure that everyone is happy,” Leak said. “So we want to make sure that people don’t have to go off campus and waste their gas to go try to find somewhere to park to buy food. We’re bringing the food to them.” Tiffany Seawright, the assistant director of University Recreation and co-chair of the
From left, Melvin Sutton, senior rehabilitation studies major and Alexis Morgan, sophomore exercise science major moving sticks at the Community Garden on April
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Approximately 2,000 people patronized the food trucks on opening day. The customers included: students; faculty; staff; local residents and visitors for Spring Open House, according to an April 3 article in Winston-Salem Journal. Campus Culture Committee, said she and her committee explored different options for the campus community to network. “The idea came about just trying to get people out and about on Friday, interacting with each other and just having a good time,” Seawright said. “This month [April] is our test month, and we’re going to
do it every Friday, but hopefully if it goes well and we get approval and we’ll offer it [food trucks] every first Friday throughout the next year,” she said. Will Boone, English Department chair, talked about significance of food trucks. “I think the food truck culture is a good idea in terms of community engagement [and] community access, but I think
it’s also needed in a place like North Carolina, where sometimes food establishments are not accessible for students – so students don’t always have an option,” he said. Boone, a native of Newark, N.J. said he is accustomed to food trucks and they play an integral part in the cultural
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Community service project teaches students ‘green thumb’ techniques Desrick Rhooms @drhooms112 Staff Reporter
Winston-Salem State’s students were giving a hand and learning how to garden for themselves as they participated in the community service group at Simon’s Green Acre community garden on April 2. WSSU has been active with the community for three years. The garden was started by the Simon Green Atkins Community Development Corp. and is located at the Enterprise Center, largest building in the company. “The garden was created because people need to learn how to grow healthy food [and], it will help sustain the community. If grocery stores were to go out of business tomorrow, we all should be able to know how to garden,” Carol Davis said. Davis has worked for the Simon Green At-
kins Corp. for 15 years and has worked at the Enterprise Center since 2011. “We need to learn more about the nutrition information labels because the black community tends to have diabetes and become obese,” Davis said. Davis said anybody in the community can plant in the garden on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The community service project’s goal was to help students apply concepts in class while assisting the community, which is practicing social justice. Andrea Patterson-Masuka has taken students from her Communication and Media Studies classes to participate in gardening for the past three semesters.
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Farewell WSSU
Dysheada Reid @dreid112 Editor-in-Chief
It has been a pleasure being able to serve as the Editorin-Chief of the News Argus for this academic year. This position has helped me grow personally and professionally. However, working for The News Argus, being a member of the Building Outstanding Student Success program, and being a legacy leader, will be the only thing I miss about Winston-Salem State. Poor customer service among WSSU staff and a lack of care from administration for ALL departments and schools, is something that I won’t miss. I wish WSSU administration understood that other departments and schools here matter as much as The School of Health Sciences and the Athletics Department. It seems as though students are not in involved in either, then they are invisible. The Communication and Media Studies Department, my major, curriculum needs to be critically assessed by professionals who understand
how to give students a quality education. Not to mention, the Department’s software and equipment is obsolete. As a result, many graduates from that department are not competitive in the job market. The dwindling limits the number of classes offered. Another issue is the poor nutrition served to us daily. Our food is unhealthy and has no variety. Every time I explain Kennedy Dining Hall’s menu to my parents, they are completely upset. The black community is known for being affected the most by poor eating habits and WSSU is not helping to tackle this cause. Last but not least, the WSSU bookstore. Apparently the cost of our books is covered in tuition, but why are students still paying for books out of their own pockets? The size of the bookstore is entirely too small for a student body that is nearly 6,000. WSSU does not care about the “little” people. If you are not a part off the elite, then you get stomped on. Your needs are not met. My experience here confirmed that higher education truly is a business. I would not recommend this University to anyone. Thank you to my Argus staff who I’ve grown closer to since the fall semester. Even though I did not receive much help from any of you, I still wish you the best in your endeavors.
Spring 2016 Staff
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This issue’s campus crew asks... Did you vote in the 2016-17 SGA election? Why? Why not?
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I voted because I had a lot of friends that were running who were deserving J’Lysa candidates. Robinson I had to do my part to get them into office.
I did vote in the last election. Every year that I’ve been here that it [voting] Asia has been Monroe important because the people I vote for are the people I want to represent me and represent my University.
I voted because I have a circle of friends who always go Noah out and run for cer- Williamson tain positions. Also, these are people who are going to be leading our institution in certain capacities that represent our student body.
I voted because I knew the people that were running and a lot of them said their Dez’Monee goal was Selvey to connect people on campus to make campus a better space.
I ran for Miss WSSU. I spent a lot of money and spent a lot of time and effort Alexandra and I feel Rogers like a lot of the student body wasn’t appreciative of it. The turnout was rigged because not enough of the student body voted.
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“I originally was here to gain extra credit for my class but I’ve enjoyed helping out and learning about the garden since I’ve been here,” said Burley Levette III, a senior chemistry major from Greensboro. “This is a place where people can connect and make sure the community is healthy. Just informing the youth and giving them knowledge about eating healthy is important because they’re our future,” Wynne Brown. Brown previously was the Student Health Director at WSSU; she said the biggest challenge is
FOOD TRUCK continued from Page aspects of any environment. April 1, there were five food trucks parked outside of Diggs Gallery: Fish N’ Wings of Greensboro; King Queen Haitian Cuisine of Greensboro; Ghassan’s Restaurant of Greensboro; Spice Delight Mobile Café of Winston-Salem and, Kona Ice of Kernersville. According to an April 3 Winston-Salem Journal report, about 2,000 people patronized the businesses that day, which included students, faculty, staff, local residents and visitors from the Spring Open House.
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to get students interested in the garden. “I came here for class and I’m interested in helping out and giving back to the community,” said Vikaya Powell, a sophomore exercise science major from Maryland. A student project manager is selected from the Patterson-Masuka’s class each semester. Chelsey Wiggins, a graduating senior, was selected as the spring 2016 project manager. “Wiggins demonstrated excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills. Her negotiation and ability to create a shared vision
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The report by the Journal also noted that WSSU isn’t the only college or university in the area which has brought food trucks onto its campus: Wake Forest and UNC School of the Arts has arranged for food trucks to visit their campuses as well. Stephon Cunningham, the chef and owner of Fish N’ Wings, said his food truck was fairly busy on the two days it opened (April 1 and April 8), and liked the interaction he had with customers. Jessica Davis said, “The chicken is really good – and
the fries – and it’s better than eating the same things we eat all the time, like DJR [Donald Julian Reaves’ food court] and the cafe, so it’s something different.” Davis is a sophomore mass communications major from Charlotte and patronized the food trucks on two different Fridays. She said liked that she could purchase a goodsized plate at an inexpensive price. “I think it’s a good idea. I think it’s exciting and bring something new to the campus,” she said.
The Campus Incident Report is a concise summary of the up-to-date incidents that affect the Winston-Salem State campus and community. Thursday, April 14 Counterfeiting At 11:36 p.m., an employee at the C-Store contacted Campus Police in about two counterfeit $20 bills. She said noticed the bills felt different and used a counterfeit marker that revealed they were not real money. She said her old roommate was the person that used the money and purchased items and was handed back $16.03 in change. Campus Police contacted with the female student and she said she asked an unknown male for change for $50 and he handed her two $20 and one $10. She said she walked into the C-Store to buy items for a potluck in Wilson Hall. She said her friend charged her $15 to get a plate and that’s why she needed the change from the $20. She said she did not know it was counterfeit. The student offered to pay back the $40 that was spent, and Campus Police concluded that she did not take part in the criminal act. The case is closed. April 14 Drug Violation At 11:50 a.m., Campus Police reported to Atkins Hall in reference to a smell of marijuana. Campus Police knocked on the room door several times and heard movement but no one answered the door. An RA opened the door and female student was sitting in the room. When asked why they did not answer the door she said did not know. The female student appeared to be dazed and dismissive of the situation and Campus Police saw cigarillo wrappers and
tobacco shavings in plain sight. A grocery bag was covering the smoke detector. As Campus Police searched the room, they found a blunt, a scale, a grinder and about 100 cigarillo wrappers. The female student said there was nothing else in the room and she was arrested and taken before a magistrate who gave her a court date of June 3. She was released on a written promise. The case is closed. Saturday, April 23 Fraud At 6:10 p.m., a female student contacted Campus Police in reference to fraud of buying a car on eBay. She said she bought a used Nissan Maxima from a couple on eBay for $3,500 and insurance for $9,500 but never received the car. The couple was from Mobile, Ala. but the car was found in North Haven, Conn. The case is pending. Sunday, April 24 Trespassing At 1:35 p.m., Campus Police were contacted in reference to a male in violation of a Warning of Trespass order in Martin Schexnider. An RA showed Campus Police where the male was believed to be and they entered a room with several males and females. The individuals that were not students were escorted to the lobby and a positive identification was made for the male violator. He was arrested and issued a $500 secured bond. He has a court date on May 13. The case is closed. Source: WSSU Department of Police and PublicSafety Compiled by Sheridan Watkins
C.G. O’Kelly Library open around the clock Tiara Bennett Staff Reporter @tbennett113
C.G. O’Kelly library will be open 24 hours from April 24 through May 5. Wanda Brown, the new director of library services, came up with the idea to have the library open. Brown is an alumna of Winston-Salem State and she worked at Wake Forest University for 35 years. “Students really just want to have the building open,” Brown said. WFU is the only college or university library in WinstonSalem that is open 24 hours. All of the services at Wake Forest’s library are limited during midnight and 8 a.m. “Where I came from we were open all the time. We were open 24 hours from Sunday to Thursday and during exam we were open 24/7,” Brown said. From now on during exam time, O’Kelly will be open 24 hours. “I would like to have the library open 24 hours during the semester, but we are going to have to look at to see what it takes for us to do that,’ Brown said. O’Kelly will have the textbook and the laptop services available, but the other library services may not be available. There are 15 volunteers, who are staff that gave up their regular working shift to help out. Most of the volunteers are full time employees The volunteers won’t be paid extra unless they are temporary employees, who are picking up extra hours. All of the library staff will be helping cover each other’s hours. “If one of those volunteers is a reference person then the student will be able to get that help they need, but we are providing limited services to the students, faculty and staff,” Brown said. “What needs to be under-
stood is if we are open 24/7 then administration will have to understand we will probably need more funding and more staff,” said Forrest Foster, the information commons coordinator in O’Kelly. Brown said she would like to have coffee for everyone including the volunteers to stay up during this time. “We are working with Aramark, trying to figure out how we can do that and we are hoping they make it affordable for us to do this.” Brown said they are going to have snacks at 11 p.m. starting the week of exams. Every day food will be provided for everyone such as Subway sandwiches, pizza, chicken biscuits and other treats. “I think it’s an opportunity to show the students how we are there for them. They have been asking for it for quite some time, but I’m also interested to see how many of them will turnout,” Foster said. Foster said they tried doing this years ago and the turn out wasn’t what they expected. Student can use their Ram card to get in to O’Kelly. Brown used social media, campus announcement, signs and the library home page to notify the students of the new times. Davonte Boston, senior justice studies major from Robersonville, N.C., said the extended hours gives students time to do work whenever they want to. Boston said he believes it will be a big turnout because the library is usually packed around exam time. “If someone has an assignment due 8 a.m. and it’s 4 a.m. they can go to the library to finish their work because everyone doesn’t have laptops,” Boston said. “We are here for our student success and we want to show you that we care,” Brown said.
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Bulls will obliterate Warriors in 7-game series Demetrius Dillard @ddillard112 Online Editor
The rather interesting-yethypothetical ’15-‘16 Golden State Warriors and ’95-’96 Chicago Bulls matchup has generated an intriguing exchange of ideas among countless sports fans, analysts and aficionados for quite a while. Without question, this season’s Golden State Warriors – the ‘golden standard’ for modern basketball teams – should be considered among the greats in the history of the National Basketball Association for the numerous landmark accomplishments they’ve accrued over the past few seasons. Besides capturing the 2015 NBA Finals trophy in six games over the undermanned, LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, some of this year’s achievements for the Warriors include: a 73-win season; becoming the first team in league history to open a season with 24 straight wins; the first to win 34 games on the road; being the first to endure the
entire season without losing to the same team twice; becoming the first team in NBA history to make 1,000 3-pointers in a season; and being the first franchise to avoid losing consecutive games to the same team in one season. In addition, the Warriors – led by guard Stephen Curry who shattered his own record by drilling over 400 3-pointers this season – have seemingly left the world in awe, as they continue to break records and set statistical precedents as the days go. Comparatively, the ’95’96 Bulls had already won a 3-peat in 1991-1993, were on their way to capturing another 3-peat and were beginning to establish themselves as the NBA dynasty of the ‘90s. Also, the Bulls had the best known basketball player to ever touch the hardwood in Michael Jordan, a top-five small forward in Scottie Pippen and the Hall of Fame hustler – none other than Dennis Rodman. And we can’t forget the smooth-stroking lefty, Toni Kukoc, and lock-down defender Ron Harper who could
finish in transition as well. Statistically, the Bulls and the Warriors are virtually head-to-head in most categories. Though the Warriors averaged more points per game (because they had more possessions), they beat their opponents by 10.6 points as opposed to the Bulls outscoring their opponents by 12.2 points per contest. And when the Bulls lost, they lost by slimmer margins on average. The Warriors did have a slight shooting edge over the Bulls, but couldn’t rebound or defend as well as the Bulls. As outlandish as Charles Barkley sounds at times, he said on ESPN Radio’s Waddle & Silvy show when asked about the matchup, “Ah man, you’re kiddin’ me right? That Bulls team would kill this little team [Warriors]. C’mon man…” Similarly, Pippen said in an interview that his squad would sweep the Warriors and Harper said in a tweet that Golden State wouldn’t stand a chance against his Bulls, with which I fully concur. The Warriors’ small ball
approach has been effective in a league that’s weak at the center position, and believes in taking the open 3 before a layup or mid-range jumper. However, the Bulls’ size, strength and length would simply overwhelm the Warriors. If we take the Warriors out of this era and place them in Jordan’s era, it would be laughable. The rules allowed players to play more competitively (the hand checking, elbowing, etc.); which to me means the Bulls would obliterate the Warriors so terribly that the officials may end the series after two or three games. The physicality, length and tenacity of Jordan, Pippen, Harper and Rodman would simply be too much for a team who’s used to a free-flowing style of play. Conversely, if we were to place the Bulls in this era, the outcome wouldn’t be significantly different; Jordan’s scoring average would be somewhere in the mid-40s because he wouldn’t have to work as hard to score. MJ and Scottie would most likely guard and shut down the Splash Brothers, and the well-respected
Draymond Green certainly wouldn’t put up the same numbers against the monstrous Rodman. Based on these factors alone, the Bulls would essentially handicap the Warriors in a seven-game series and take the O’Brien trophy in four games. The Warriors, who are slightly overrated, are nevertheless a well-rounded and selfless team, but I highly doubt they would endure the offensive and (especially) defensive prowess of the six-time NBA champs. Furthermore, the coaching matchup is no contest. Phil Jackson, arguably the best NBA coach of all time would be up against one his former players – Steve Kerr – a man who is inheriting the credit for Mark Jackson, who revitalized the Golden State franchise. No disrespect to the Warriors, because they will be talked about by sports pundits decades from now. Nonetheless, I’m sure they’d do well at selling tickets and team paraphernalia, and that’s about it.