Over the past few days, spring has really arrived. There are pink buds and flowers on the trees, the dandelions are in full bloom, and the weather has been really nice – sunny and high 60s-low 70s. Spring fever makes it very hard […]
The Daily Deac is out of the office this week, so we’ll be bringing you some coverage of past events as well as ones to come. Springfest was held this past Wednesday, and our University Photographer, Ken Bennett, grabbed some great pictures of the event. […]
While many people think of March Madness in basketball terms, for admissions offices around the country, March Madness could just as easily be the final push to determine the incoming freshman class and to get the decision letters out the door. Some of you may […]
Today was a big news day. The new Dean of the College was named, and it was a familiar name to our campus: Michele Gillespie: “Wake Forest University has appointed Presidential Endowed Professor of Southern History Michele Gillespie as Dean of the College, with academic […]
If you hadn’t already seen it, there is a terrific story on the WFU main page about Wake N’ Shake, the campus dance marathon to raise money for cancer research: “More than 1,300 students teamed up to fight cancer on Saturday and raised $164,157 […]
I am in between meetings on a cool but sunny day. Found a perch outside the ZSR near the Benson-Tribble courtyard. Here’s what my five senses are revealing: I hear… – an airplane flying overhead. – a snippet of a guy-to-girl conversation. The […]
Today is starting out grey and cool, and will devolve into rain within a couple of hours. After the early part of this week was sunny and 80 degrees, this is going to be an unpleasant surprise to your Deacs. A good day to stay […]
Last but certainly not least, we come to our final Senior Oration feature. This is from Shoshanna Goldin ’15, and it is titled Near and Far: The Impact of a Demon Deacon ———————- College. The word implies mountains of textbooks and rivers of lukewarm coffee. Entering […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families. I hope that wherever you are, you think about wearing black and gold or WFU apparel to show your WFU pride. And help spread the idea to your students. If we want to have tremendous school spirit, a […]
Today’s Senior Oration is Humans Are Like Onions, by Gianna Blundo ’15. Enjoy! —————————————— Humans are like onions: we have layers. Skin color, hair, eyes, height, weight…. each of us has our own unique external beauty. However, we often get lost in the superficial differences between […]
