Over 100 students sat in silence in the Estey Hall on Dec. 4 due to poor conditions in dormitories. Several students demanded to see President Newsome while the others sat with duck tape, labeled with descriptions of their poor conditions, around their mouths. A new semester has resumed and some […]
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Students Are Back To Classes…
#8220;We don’t have HBCU’s where I’m from so it is a new experience for me to go to a school where vast majorities of my classmates and professors look like me,” said junior Saundra Proctor a transfer from Pfeiffer University. “Shaw is a very different atmosphere for me.” Students have […]
Students Are Back To Classes
#8220;We don’t have HBCU’s where I’m from so it is a new experience for me to go to a school where vast majorities of my classmates and professors look like me,” said junior Saundra Proctor a transfer from Pfeiffer University. “Shaw is a very different atmosphere for me.” Students have […]
Positive Change Comes from Student Protest
In Novemebr of 2008, students demanded change in their academic lives at Shaw University. Led by Jarrel Johnson and Eugene Johnson, students staged a silent protest in Estey Hall. From the protest, they hoped to gain a more challenging curriculum and make professors more accountable for their expectations. Student Body […]
Student Watch and Wait for Better 2009
#8220;Prepare to witness a stronger Shaw University next semester,” declared Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, Dr. Mack Sowell. Sowell is part of the university team who is responding to student concerns raised in the protest rally and march in early December. With the spring semester approaching, some students are […]
Students Looking for Change in January
As Shaw students pack up and head home for the holidays, many students said they are hoping to return in January seeing some new changes. Quita Davis said, “It is time for a change in the dorms, and everything else such as better residence life.” Davis and others said they […]
Home for Christmas
Dormitory check out is approaching, forcing residents to have their belongings packed and ready to go by 5 p.m. Dec. 13, according to residence hall officials. “All residence’s keys have to be turned in before they leave for the holidays,” said Laura Aker, Newsome residence hall manager. “I stay off […]
Winter Break!
Exams are over and Shaw students are heading home for the holidays. Many students said they are still making plans for what to do when they get home. “Enjoy it and get ready to come back to the regulars of the next semester, rejuvenate your bodies, come back ready to […]
Class of 2009 Ready to Graduate
Many members of Shaw University’s Class of 2009 says there are ready according to Shaw SGA President Shaunte Brown. According to university officials the class of 2009 may be the largest class Shaw to date. A special yearbook edition was issued in 2005 to honor them when they entered. The […]
Shaw Univesity 27 Million in Debt!
SHAW UNIVERSITY 27 MILLION IN DEBT! As students from Shaw University’s campus walked across the bridge to visit Estey Hall, they did not speak much. In fact their mouths were duck taped with various phrases written across the tape. “Nasty Living” is what was written on the mouth of Delilah […]