Winston-Salem State University News

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The N.C. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a 1999 agreement.

An overhaul of the U.S. health-care system has gained the floor of national debate, speakers at a conference on health disparities said yesterday.

Some Winston-Salem voters have a sense of humor. About 9 percent of the voters who cast ballots for mayor wrote down their own suggestions rather than vote for incumbent Mayor Allen Joines, who was running unopposed and won a third four-year term on Tuesday.

Winston-Salem is at a crossroads, with pressure to fill the Dell computer plant after the company closes it in January and to bring the downtown baseball stadium to completion.

Change is coming to City Hall. Even though Mayor Allen Joines is running unopposed in Tuesday's Winston-Salem City Council elections, there will be at least three new faces on the eight-member council after Election Day.

The Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities at Winston-Salem State University will hold a national conference on health disparities this week.

A small group of protesters rallied yesterday at Winston-Salem State University, saying that Chancellor Donald Reaves excluded them from decisions on several issues, including abandoning WSSU's drive to play Division I sports.

Helen Hammock gripped a Wii remote and swung her right arm backward and forward, past the wheel of her wheelchair.

Winston-Salem State University is taking measures to make a stretch of road that runs through the campus safer for pedestrians.

A celebration of survival: Breast-cancer survivors and friends are invited to a survivor celebration from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the N.C. Triad Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 1106 Burke St.

A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed in North Carolina against Compton rap star The Game.

With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope that this year might offer a break from rising college costs.

Two internationally known health experts will speak next month at a health conference at Winston-Salem State University.

Quilters Meeting: The Forsyth Piecers & Quilters Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Parkway Presbyterian Church, 1000 Yorkshire Road.

Before he became president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, John Payton worked as the lead counsel for the University of Michigan and helped the school successfully defend the use of race in its law school's admission process.

Greensboro Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Jorge Quintal will represent the University of North Carolina system on the State Building Commission for a three-year term, according to an announcement.

A year after soaring amid the excitement of a presidential election, voter turnout sank to new depths in the mayoral and City Council primary.

Amy Batten looked for a second job to pay off some debt. But she wasn't that serious about her search.

As a boy growing up in Detroit, Doug Osman used to sit in front of the TV on Saturday afternoons and watch Sir Graves Ghastly rise from his coffin and introduce a classic horror film, such as Bela Lugosi's Dracula .