Winston Salem State University - Ram Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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l ., - ,. mi F' l 1 l ical collection. The library is centrally located on the campus, allowing students easy access to its facilities. The R.J. Reynolds Center is the newest facility on campus. The facility houses the business department in a 50,000- square-foot building con- taining 14 classrooms, four seminar rooms, three busi- ness information laborato- ries, an instructional word processing center, and a 209-seat lecture hall. There are more than 80 student organizations on campus including honor societies, professional associations, religious groups, hobby and sports 1987 Winston-Salem State Univer- sity hosted the Wrestling Classic. clubs, and 20 fraternities, sororities, and social groups. The Rams take pride in their great athletic depart- ment led by Clarence Bighouse Gaines, the winningest active basket- ball coach in the nation. The school's football, soft- ball, and wrestling pro- grams, too, are enough to make any Ram proud. There are tennis, volleyball and track teams as well. Intramural programs allow those students not in- terested in the collegiate aspects of sports the oppor- tunity of competing with their fellow students and take part in the Ram spirit. The C.E. Gaines Center is the campus 2500 seat sports arena. Exercise rooms and an olympic-sized swimming pool are open to all students. WSSU is an active member of the National Collegiate Athletic Associ- ation fNCAAJ, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association CCIAAJ, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics CNAIAJ. Culture is a big part of the Ram tradition. Nation- ally-known lecturers and Broadway musicals such as Ain't Misbehavin and A Chorus Line have been seen on the stage of the 1800-seat K.R. Williams auditorium. See p. 18 17