Approved draft to affect UNC law students litigation abilities

  Marykent Wolff Staff Writer In a five to one vote, the education committee from UNC Board of Governors approved a draft on Tuesday, August 1, that blocks the UNC (Chapel Hill) Center for Civil Rights litigation abilities. The draft, which will affect university-wide policies, is meant to keep the Center from suing on behalf of individuals in civil rights cases, whether it is against … Continue reading Approved draft to affect UNC law students litigation abilities

NC gerrymandered maps to be redrawn

Jayce Shore Staff Writer On August 3, North Carolina Republicans began to release details of scheduled dates to redraw legislative boundaries found unconstitutional by federal courts. In August 2016, a federal panel of three judges: Catherine Eagles, Thomas Schroeder and James Wynn, ruled that 28 of North Carolina’s 170 legislative districts were racially gerrymandered and set a deadline for the maps to be redrawn and … Continue reading NC gerrymandered maps to be redrawn

Gilliam delivers State of the Campus Address

Madison Hoffmann News Editor The 125th year of UNCG commenced with the annual State of the Campus Address given by Chancellor Franklin Gilliam on August 8 at 10 a.m. in the UNCG Auditorium. Chancellor Gilliam joined UNCG in 2015 after working as the Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA for seven years following his long stent as a professor of Public … Continue reading Gilliam delivers State of the Campus Address

North Carolina Turns It’s Back on Sexual Assault

Kelly Daehler Staff Writer North Carolina is in the midst of an ethical debate demoralizing women’s rights to revoke consent during an act of sexual relations. According to state law once initial consent is given by a woman, that consent cannot be withdrawn. Her attacker is backed by the legal system to continue an assault without punishment. Rape happens to both sexes in many different … Continue reading North Carolina Turns It’s Back on Sexual Assault

Nobody’s Home

Annie Walker Opinions Editor The marvels of modern technology have revolutionized the world as we know it. Tools of constant communication have enabled us to simply pick up the phone or open a laptop and, moments later, send a message to anywhere in the world. In the realm of diplomacy, this ability is the root of a certain trust that minor miscommunication issues can be … Continue reading Nobody’s Home

Green Out in North Carolina

Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Legalizing marijuana is something that has been discussed for decades now. Today, it is not as revolutionary as it once was to support marijuana legalization. According to a recent Gallup poll, 60 percent of Americans are in favor of legal marijuana. This is the highest support the drug has gotten nationally since the drug became illegal in 1937. Though still illegal … Continue reading Green Out in North Carolina

Creator’s Strife: Believing in our Art

Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer In UNCG’s vast student demographic, there are thousands of students that have chosen a major or minor in the category of liberal arts. Just as in years past, the new school year’s arrival will see more freshmen flock to these fields. Liberal arts draws its followers from young ages where creativity and imagination thrives and continues into their adult lives where … Continue reading Creator’s Strife: Believing in our Art

Every Generation Finds the Lost Cause

Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates recently commented in The Atlantic on a prospective new show on HBO that features an alternative history of the Civil War that imagines if the South had won the war, an oft-explored premise in fiction. Coates writes, “The show’s very operating premise, the fact that it roots itself in a long white tradition of imagining away emancipation, leaves one … Continue reading Every Generation Finds the Lost Cause

The Limits of Driving

Brianna Wilson Staff Writer Nobody wants to face the dreaded day when their parents, grandparents or great grandparents are unable to do things for themselves anymore. Nobody wants to be the one to tell an elderly person they cannot drive or live on their own anymore. So when does respect for our elders become detrimental? One of the most controversial topics surrounding the ability of … Continue reading The Limits of Driving