Month: January 2018

Features, human, Human Interest

Rodney Beecher Roberts: Moving Towards Art

Rebecca Pearce Staff Writer Rodney Beecher Roberts unleashes his art on the North Carolina community in his “Looking Backward…Moving Forward” art exhibit running Jan. 12 through 21 in Greensboro’s neighboring city of Graham. Robert’s pieces are beautiful, abstract works constructed through multiple layers of paint. Roberts’ freeform style makes each of his pieces vastly unique and accommodating to a broad range of tastes. Roberts’ first … Continue reading Rodney Beecher Roberts: Moving Towards Art

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Community, Community and Life, featured, Features

Play Pinball, Post A Selfie

Jamal Sykes Staff Writer Photo credit: Jamal Sykes   (Updated On: January: 23, 2018) It’s a new year, and that means a new year of resolutions. The typical promises people make for themselves are to lose weight or to spend less money. Conventional, these resolutions are echoed every January. A new and challenging resolution one may want to consider adding to their list, however, would … Continue reading Play Pinball, Post A Selfie

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A & E, arts and entertainment, featured, Reviews, Uncategorized

Don’t Worry, It’s Only ‘The End of the F***ing World’

Jessica Clifford Arts & Entertainment Editor Zoom in to a somber boy, sitting uncomfortably on his bed. “I’m James. I’m 17. And I’m pretty sure I’m a psychopath.” “The End of the F***ing World,” one of the newest Netflix originals, opens with this line, making the viewer cling to the question: what will happen next? As it does from the beginning, the rest of the … Continue reading Don’t Worry, It’s Only ‘The End of the F***ing World’

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News, North Carolina, Politics

North Carolina’s Redistricting Cases

Kevin Liu Staff Writer The General Assembly of North Carolina has spent almost $5.6 million defending itself against lawsuits that attack the legislature’s recent redistricting plans for North Carolina. Several lawsuits have been filed against the General Assembly’s congressional redistricting efforts. The official amount is expected to rise as lawsuits from 2011 to present are being filed. The lawsuits being filed against the General Assembly … Continue reading North Carolina’s Redistricting Cases

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Columns, Opinions

This is Not a Drill

Andrew Oliver Staff Writer Californians have experienced the horrors of oil drilling firsthand. In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara proved to be calamitous, spilling over three million gallons of oil and doing monumental damage to the coastal habitat, which happens to be some of the most sensitive in the entire United States. Citizens of California have not forgotten the damage … Continue reading This is Not a Drill

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Greensboro, News

Greensboro City Council Comes Back in Full Swing 2018: Discusses Dream Act

Joe Schüler Staff Writer The Greensboro City Council opened session on Jan. 9, 2018, in what many dub a “town-hall style” meeting. In previous meetings, individuals had only three minutes to address the council regarding non-agenda issues and were able to do so twice a month. Now, the council only allows for it to be done once per month, but allows citizen speakers to do … Continue reading Greensboro City Council Comes Back in Full Swing 2018: Discusses Dream Act

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Campus Sports, featured, Sports, Woman's Basketball

UNCG Women’s basketball: Spartans cap off week with thrilling double overtime win

Andrew Salmon Staff Writer After a rocky start to the 2017-18 campaign, the UNCG women’s basketball team has rattled off two straight wins and now sits at 2-2 in conference play. UNCG (8-11, 2-2 in conference play) defeated Wofford on Thursday, cruising to a 66-51 win in perhaps their most complete game of the year. They wrapped up the week with a thrilling 76-74 double … Continue reading UNCG Women’s basketball: Spartans cap off week with thrilling double overtime win

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News, Politics

Sessions’ attack on the marijuana industry

Chris Funchess Advertising Sales Manager Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that under his leadership, the Department of Justice is going to end the current policy of laissez faire regulation of 29 state’s medical and recreational marijuana industries. In a Jan 4. memo, Attorney General Sessions makes clear that marijuana is illegal and that “we [prosecutors] should do our job and enforce laws as … Continue reading Sessions’ attack on the marijuana industry

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featured, News, North Carolina, Politics, Uncategorized

Opioid abuse in America

Madison Hoffmann News Editor Back in late October, President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency after alarming rates of drug abuse caused a skyrocketed death rate in the United States. “Working together, we will defeat this opioid epidemic,” Trump said during his declaration. “It will be defeated. We will free our nation from the terrible affliction of drug abuse. And, … Continue reading Opioid abuse in America

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