Hannah HallStaff Writer Just like most of the members of Generation Z, one of my many passions is finding new music. I spend a large chunk of my free time scouring the internet for new musicians to try out. The latest band on my radar in the past few months has been The Regrettes. The first time I heard their music was their pop-punk take … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Regrettes
Eden LandgroverStaff Writer Meditation was first documented around 3,500 BCE in the Indian subcontinent. Travelling from India to Toaist China and Japan, meditation came to America only after having taken forms all over the world as a sacred practice of concentration and mindfulness- and did you know that you can meditate weekly in the bottom of the EUC? For free? The Sky Club at UNCG … Continue reading The Art of Doing Nothing
Alissa Humphrey Staff Writer The marvelous Netflix television series “GLOW,” or the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, is based on the true professional wrestling circuit of the late 1980s in Los Angeles, and a 2012 documentary highlighting the actresses and the production of their show. The series is the brainchild of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. I highly recommend watching the documentary or even the pilot … Continue reading I Unexpectedly Fell For the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Marlas Whitley Staff Writer In my freshman year of university, I began to veer away from Young Adult fiction, something I thought I’d never bring myself to do post Hunger Games mania. I sampled the different, literary flavors that where abundant at my first school’s library, propelled by a sense of wanting to be adventurous and taste something new. Tending to be highly indecisive when … Continue reading The Life and Death of Toni Morrison
Marisa Sloan Staff Writer Clusters of human brain cells known as organoids have been successfully grown in a lab, according to a report researchers published in the journal “Cell Stem Cell” on Aug. 29. These organoids, popularly known as “minibrains,” start as just a few stem cells in a petri dish. Over a period of months, they then grow into spheres the size of a … Continue reading Lab-Grown “Minibrains” Raise Questions of Morality
Peyton UpchurchStaff Writer Mere hours after being dismissed from his job as a trucker, a man with an assault-style weapon wreaked havoc on two West Texas towns, leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase that ultimately resulted in the death of eight people, including the gunman. West Texan police initially refused to name the shooter, with Odessa police chief Michael Gerke saying that the man … Continue reading Shooting Occurs in Texas Four Weeks After El Paso Shooting
Hannah AstinStaff Writer The North Carolina State Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the future, and past of the death penalty in the state. The State Supreme Court heard arguments on Aug. 26 and 27 concerning the fate of six death row inmates. The inmates are asking the Court to spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole … Continue reading North Carolina State Supreme Court to Rule on Death Penalty
Tyra HilliardStaff Writer A man who went out to get his newspaper from in front of his home on Fairway Drive in Greensboro on the morning of Aug. 30 discovered a body lying in his yard. After he spotted splattered blood on his wife’s car, he immediately called 911. Greensboro Police responded to the frantic call at 6:45am, leading them to 2611 Fairway Drive of … Continue reading Fatal Shooting Leads to Discovered Body in Greensboro Yard
Luciano Gonzalez Staff Writer In 2018, a woman named Diana Sanchez gave birth alone in the Denver County Jail, and in agony. Sanchez is now suing the city of Denver with the mission to ensure that no one else in the city has to go through the experience she endured. In the United States, pregnant people who are incarcerated are likely to endure humiliation, unhealthy … Continue reading Woman Gives Birth Unaided in Denver County Jail
Myra BariStaff Writer On Aug. 4, 2019, India placed Kashmir on a lockdown. Kashmiri political leaders were put on house arrest while Indian forces barricaded neighborhoods and cut off most phone and internet connections. The lockdown began to ease on Aug. 19 with schools opening and the reconnection of phone lines. Nationalism ricocheted for both Pakistan and India when thousands of troops were deployed from … Continue reading What’s happening in Kashmir?
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