Ashley AllenStaff Writer Dance is a sport, dance is not a sport. The debate has been occurring for years on whether to classify dance as a hobby or as an athletic sport. This argument is even present here on the UNCG campus. Should dance be counted as a sport? And if so, does this mean dance majors should receive the same privileges as athletes on … Continue reading Should Dance be Classified as a Sport?
Shayna PraceStaff Writer A camp created for young women in Greensboro aims to get them involved in technology related fields. The Smart Code of Life camp is a program geared towards teaching young girls subjects relating to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Some of the things they learn include coding and neuroscience. The person responsible for teaching them is a student not much older … Continue reading Greensboro Early College Student Creates STEM Camp For Young Girls
Peyton UpchurchStaff Writer Over the last three fiscal years and three budget proposals, President Donald Trump has proposed cuts to public education spending to Congress. These proposals have, over the last two years and as a trend across the last decade, been ill-received by Congress, and there have been counter-proposals made to increase education funding instead. The House committees of Education and Workforce are now … Continue reading Betsy DeVos At Center of Special Olympics Budget Outcry
Krysten HeberlyEditor-in-Chief As many students are spending their nights in the Jackson Library, preparing for the upcoming exam season that lies ahead, many musicians are re-stringing their guitars and tuning up their drum kits. With less than a month left, these musicians are preparing for the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, a four day festival for music and arts that takes place … Continue reading Shakori Hills Festival Returns to the Tarheel State
Bruce CaseStaff Writer Marketing companies and video game developers understand the potential gold mines that video games are in general. We went from Pong, a simple 2-dimensional tennis game, to hyper-realistic games like Forza Horizon 4, where you can barely tell that it is a video game because the graphics are so sophisticated. There are even open world games like Elder Scrolls: Skyrim where developers … Continue reading Are Free-To-Play Games a Trap?
Marisa SloanStaff Writer Members of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) met for a public hearing in late March to discuss the public health dangers—or lack thereof—caused by air pollution. This comes after the EPA disbanded its subcommittee called the Particulate Matter Review Panel last year, a subcommittee which was responsible for determining how much air pollution is safe for breathing. Now, led by Chair Tony … Continue reading Environmental Protection Agency Meets to Discuss Air Pollution and Public Health
Krysten HeberlyEditor-in-Chief Over the past week, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding race within country music, after the hit song, “Old Town Road” was removed from the Billboard Hot Country Chart. Billboard claims that the decision is because the song, “does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.” Many are arguing that the decision is racist … Continue reading “Old Town Road” and Racism in Country Music
Brayden StampsStaff Writer The UNCG Baseball team just wrapped a thrilling three-game weekend series against the Furman Paladins at the UNCG Baseball Stadium, with UNCG winning two of the three games against the Paladins. This SoCon series had everything ranging from amazing weather, rain delays, clutch hitting, controversial calls and an ejection/suspension. Game one of the series began on Friday with a line of rainstorms … Continue reading UNCG Baseball: Spartans Take Two Of Three Against Furman
Emily HicksStaff Writer Picture this: it is the spring of 1989. The Soviet Union is still intact. George H. W. Bush is president, and Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” has been adapted into a film by director Mary Lambert six years after the book was originally released. In its first weekend, the horror film grosses over twelve million dollars in box office sales. Horror fans go … Continue reading To Be Buried In A Pet Sematary: The 30 Year Anniversary
Courtney CordozaStaff Writer The Trump Administration is looking to change who is eligible to receive food stamps. The proposal wants to cut food stamp assistance to able-bodied adults without dependents. If this proposal passes, nearly 750,000 people would lose the benefits supplemented by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Four million receivers of food stamps fall into this category. The administration hopes to pass this act, … Continue reading Trump is Ending SNAP as We Know it
