Brayden Stamps Staff Writer The Greensboro Swarm finished the week with a record of 1-1. On Wednesday, the Swarm defeated the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (G-League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers) by a score of 118-102. The recent returnee Damien Wilkins led the Swarm in scoring with 20 points in a balanced team effort. On Friday, the Swarm were defeated by the Lakeland Magic (G-League … Continue reading North Carolina Sports Beat
Douglas Burns Staff Writer UNCG Softball season opened up this past weekend, entering the year with high hopes and great potential. The team is the defending regular season SoCon (Southern Conference) champions. Prior to the start of the season, the Spartans were named the favorites in the SoCon (Southern Conference) and netted five players on the first and second All-SoCon preseason team. This opening weekend, … Continue reading Two Stars and A Wish for UNCG Softball
Arts & Entertainment Editor Jess Clifford talks with Daniel Johnson about Joyner Lucas’ “I’m Not Racist” and how it applies to racial tensions. Continue reading Carolinian Podcasts: Discussing Perceptions of Race
Dan, Andrew and Tripp talk what to expect in the NBA, including who’s shining and who’s falling flat. Continue reading Carolinian Podcasts: NBA Assessment
Matthew Paterson Staff Writer Singing is an art form that can bridge gaps and create connections between different cultures, it is a universal language that can bring joy and peace to anyone no matter what language they speak or their background. It has the ability to cause a war to stop, even for just a night like in World War I when the Germans began … Continue reading Carolina Theatre: Find Some Neighborly Unity at CommUnity Sings
Sam Haw Staff Writer Within the last few weeks, every band ever has announced a spring show in North Carolina. Sure, that’ll be great down the road, but it can be difficult staying patient until then. However, sometimes a gem sneaks its way into these sparse winter lineups. Jens Lekman serenaded a sold-out Pinhook on Friday night. The Swedish singer-songwriter, armed with only an acoustic … Continue reading Review: Jens Lekman Sells Out The Pinhook
Jessica Clifford Arts & Entertainment Editor The second annual Battle of the Schools – African Dance Competition is back and prepared to “blow you away” on Feb. 10. The competition gathers campus dance organizations from all over North Carolina, to both battle it out by performing Afrocentric-styled dance and raise money for Education for Liberia INC. The organization is a Liberian nonprofit whose mission, as … Continue reading North Carolina Universities Battling It Out with Their Best African Dance Routines
Hope Maske Staff Writer UNCG’s Softball twitter account has been counting down the start of their 2018 season for thirty-four long days, which will finally begin on Friday. The team will start their season in South Carolina competing in the Kickin’ Chicken Classic at Coastal Carolina where they will face heavy hitters like Iowa State and the tournament host Coastal Carolina. After that, the team … Continue reading Five Placed on All-SoCon teams, Softball Ready to Start
Krysten Heberly Opinions Editor On Jan. 24, two monkeys were successfully cloned by a team of geneticists in Shanghai. They were created using the same method which produced the infamous “Dolly” the sheep, which was previously thought to be impossible to achieve with primates. The monkeys, Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong, have once again sparked international controversy over cloning, which seems to be an overreaction … Continue reading Genetics: The Clone Wars
Andrew Salmon Staff Writer It is somewhat fortuitous that freshman tennis player Ollie Palmer even goes to UNCG. Hailing from the United Kingdom as one of the nation’s top-ranked players in his class, UNCG flew under Palmer’s radar until just a few days before his big trip to America to visit a handful of schools interested in signing him. Already scheduled to visit UNC Charlotte, … Continue reading UNCG Men’s Tennis: Freshman Ollie Palmer finding his place
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