Jeannie Ake Staff Writer On Saturday, Greensboro residents gathered at the Farmers Curb Market from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and enjoyed pumpkin pancakes and live music, among the usual goods sold at the Market. With temperatures holding around a steady 60 degrees, attendees welcomed the hot pancakes and fresh coffee to begin their mornings. Chef Alex Amoroso, from Greensboro’s Cheesecakes by Alex, was cooking up … Continue reading Pumpkin Pancake and Celebration Day
Curtis Hoffman Staff Writer Robert Igoe is a professor of Printmaking and Drawing at UNCG. Although he specializes in lithography, he is mostly known as an oil painter. Painting since early high school, Igoe began using mostly acrylics but moved to primarily oil paint during his college career. Still, Igoe is often drawn to multiple mediums, such as casein, pastel and the lithography process. An … Continue reading Professor Spotlight: Robert Igoe
Janelle Crubaugh Staff Writer Diwali is a five day Hindu festival that celebrates light overcoming darkness. From Thursday through Tuesday, UNCG held its own Diwali celebration on Friday, in room 114 of the School of Education Building. The festivities included performances, traditional food for the holiday and Diwali-related items for sale. The event was organized by the UNCG Yuva Indian Student Association, and supported by … Continue reading Diwali Festival
Chris Funchess Staff Writer President Trump’s relationship with members of his own party has been beyond erratic. This is the type of behavior that fuels his supporters. He is dismantling establishment politics and career politicians while recreating the existing political paradigm into one bearing his name while carrying a huge Trump sign etched into its facade. However, this pattern of behavior is troubling to the … Continue reading Et Tu, Brute? Trumpian Theatrics in McConnell’s Senate
Madison Hoffmann News Editor UNCG’s 2017 Homecoming took place on Oct. 16 through Sunday, becoming the 35th homecoming celebration to be held at UNCG. Thousands of alumni joined current students and faculty to celebrate one of the university’s favorite times of the year. The week-long celebration featured sporting events, food and music. Though this is an opportunity for current UNCG students to enjoy college life, … Continue reading UNCG Homecoming 2017
Kevin Liu Staff Writer The Oct. 17 meeting of the Greensboro City Council authorized and resolved various budget and re-zoning ordinances brought up during the hearing. Some of the ordinances revolved around amending the amounts of money given to grants and activities enacted in previous council meetings. The city council authorized the rezoning property of Ruffin Road owned by Keystone Group, Inc., Four Farms Road … Continue reading Greensboro City Council Meeting
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer On the morning of Oct. 17, House Republicans overturned Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto to Senate Bill 656, canceling the 2018 judicial primaries. The passing of the bill will postpone judicial primary filing from February to June. “Most of the bill deals with easing ballot access requirements for third parties as well as for unaffiliated candidates,” Laura Leslie at WRAL reported. … Continue reading NC 2018 Judicial Primaries Cancelled
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Fifty eight people were killed and more than 500 were injured when the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting took place on Oct. 1, 2017 as country music singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired down on the concert from … Continue reading The Future of Gun Control
Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer On Oct. 11, a ceremony was held for an important milestone in UNCG history: the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of Katharine Smith Reynolds scholars. Founded in 1962, the scholarship was created by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to honor Zachary Smith Reynolds’s late mother, Katharine. She attended the State Normal and Industrial School, which is now UNCG, from … Continue reading Reynolds Scholarship’s 50th Anniversary
Annie Walker Opinions Editor The India Pale Ale does not have a naturally broad appeal. At its core, the IPA is the beverage equivalent of heavily salted meats and hardtack. IPA connoisseurs live and die by the bitter flavor heavily hopped beers bring, as though it’s any different than bragging about MSG levels in a ramen noodle flavor packet. The additional hops were not originally … Continue reading IPAs Are Overrated
