Cason Ragland Staff Writer When you choose a major you really wanna make sure it sounds good when you say it out loud. You can pretty much rule out any field that has more than one word. People will probably just think you’re trying to show off. The modest yet success driven pupil will choose English as their study, there’s no doubt in my mind. … Continue reading Advantages of Studying English Lit
Salwa Majeed Web Content Manager “Beep-bop-boop” is not the first sounds you might imagine when thinking of childbirth. On Wednesday, UNCG School of Nursing faculty excitedly revealed to the world SimMom, a full-body childbirth simulator. Wireless, flexible, and fully operational, the simulator is the first model of its kind from the medical technology pioneers at Laerdal, a Norwegian company. SimMom is not a robot, even … Continue reading UNCG School of Nursing buys high-tech birthing simulator
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The All-Star Game has come and past in Major League Baseball, marking the end of the end of first half of the MLB season and the beginning of the postseason push for many teams over the final two months of the regular season. And the first three and a half months of the baseball season saw teams from both the National … Continue reading MLB First Half: Looking Back and Forward
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor This past week saw the public witness two grown men yelling and insulting each other with the wit of preteens who decided their old and mature enough to use swear words with each other. Scratch that, they were yelling and insulting each other like two frat boys who are completely inebriated, definitely shirtless, and trying to prove to their clic of … Continue reading Why Mayweather vs. McGregor Doesn’t Matter
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer Last season for the Spartan baseball team was a dream come true for the team. During the season, they went 36-24 overall and 14-10 in SoCon matchups. Then they concluded their season by beating Furman in 3 games in the conference championship to win the SoCon title. The team ventured into the nationwide NCAA tournament feeling confident. They traveled to Clemson … Continue reading UNCG Senior Baseball Players Departing
Jamal Sykes Staff Writer North Carolinian residents know that the state has a genuinely unique landscape that can be divided into three main regions: The Mountains, The Piedmont and The Coast. All of these regions have their own attractions, lifestyles and position in the states geological elevation that attract people from all over. If you’ve ever wanted to go to the mountains, but don’t want … Continue reading Pilot Mountain Hiking
Catie Byrne Features Editor Have you ever worried you were going to die of cancer? I have, but not because it’s an entirely normal human anxiety. It all started on social media; I was scrolling through my feed on the social media website, Tumblr.com, and came across an inexplicably humorous sponsored advertisement, entitled: “Prostate cancer treatments.” Of course, I am a woman and am not … Continue reading Absurd Ad Targeting
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer With the recent official start of summer, many people are taking their well-deserved vacation time and driving East to the coast for some beach time with friends and family. Rather than wake up early to head to work, they pack for the lengthy drive and head out to beat the traffic to the beach. For most, this time is to be … Continue reading Poverty in Plain Sight: Ignoring the Blatant Pleas of Eastern North Carolina
Annie Walker Opinions Editor Superfoods are the new superheroes – instead of comic books stalking grocery store aisles, we’re left with kale, flaxseed, and of course – avocado. For the ever hopeful self-improver, this produce renaissance has been accompanied by an explosion of access to strange vegetables, trendy fruits, and Andean grains – all of which promise clear skin, a better figure, and access to … Continue reading Avocadon’t Make Me Eat Your Superfoods
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer In a time when adulting is considered one of the hardest skills for young adults to master, we have to ask ourselves if we are truly prepared by our education to join the workforce and function in society. We have all seen the memes about how high school did not prepare us for paying taxes or balancing a checkbook and felt … Continue reading Who’s to Blame for the Adulting Crisis?
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