Daniel Johnson Sports Editor The National Football League has become a master in staying in the sports spotlight even during the spring season, after the Super Bowl but before the summer training camps and preseason games. And at the peak of the NFL’s offseason schedule is the annual drafting of college prospect to pro teams. Unlike past years, a quarterback, or quarterbacks, aren’t … Continue reading 5 Things to Look For in the NFL Draft
Garrison Pulley Staff Writer The Spartan softball team saw action all last week, facing Elon on April 19 and a big conference matchup against Furman over the weekend. This weekend’s matchup is one of the last conference matchups of the season, increasing the importance and value in winning these game, with these two teams battling for the top spot in the conference before the … Continue reading Softball Weekend Series Recap
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer We are on the precipice of summer vacation and many students are happy to have completed either their first year of education at the collegiate level, or yet another year. Many of the student athletes are now shifting focus on exams and preparing for summer break. The feeling of relaxation awaits these strong, committed athletes who have been working hard … Continue reading Players of the Year for UNCG
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer Excitingly, our school year is almost over. That means that we can start taking time for ourselves, rather than being constantly busy with homework and studying for tests. One thing I love to do is catch up on all of the television shows that I have had to push aside to make time for my schoolwork. Along with television shows, … Continue reading The Chain of Sequels: Has it become too much?
Annie Walker Staff Writer Cradled between two continents, Turkey has long been a polarized country. It stands at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, divided between secular government and religious dominance and the promise of democracy and the threat of autocratic rule. On April 16, with Turkey’s vote to expand the president’s powers through 18 constitutional amendments, the country took a decisive step away … Continue reading Turkey’s Turning Tide
Catie Byrne Features Editor The relationship of Jane Fonda’s Grace Hanson and Lily Tomlin’s Frankie Bergstein in the Netflix Original series, “Grace and Frankie,” begins with an ending. The two discover that their husbands, Robert Hanson and Sol Bergstein, played by Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, not only want a divorce, but are gay, and want to be together. The 2015 premiere season of … Continue reading Grace and Frankie: The Complexity of Gay Identity
Zackary Wiggins Staff Writer There are many people in Donald Trump’s cabinet who I do not care for. I don’t like the fact that people who don’t seem to be qualified to run the departments that have been chosen to do so, such as; Rick Perry, Betsy DeVos, Steven Mnuchin and Rex Tillerson. I hope they do not destroy the departments which they … Continue reading Jeff Sessions is Dangerous
Andrew James Staff Writer In honor of the NBA playoffs, I put together a special kind of tournament featuring the legends of the hardwood. Using Whatifsports.com and using their advanced computer simulation, I put the eight best teams in history up against each other to see who would become Champion of Champions. I tried to be relatively objective with the selection process. I used … Continue reading CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer Last weekend both of UNCG’s men and women tennis teams participated in the SoCon tournament. With the men having an overall record of 10-14, while also going 3-4 in regular season SoCon play. For the woman, they went 3-19 and 2-5 in the SoCon games. The men played their first game on Friday, April 21st at 9:00 a.m. … Continue reading UNCG Tennis SoCon Tourney Recap
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor When Aaron Hernandez’s lifeless body was found last Wednesday morning in his Massachusetts jail cell, it closed the book as an unhappy and unsatisfied conclusion on a 27 year story. In less than five years, Hernandez went from one of the NFL’s rising superstars, with more potential than money in his contract, to convicted murderer and social media punchline. Now … Continue reading Aaron Hernandez: The Story No One Won
