Daniel Johnson Staff Writer During the week of Spring Break, the Spartans’ baseball team hosted a four game series against Lafayette University. The four games played saw the Spartans score a combined 58 runs scored and sweep through their opponents with offensive firepower of the US military. Game 1: UNCG 25 Lafayette 7 Yes, you are reading the final score correct. And no, … Continue reading Spring Break Sees the Spartans Bats Heat Up
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer This past week saw UNCG’s basketball teams participate in the Southern Conference Tournament where the 4th seeded women’s squad fell to the number one seed and eventual tournament champion UT Chattanooga and the men’s trilogy with ETSU was decided by one shot. Women UNCG 53 CHATT 75 After overcoming a 17 point deficit to beat Furman … Continue reading Spartans SoCon Tournament
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer Speaking to the young women of the club soccer team I was able to get the feeling that many of them joined the club to reduce stress. Stress is an aspect that could very easily deter a college student from achieving his/her goals in college. The young women I spoke to mentioned various aspects as to why they had … Continue reading Building new friendships across Campus
Zachary Weaver News Editor The UNCG Student Government met on Tuesday, March 7 to discuss Dining Services, the UNC Board of Governors meeting, and upcoming events. The meeting began with a presentation from Campus Dining Services. Their presence at the meeting was stated to be a part of reaching out to the student body for cafeteria input. The staff spoke on ways they reached … Continue reading SGA turns toward business and dining
Jack Payton Staff Writer Over the past two weeks, controversy has arisen over President Trump’s accusations that the Obama administration ordered illegal wiretapping of his phones during the 2016 election. On March 4, Trump tweeted “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” This was followed by more tweets repeating … Continue reading Controversy Rises Amongst Trump’s Wire-Tapping Accusations
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer In September 2016, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that they would be pulling all neutral site championship events from North Carolina for the 2016-17 seasons, in response to HB2. In moving their events elsewhere, seven ACC events that were to be held in NC were affected. Additionally, moving the sporting events decreased NC economic value. “The decision to … Continue reading ACC speaks out about HB2 and new “compromise” bill, HB186
Linda Cheng Staff Writer Organized by the same people behind the Women’s March on Washington, A Day Without a Woman is a march aimed at emphasizing the importance of women in the economy. According to their website, “The goal is to highlight the economic power and significance that women have in the US and global economies, while calling attention to the economic injustices … Continue reading Day Without Women
Madison Hoffman Staff Writer House Bill 249, filed by Republican Representatives John Torbett and John Faircloth, is calling for the creation of a felony offense for “economic terrorism.” Economic terrorism is any attempt at economic destabilization by a group or individual. HB249 could have the power to label disruptive protesters as “economic terrorists,” as well as criminalizing the act of blocking … Continue reading NC Anti-protester bill
Jayce Shore Staff Writer On March 1, 2017, North Carolina citizens took advantage of the NC Legislature citizen’s lobby day and spoke directly to their state representatives, aiming to persuade representatives to vote for independent redistricting to counter NC’s long history of gerrymandering. A federal court in November 2016 ordered NC lawmakers to have a special election and to redraw 28 state … Continue reading NC Gerrymandering court cases and protests
Andrew Oliver Staff Writer “As of late, it has become apparent that some individuals who are not really interested in meaningful dialogue attend town halls just to create disruptions and media spectacles.” “This is particularly unfortunate because it leads to a scenario in which only the loudest voices in the room can be heard and very little meaningful discussion can actually occur.” “While I am … Continue reading The Republican Town Hall Reality
