Alison Bean Staff Writer “Alison, darling, you can’t kiss people on the cheek in this country as a greeting,” I suddenly remember in my horrified state as I peeled my lips off of my friend’s cheek. I avoided eye contact as I turned and ran through the crowded aisles in my hometown’s Walmart. “PERMISO! PERMISO!” I suddenly began to yell as I football tackled … Continue reading Crossing Cultures is Hard Without a PAL
Shea Wixson Staff Writer They say the happiest place on earth is Disney World. I don’t know who they are, because if they think that statement is true, they have never been to camp. There are all those cliché movies about camp, the ones where two people find love while canoeing or the athlete and the brain realize they aren’t that different when they … Continue reading A real life love story
Jamie Biggs Staff Writer Remember when the lottery was a billion dollars? Actually a billion dollars, not just an exaggeratory billion dollars. Everyone you knew was buying tickets, and people stood in long lines at gas stations to buy them on the nights of the drawings. My family and friends were all talking about what we would do with the money — what we … Continue reading Are you really that special?
Jamie Biggs Staff Writer The return to school after summer vacation is a yearly occurrence we are all familiar with, or at least have been familiar with at some point in our lives. It started way back when, after that first year of kindergarten, and since then you’ve known the feelings you associate with the sudden switch from days filled with too much sun … Continue reading Commut-ment
Nikki Yopp Staff Writer Every single day students walk by the Weatherspoon Art Museum without pause or consideration, and I’m definitely not the exception to that rule. As a student at UNC Greensboro, it is all too easy to take our own museum for granted. As a freshman, I avoided any part of campus that was not familiar to me, and as a sophomore … Continue reading Eat Your Friends
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer GREENSBORO – Downtown Greensboro’s LeBauer Park officially opened to the public on Monday, August 8. The opening included many important participants both attendance and speaking, including Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan. The park was established from the estate of Carolyn LeBauer, in memoriam following her passing. Carolyn Weill LeBauer, of Greensboro, who passed away in March 2012, left a bequest … Continue reading LeBauer Park opens in downtown Greensboro
Zachary Weaver News Editor The UNCG Career Services Center (CSC) will hold the Part Time Job Fair on Wednesday, August 24 from 12:30-4 p.m. in the EUC’s Cone Ballroom. The fair will be open to all students, providing a venue where they can meet and talk with employers and potentially apply for a job on the spot. Opportunities generally focus on jobs linked to … Continue reading UNCG Career Service Center to hold Part Time Job Fair on Sept. 24
Allen Walker Staff Writer At a meeting on Monday, August 8th, Guilford County Board of Elections unanimously approved an early voting plan for the 2016 election cycle. The plan consists of 25 sites and includes weekend voting hours. The new plan offers more locations and more flexible hours compared to the 2012 election. A full list of early voting locations is available on the … Continue reading Early voting compromise approved by Guilford County Board of Elections
News I am Zachary Weaver, Carolinian news editor, and English major with a minor in Sustainability. I am a senior this year, and it will be my busiest (and hopefully most rewarding) year yet! Rather than pursuing academia or creative writing with my major, I hope to go into journalism as a career, though the day I write clickbait will be the day I die … Continue reading Editorial Introduction
Maryam Mohamed Staff Writer GREENSBORO – As the 2016-2017 school year quickly approaches, UNC Greensboro has begun hosting their annual Rawkin’ Welcome Week events. These events primarily focus on welcoming students to the school and gives them a taste of the campus. “We choose to host Rawkin’ Welcome Week every year because we see it as an important time for students to become connected … Continue reading UNCG Rawkin’ Welcome Week
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