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Since 1919, The Carolinian has functioned as a weekly newspaper that distributes each Wednesday during the traditional academic year. The all-student content reflects the diversity of the 20,000+ students of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. You can find us all over the UNCG campus and off campus in select locations on Tate and Spring Garden Street in Greensboro, NC. The Carolinian is a teaching newspaper that is organized and produced by students of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It is our objective to teach young writers journalistic skills, while emphasizing the importance of honesty and integrity in campus media.
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Soccer Replacing Football as the Safer Sports Alternative

Patrick O’Grady      Staff Writer “I don’t think it’s worth the risk.” These were the words of the San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland, who last year announced his retirement from professional football at the young age of 24. This decision came after a college career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one season playing professionally for the 49ers. In an interview conducted with … Continue reading Soccer Replacing Football as the Safer Sports Alternative

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Millennials: Hold Fast Hope

Will McGarty    Staff Writer This year has been one of excruciating ups and downs for Carolina sports fans. Since the dawn of 2016, no state has experienced such highs and lows while cheering on their hometown heroes. Just last February, the Carolina Panthers were within fingertips of putting together the perfect season, losing only one game in the regular season and just one game … Continue reading Millennials: Hold Fast Hope

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AAU Sports

Andrew James     Staff Writer Since its creation in 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union has been a subject of criticism—from their early days of barring women from events to its handling of amateur athletes’ personal data. Today, most criticisms revolve around the handling of its biggest sport: basketball. “Terrible, horrible basketball,” Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said of AAU in 2015. One AAU alum, Isaac … Continue reading AAU Sports

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The Emerging Sports Media Online

Andrew James     Staff Writer A lot of sports articles use the “f” bomb now. Sure, that doesn’t make them good. But it sure as hell doesn’t make them bad, either. It’s 2016, and sports journalism has officially leaked out of the bold black lines of newspaper headings. There used to be carefully written pieces always reigned by the same strict guidelines, wedged between … Continue reading The Emerging Sports Media Online

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Great Basketball Teams Didn’t Begin with Jordan

Daniel Johnson    Sports Editor The Golden State Warriors team this year has played as one of the greatest teams in the history of the NBA. Stephen Curry is showing to be an once-in-a-lifetime type player and combined with a group of really good players such as Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, and Andre Iguodala, the team can run twelve deep. Hands down, they are the … Continue reading Great Basketball Teams Didn’t Begin with Jordan

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Millennial mythbusters

Jayda Brunson     Staff Writer Stereotypes pertaining to the current generation have varied widely over the past few years. Millennials fall into the age range of 18-33. These stereotypical beliefs often range from dating culture, success rates, substance abuse,  religiousness, the rate of pregnancy/STDS and our spending habits. Often times these cliché ideas that exist have a way of overshadowing the true facts and … Continue reading Millennial mythbusters

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A Letter to the Chancellor

Mark Parent Opinions Editor Dear Chancellor Gilliam, Last Tuesday, I was embarrassed to be a student at UNC-Greensboro. But, worse than that, I felt abandoned by my administrators. Of course, the event I’m tacitly alluding to is the mass protest against HB-2 that rocked our campus to its core. Like many students, I had no idea that such a protest was even being held until … Continue reading A Letter to the Chancellor

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HB-2 and Greensboro City Council

Catie Byrne Features Editor After five grueling hours, 15 speakers and nine testimonials from Greensboro city council members, in an eight-to-one decision, on April 5, Greensboro’s City Council approved a resolution against House Bill 2. A controversial section of HB2, which requires transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms which correspond with the gender on their birth certificates, has exploded in the media, and … Continue reading HB-2 and Greensboro City Council

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The rise of the global citizen

Katerina Mansour        Staff Writer The term “global citizen” is one that used to really bother me. I viewed it as an arrogant, self-proclaimed status that almost never truly described the person using it. As if a single individual could ever be a citizen of the entire world. As if one could ever travel and learn enough about the vastness of our world, … Continue reading The rise of the global citizen

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The risks of new-age media

Adam Griffin    Staff Writer Our generation, the millennials, are the subject of numerous articles criticizing and exhorting us for this, that or the other. Perhaps the thing that defines millennials differently than any previous generation in history is the technology that we have access to. Millennials are perpetually under fire from information meeting their receptors. However, it is questionable if this proliferation of information … Continue reading The risks of new-age media

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