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
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
Zachary Weaver Staff Writer The landscape of millennial education is vastly different from any that has come before. Changes in technology and lawmaking have combined for an ever-shifting educational experience. With an interconnected world, how has this changed how millennials learn? The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was a 2002 U.S. Act of Congress which set the ambitious goal of having every … Continue reading “No Child Left Behind” generation falls short of goals
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Millennials are a generation that starting joining the workforce only recently and who are on their way to searching for success. Millennials, or Generation Y, consist of people born between 1980 and roughly the late 90s and they take up more than 25 percent of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. “There used to be a ladder … Continue reading The millennial success story
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer It’s no secret that the internet has changed the way in which people, particularly Millennials, consume news. The days of journalists hunched over typewriters while presses whir in the background have been replaced by the clicking of computer keys and the hum of the office server. But while the “ink-stained wretches” of lore may no longer be so ink-stained, the … Continue reading Journalists find new paths in the Internet era
Catie Byrne Features Editor Marching from the front to the back of the EUC, the atmosphere was tense and electric — clad in orange tape, rainbow flags and holding signs that read, “Protect trans youth,” “impeach McCrory” and “black LGBT lives matter,” throughout campus — on April 5, hundreds of LGBT students and LGBT allies flooded the campus to protest the recent passage of House … Continue reading UNCG protests HB-2
Zachary Weaver Staff Writer The second Annual UNC-Greensboro Tunnel of Oppression was held in the Elliot University Center on Wednesday, March 31. As a collection of multimedia and skits in the Cone Ballroom, the Tunnel of Oppression project aims to “highlight contemporary issues of oppression,” according to the Office of Intercultural Engagement FAQ. Through presentations on prejudice, the event hopes to raise awareness … Continue reading UNCG hosts second Tunnel of Oppression
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer Last Tuesday in the Virginia Dare Room, Carly Farrar, a junior social work major, discussed what defines gender during her “A Beginner’s Guide to Gender” presentation. “There are as many genders as there are people on this planet,” Farrar said. Farrar stated that gender was a social construct, and unlike the perceived binary of male and female, there is a … Continue reading Lunch and Learn offers insight on gender
Tarlon Khoubyari Staff Writer Cameron Duncan Stewart is currently a business and information systems senior and the president of Pi Kappa Alpha. His role in Pi Kappa Alpha has propelled his passions to create a space for students, businesses, and organizations to brand their companies or products in an easy, elegant way. Stewart noticed that branding companies charge more for sororities and … Continue reading Tech Entreprenuer Spotlight: Cameron Duncan Stewart
Catie Byrne Features Editor Dr. Mark Rifkin, director of the women’s and gender studies department and professor of English, sat down with The Carolinian to share his thoughts and insights on HB-2. Dr. Rifkin is the author of three books and he has worked at UNCG since 2008. Q 1: “So, what do you think the legislation of House Bill 2 means for North Carolina, … Continue reading Dr. Mark Rifkin weighs in on HB2
