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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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It’s Time to Challenge the Narrative

Tyler Holden Staff Writer The narrative at UNC Greensboro today is extraordinarily one-sided. Echo chambers of conformity consume the university’s otherwise intellectual landscape. We are often told what to think, as opposed to being taught how to think. Ever-increasingly, we are expected to hold the same worldview, without questioning whether that worldview is the right one. Coming to your own conclusions about politics, lifestyle, religion … Continue reading It’s Time to Challenge the Narrative

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The Smell of Money

Maggie Collins Editor, Arts and Entertainment Environmental injustice is something I had never heard of until I took an environmental communications course at UNCG. Ironically, despite the fact that environmental injustice is an enormous problem affecting more people than you could imagine, it is not talked about nearly enough. “The Smell of Money” is a film that was just recently released in 2022, which focuses … Continue reading The Smell of Money

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100th Session of SGA Comes to a Close

Tyler Holden News Writer The 100th Session of the Student Government Association for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro met for its final meeting on Tuesday, April 18. At this meeting, SGA passed the sine die for the 100th Session, which officially brought the 100th Session to a close and signified the peaceful transfer of power from the 100th Session to the newly-elected 101st … Continue reading 100th Session of SGA Comes to a Close

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Dillon Brooks and the Grizzlies Continue to Embrace the Villain Role

Ethan Engellau Sports, Editor Everyone loves a good villain in basketball. Trae Young against the Knicks in 2021 was a viral sensation as Young was seen taunting the Madison Square Garden repeatedly, and even as a Knicks fan, I loved the intensity it brought to the series. Patrick Beverley has become a notable villain throughout the league, the type of player you hate to play … Continue reading Dillon Brooks and the Grizzlies Continue to Embrace the Villain Role

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The Campus Nature Challenge Returns for Spring 2023

Jessi Rae Morton News Editor UNC Greensboro’s Campus Nature Challenge, hosted by the Office of Sustainability, is returning from April 17 through 23. The Spartan Connect events page reads:  The Campus Nature Challenge returns for a 3rd year! For one week (April 17-23), UNCG students and employees will be asked to use the iNaturalist app to identify as many species across campus as they can. … Continue reading The Campus Nature Challenge Returns for Spring 2023

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How to Improve Your Mental Health this Finals Season

Maggie Collins Editor, Arts and Entertainment There’s only one word that can describe the last two weeks of the semester: stressful. It is now the time of the year that every professor has assigned the last paper, group project or assignment, and they’re all due within a couple of days of each other. While it might seem impossible to find time for anything besides studying … Continue reading How to Improve Your Mental Health this Finals Season

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Battle of Guilford Courthouse: A Retrospection

Tyler Holden  Staff Writer  Among the most consequential battles of the American Revolutionary War happened here in what is now Greensboro. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place on March 15, 1781, which involved fierce combat between the British Army on one side and those who became Americans, represented by the Continental Army as well as the Virginia and North Carolina militias, on the other. … Continue reading Battle of Guilford Courthouse: A Retrospection

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The Play-In Tournament is Good Basketball

Ethan Engellau Sports, Editor Last season when I covered the Play-In Tournament, my review was that it was entertaining but it wasn’t competitive. In fact, I deemed that last season’s Play-In Tournament was decided before it even started. This season, the tournament won me over. In an NBA regular season that saw an extremely tight knit grouping between the four seeds all the way through … Continue reading The Play-In Tournament is Good Basketball

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