Roger Thomas Staff Writer With the Halloween holiday approaching this weekend, most sports on campus are nearly finished with the regular season, and most clubs are preparing for the postseason. Looking at these past few weeks, some UNC-Greensboro athletes had an outstanding week with wins and strong players. However, there have been some teams on campus who have struggled with defeat as well. And … Continue reading Trick or Treat for UNCG Sports
Mary Windsor Staff Writer Casa Azul, located in downtown Greensboro, will be holding their fifth annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit and reception on Nov. 1 and 2 at the Greensboro Children’s Museum. Since it was founded in 2011, Casa Azul has been a prominent Hispanic cultural outreach for many artists in Greensboro and surrounding areas. A Latino arts organization, … Continue reading Day of the Dead exhibit
Shannon Neu A&E Editor The popular video blogging performance collective Everything is Terrible! will grace audiences on Nov. 4 at Geeksboro Coffeehouse and Cinema with their distinctive comedy and bizarre videos during their live show, “Everything is Terrible! The Legends.” Since the introduction of the DVD, VHS tapes have been thrown to the side and forgotten about. As they gathered dust in dark corners … Continue reading Everything is Terrible! to Perform at Geeksboro
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Last Thursday, Dr. Peter L. Francia from East Carolina University gave a talk on campaign financing in the 2016 Presidential Primaries called “The Money Game.” It was the second in a series of three talks being conducted to follow the progress of the 2016 primary campaign. Dr. Francia began his talk by explaining how much money is involved in campaigns. … Continue reading ECU Professor Gives Lecture on Campaign Finance
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Coming into their match last Saturday night, the Men’s Soccer team had a combination of hope, celebration, and a heavy heart. On Friday night, the SoCon (Southern Conference) top seeded Furman Paladins were upset on a road trip to East Tennessee State University, giving them their second loss of the season in conference. This means, if the Spartans won on … Continue reading Men’s Soccer Dominate against Wofford on Senior Night
The TPP is a bad deal for working people Ailey O’Toole Staff Writer The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed trade agreement involving 12 Pacific Rim countries that is concerned with regulations, such as lower tariffs and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. This agreement was officially reached on Oct. 5 after 5 years of debate. The 12 countries involved are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, … Continue reading The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Jackson Cooper Staff Writer I’ve strayed off many potential dates with the phrase, “I love watching horror movies.” Perhaps that implies that I’m somewhat of a masochist who enjoys movies, such as “Hostel” and “Saw,” where people are torn limb for limb for our viewing pleasure. Well, for any of my potential future dates, I haven’t even seen “Hostel.” But I have seen … Continue reading Top 5 Halloween Movies
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer Margaret Spellings, former U.S. education secretary, has been chosen to be the next president of the UNC system, taking the place of current president, Tom Ross. On Friday morning, the UNC Board of Governors announced the election of the new president after a nearly year-long controversy surrounding what many UNC system professors, staff member and students said was Ross’ forced … Continue reading Controversy Over New UNC President-Elect Margaret Spellings
Kenny Mann Staff Writer October is breast cancer awareness month across the United States. Professional sports such as the National Football League and Major League Baseball have raised a lot of money in various ways to support research for breast cancer, bringing attention of the disease to their fans. All throughout the month of October NFL players, officials, coaches and cheerleaders wear pink apparel to … Continue reading How Sports have raised awareness of breast cancer
Kenny Mann Staff Writer Women’s golf at UNC-Greensboro is underway this season, and the team has played in three tournaments this season. Their best finish, so far, was a Saturday afternoon match at Forest Oaks golf course in early October. The team finished third on that Oct. 3 afternoon. Both Emily Kurey and Jessica Madsen transferred from other schools to come play at UNCG. In … Continue reading Kurey and Madsen discuss time on UNCG links after transfer
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