Shaquille Blackstock Staff Writer The Eastern tradition of acupuncture is centuries old, and luckily has found its way to our Student Health Center. Allison Scott, the acupuncture provider, with a Masters in Acupuncture from the University of Bridgeport, provided background information on the practice before beginning the acupuncture appointment. “The practice of acupuncture centers on the opposing forces of Yin and Yang, … Continue reading Experiencing acupuncture
Matthew Johnson Sports Editor It was just an easy evening in July. After dinner, my father had prepared to watch Sunday baseball with me — a pastime seemingly as natural as watching the grand old bat and ball game itself. Exhausted from the humid afternoon, which comes with living at the bottom of the Bible Belt, he was disappointed when he came in the … Continue reading Millennial Moment
Mary Windsor Staff Writer “I had my first impression of ceramics when I was a little kid,” Po-Wen Liu reflected. “My uncle used to own a ceramics factory and I would play with clay with my little cousins and make pots.” Po-Wen Liu has been a ceramics lecturer and ceramics lab manager at UNC-Greensboro for the past five years. He also instructs lessons at … Continue reading Artists Weekly: Po-Wen Liu
Roger Thomas Staff Writer The 2015 NFL regular season is approaching fast with games kicking off tomorrow night. With a new season, there are many teams looking to continue their momentum from last season. The NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks and the world champion New England Patriots will look to achieve similar success. Seattle added some fire power with the addition of tight end (TE) … Continue reading UNCG NFL preview
Spencer Schneier News Editor Last week, multiple outlets reported that Google would be bringing its Android Wear smartwatch operating system to the iOS ecosystem. Apple has prevented device makers in the past from making third-party devices compatible with Apple’s products, but it seems as though Google was able to allow for this compatibility by building an app that follows the rules of the … Continue reading Android Wear compatibility with iPhone makes wearables accessible
Catie Byrne Features Editor For many cash-strapped, transportation-limited UNC-Greensboro students looking for cheap clothes, the advent of Spartan Trader is a game changer. Located close to Spring Garden Apartments on 1540 Spring Garden Street, the small, sustainable resale store, is a hidden gem on campus. The concept for the new Spartan Trader arose to solve the issue of what to do with items students have … Continue reading Spartan Trader
Matt Wood Staff Writer How many websites do you visit on an average day? How many individual web pages do you click on? “South Park” fans will recall the episode “Over Logging,” in which an Internet outage drives South Park’s residents to California, “Grapes of Wrath” style, in search of a solid Internet connection. Well, that episode came out way back in 2008 when smartphones … Continue reading Never Click on Clickbait
Matt Wood Staff Writer I have never looked forward to a second season more. “True Detective” had rung my bell like no serial before it. Void of any cookie-cutter, made-for-TV crime drama cops, True Detective is driven by a duo of flawed heroes, each with an excess of personal demons. Theirs is a tarnished world full of ignorance and vice. The atmosphere is eerie without … Continue reading “True Detective” season two a convoluted mess
Kenny Mann Staff Writer All summer, the sports world has heard about the “Deflategate” scandal, and it looks like it is finally over for now. Judge Richard Berman ruled on Sept. 3 to overturn the four-game suspension the National Football League placed on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. It was the right decision, and not what the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wanted, who gave … Continue reading NFL Deflategate suspension of Tom Brady overturned
Catie Byrne Features Editor Zechariah Etheridge, UNC-Greensboro senior and sociology and African American Studies major, volunteers with the Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS), a small non-profit research center, and shared insights regarding his work assisting lower-income communities in need of housing repairs and reconstruction. Etheridge credits Dr. Stephen Sills, sociology professor and the CHCS director, for introducing him to the community work he … Continue reading Community house project
