By Emily Bruzzo, News Editor Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 UNC-Greensboro’s board of trustees met last Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a miscellany of items. One area of focus was the second phase of Spartan Village Student Housing. The Chancellor informed the board of the project’s second phase in September 2014. The project calls for apartment-style residence halls that house approximately 330 beds. 30,000 square feet will … Continue reading UNCG Board of Trustees
By Spencer Schneier, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Governor Pat McCrory’s aims to commercialize research and turn it into products and start-ups were a central piece of his State of the State address on Feb. 6, and the line he has shared with a host of audiences is as follows: “I want North Carolina to be the third vertex of the national innovation triangle.” … Continue reading McCrory’s education plans
By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Last Thursday, the League of Women’s Voters of the Piedmont Triad hosted a forum to address state Sen. Trudy Wade’s controversial N.C. Senate Bill 36, which suggests dramatic changes to the Greensboro City Council, its members and it district map. The first draft of the bill eliminates at-large members of the city council, reduces the council’s … Continue reading Greensboro fights state senator’s plans to restructure City Council
By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 This Saturday, UNCG hosted the Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts Conference, an all day event that consisted of motivational speakers and different workshops gusts could attend to find out more information on everything from breaking into the industry, following your dreams and legal issues creators encounter in the business. Stephen Levitin, known as Apple … Continue reading Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts Conference
By Catie Byrne, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 On Feb. 19, the Weatherspoon Art Museum held Zones of Contention: At the Green line, a point of view discussion with George Scheer, founder of the thrift-store-turned-museum Elsewhere and Cora Fisher, the curator of SECCA in Winston-Salem, to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through art. Scheer opened the discussion with his personal experiences celebrating non-traditional Passovers, explaining … Continue reading Zones of Contention: At the Green Line
By Victoria Starbuck, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 A new opportunity to serve has come to the UNCG campus. On Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Regina Da Silva and other volunteers will be in the EUC Atrium, collecting empty medicine bottles to aid in the distribution of medicine in Mozambique. Doctors of Mozambique do not have access to … Continue reading One student sees an opportunity to serve the world
By Danny Wirtheim, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 I was considering what it would be like to be blind while I was watching a performance of the Vagina Monologues. I decided that I would keep my eyes shut during a few of the monologues, just to see if my other senses would be able to enjoy the play as much as my … Continue reading Slice of Life:Universal Design
By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Anthony Ridge-Newman may be, next to my editor, the most interesting man in the world. He is not only a respected UNCG alumnus, and a former News Editor of The Carolinian, but he has also successfully earned a PhD from the University of London. He became a UK councilor and published a book on British Conservatism … Continue reading An ex-editor on British Conservatism
By Kashif Stone, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Many wonderful pieces can be found at the High Point Museum in High Point, N.C. The museum features historical artifacts such as wagons that date back to the earliest findings of the city and briefings on “The Plank Road”, which was a major transportation route for High Point at the time connecting Fayetteville, N.C. with the … Continue reading High Point Museum’s dedication to history
By Chris Nafekh, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Earlier this month, the Weatherspoon Art Museum opened a new exhibition concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Zones of Contention: After the Green Line” is curated by Xandra Eden, and will be open to the public until May 3. It is the second in a series of projects in which Eden addresses international situations and their effects on … Continue reading Weatherspoon presents “Zones of Contention”
