By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 25, 2015 The Baseball team opened up their Southern Conference schedule last Friday with a three-game weekend series against the reigning Southern Conference champions, the Catamounts of Western Carolina. Coming into the series, the Catamounts had won six straight games against UNC-Greensboro. Manager Link Jarrett, aware of the unfavorable results his team has had against the conference powerhouse, … Continue reading Baseball takes series 2-1 vs Western Carolina over weekend

By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 17, 2015 I always said that February and the first half of March is the worst time of the year for sport fans. After the Super Bowl concludes the NFL season, the month is dominated by basketball. And as a fan of the sport, I enjoy usually the first week of this.  Football is still in … Continue reading NCAA Tournament March Madness Preview

By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 4, 2015 With every collegiate basketball season, you can expect four recurring elements to happen:  Freshmen throughout the nation will be more hyped and built up than Flavor Flav from Public Enemy in their first season, an older and louder Dick Vitale, losing your NCAA Bracket by the second week of the tournament, and a storming of the … Continue reading Court Storming should continue; blame school’s security

By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 As the weather outside begins to heat up and melt away the ice and snow left on the ground, the Women’s basketball team continued their cold streak of a season by losing another pair of matches against Southern Conference opponents last week. The team is entering the final week of their season at a … Continue reading Women’s Basketball remains winless in SoCon with two losses

By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Last week, the New York Yankees announced plans during the upcoming season to retire the number of former player, Andy Pettitte. The act generated some controversy since Pettitte, arguably the best pitcher the team has had since the 1980s, has admitted to using performance enhancing drugs or PEDs. Pettitte stated he used some, but not a … Continue reading Why certain MLB PED users are forgiven or not

By Daniel Johnson, Staff Writer Not many individual would know what the acronym, AFA, stands for. A cipher for an organization that has been formed since 1962, and with members in 18 different countries, most students would not know that the, AFA, the American Fence Association holds a club here on campus. For students across campus, not since, perhaps The London Olympic Games in 2012, … Continue reading UNCG’s Fencing Club sharp and ready for competition