By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 29, 2014 With Election Day just around the corner, North Carolinians are wondering whom they can trust in this brutal senatorial race between the incumbent, Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, and her adversary, Republican Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Thom Tillis. In an election that is arguably the most costly in the country, with … Continue reading Senatorial candidates Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis state their positions

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 Officers from UNCGreen met in the Elliot University Center on Monday to present their Green Fund proposal in front of the UNC Greensboro Student Fee Committee. Gray Williams, UNCGreen Co-Chair, spoke on behalf of the group, opening by saying, “We believe the Green Fund is a way to meet sustainability requirements and goals on … Continue reading UNCGreen advocates for $5 student fee sustainability

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 It’s a complicated story. What began as a quiet issue, relevant only to UNC-Greensboro’s university relations department, has emerged as a source of community outrage on a campus quite close to reaching its breaking point. It all started with an article the News and Record ran on Sept. 30. The newspaper reported that a … Continue reading Concerns surface for all parties regarding employee terminations and arrests

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published Oct. 8, 2014 Against the backdrop of a frustrated and confused university community, UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Senate met in the Virginia Dare Room last Wednesday, where several speakers offered a miscellany of presentations. Prior to the meeting, news reports brought to light the termination and arrests of three UNCG University Relations employees— David Simmons Wilson, Christopher Woodrow English and … Continue reading Faculty members infuriated over moonlighting scandal

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 1, 2014 At a UNC Greensboro Board of Trustees meeting held in the Alumni House on Sept. 4, a progress report pertaining to the UNC Campus Security Initiatives was presented to those in attendance. James Herring, chief of the UNCG Police Department, further explained these initiatives in an interview. Herring became chief 6 years ago, after … Continue reading UNCG takes steps to implement security initiatives

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Sept. 24, 2014 At a Faculty Convocation held last Wednesday in the Virginia Dare Room, a panel of the chancellor’s executive staff met to discuss the key issues facing UNC Greensboro and plans for campus change and development. The panel’s first speaker was Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Dana Dunn, who spoke on UNCG’s current state, and … Continue reading Faculty and administrators speak on university’s future

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Sept. 17, 2014 Last Saturday at the Stand Up, Fight Back Youth and Student Organizing Conference, roughly 50 students and organizers from across the state came together at N.C. State University in Raleigh to discuss the future of education and a wide array of social issues. Present at the conference were members of organizations such at the … Continue reading Students gather in Raleigh for Stand Up, Fight Back

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Sept. 10, 2014 They may have been few in number, but the UNCG students who met last Thursday for the Greensboro chapter of the North Carolina Student Power Union (NCSPU) are looking “to make some noise.” The students, proponents of radical politics, met for the first time this semester to discuss NCSPU’s future on the UNCG campus, … Continue reading NC Student Power Union speaks on student involvement

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Sept. 3, 2014 In the summer of 2013, the UNC Board of Governors passed a new academic standing and withdrawal policy that created waves of contention across the UNC system. Since the policy’s enactment at the start of the Fall 2014 semester, students and faculty alike are attempting to gauge the potential impact of these changes on … Continue reading Faculty members combat withdrawal policy

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Aug. 27, 2014 After 15 years of working in the UNC system, Charles Maimone will continue to serve North Carolina’s public higher education system as he takes on his role as UNC Greensboro’s new Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs. Since 2008, Maimone worked as UNC Wilmington’s Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer. 2008 marked … Continue reading New Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs speaks on public education