Maryam Mohamed Staff Writer Fifteen year old Micah Speed has been the victim of consistent racial bullying at Wake Forest High School. On Friday March 3, Tyler Goodell tweeted a video of Micah being harassed by a white student. The student had a history of throwing derogatory slurs and phrases, such as “n*gger” and “black piece of sh*t” towards Micah. “That … Continue reading Student suspended after confrontation with racist bully
Annalee Glatus Staff Writer “The world sends us garbage. We send back music” is the motto for a particular orchestra from Paraguay; they decided to make instruments entirely out of garbage from landfills. This past Thursday the UNCG Sustainability Film and Discussion series presented the documentary “Landfill Harmonic”, a film detailing the creation and process of this Recycled Orchestra. Centering on the life … Continue reading A Land Filled with Music
Jessica Clifford Staff Writer On Saturday, three bands took the stage at the Greensboro Coliseum. Judah & The Lion, Jon Bellion and the 2017 Grammy award winner for best pop duo, Twenty One Pilots. Within a few short hours this show suddenly became one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen, and let me tell you why. Picture this: the lights cut off, … Continue reading Twenty One Pilots’ Tour Stops at The Greensboro Coliseum
Zackary Wiggins Staff Writer Donald Trump and his administration are bad for many different groups of people and many different areas of policy that have been championed under President Obama: the LGBT community, Muslims, people of color, citizens with disabilities, immigrants, Jews, etc. But one group of people that are being understated is his attack on women in this country and abroad. We all know … Continue reading Birth Control in Trump’s America
Brandon Combs Staff Writer The Spartan’s were back in action this weekend in the Spartan invitational. The UNCG softball team has been off to a fair start with their record coming into the weekend set at 5-4. Highlights thus far in the semester include a 19-1 routing of the Rider Broncs on Feb 17 and a 2-1 close win over Coastal Carolina on February 18th. … Continue reading Softball Splits Down the Middle in the Spartan Invitational
Teresa Dale Staff Writer 2017 is going to be an explosive year for the gaming world. This is the year that Nintendo rolls out their post-Wii U plans, the year we’ll start to see whether 4K-ultra HD gaming and virtual reality can maintain its buildup, and the with some big releases spanning out to every month. With the scheduled release of so many great … Continue reading What’s got Gamers hype for 2017
Andrew James Staff Writer It’s September 25, 1965. The Boston Red Sox are visiting the Kansas City Athletics, one of 162 regular season games. What’s different about this one is the pitcher on the mound. He’s black, 59 years old, and his limbs seem to hang from his body as though they might fall off. The owner of the Athletics, Charlie Finley, brought him out … Continue reading BEYOND JACKIE: THE LEGEND OF SATCHEL PAIGE
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer In December 2016, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a law enacting the use of confirmation hearings in order to confirm and assess appointed governmental nominees. The confirmation hearings, foreign to North Carolina tradition, came just before the transition in power between former Governor Pat McCrory and current Governor Roy Cooper. Prior to the ruling, state law read, “The … Continue reading North Carolina debates over new confirmation hearing law
Tarlon Khoubyari Web Content Manager Tanner Planes is a 16 year-old with passion and determination to help other young professionals reach their business dreams. He started his journey on the popular social media platform, Vine, and since then, he has become unstoppable. Tell me a little about you. What’s your story? How did you get started with your dream? “I was … Continue reading Greensboro Entrepreneur Spotlight: Tanner Planes
Jayce Shore Staff Writer On February 9, a federal appeals panel unanimously rejected President Trump’s ban on travel into the United States from seven largely Muslim nations for a second time after his attempt to reinstate its effects. The travel ban was one of the first executive orders President Trump issued after taking office this year, it suspended refugee entry into the United … Continue reading Challenges Abound for Trump’s Immigration Ban
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