Zachary Weaver Staff Writer Numerous fights broke out during Gym-Jam, a charity dance, at UNCG’s Coleman Gym around 10:00 p.m. on Friday. The dance, co-sponsored by EBONY and Alpha Phi Alpha, was intended to raise money for Flint, Mich. It was held in Coleman Gym on UNCG campus, a building with a 180-person capacity. Two UNCG Police officers were present inside, accompanying … Continue reading Friday fights have UNCG talking
Kashif Stone Staff Writer UNCG plans to expand one of its academic divisions next fall. The Department of Art is set to join the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, shifting the setting of learning for many students. The mission of the Art Department is based on three passionately held principles: “that the exploration of ideas through the visual arts is both necessary and … Continue reading Arts College Proposal
Naomi Oconnor /The Carolinian Jayda Brunson Staff Writer Every year, UNCG’s Lloyd International Honors College sponsors the Honors Symposium to allow undergraduate students at UNCG and other local colleges to speak in an academic conference. The event involves concurrent sessions and prompts each student speaker to present a ten-minute paper or presentation regarding his or her undergraduate research. This writer attended the conference, … Continue reading 16th Annual Undergraduate Honors Symposium
Alexea Brown Staff Writer On Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance and the UNCG New Music Program presented The Faculty Composers Concert. Friends, family, students and members of the community gathered in the Recital Hall to witness the world premieres of the music that artists such as Dr. Alejandro Rutty, Dr. Greg Carroll, Dr. Mark Engebretson and … Continue reading Faculty composers concert
Jamie Howell Staff Writer All over the country, a myth has persisted that if more than a certain number of single women live together in one place, then it is, by law, considered a brothel; but there is no evidence to show that the so-called “Brothel Law” has any basis in fact. Such a law would beg elucidation on such cases as large, female-only … Continue reading Debunking the “Brothel Law”
Ailey O’Toole Staff Writer If I were to say “OCD,” what would come to your mind? Probably your friend who arranges her wardrobe by color, or that guy next to you in class who always has to have two pencils lined up perfectly on his desk, or someone you work with who uses Purell every five minutes during flu season. OCD, the acronym … Continue reading Stop stereotyping mental illness
Spencer Schneier Staff Writer Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to U.S. Senate candidate Sean Haugh. If you haven’t heard of him, that’s quite understandable. He is the Libertarian Party candidate, and as he explained to me, he began his senate campaign in 2014 because he thought it was ridiculous the party wasn’t going to run anybody. Haugh received a … Continue reading An interview with U.S. Senate candidate, Sean Haugh
Zachary Weaver Staff Writer A Faculty Senate forum was held on Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the Alumni House to allow faculty to be informed on and discuss UNC-Greensboro’s proposed Open Access Policy. The forum included a presentation and a panel discussion with four faculty contributors to provide additional context and answer questions. The meeting was commenced by Dr. Anne Wallace, Chair of … Continue reading Moving UNCG forward: Faculty Senate discusses Open Access Policy
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer On Saturday, Feb. 20, student organization Raise Up provided transport for UNCG student activists to the Republican Debate in Greenville, South Carolina. The organization fights for a $15 dollar minimum wage, union rights, supports Black Lives Matter, immigrant rights, and says no to Islamophobia. Raise Up provided vans and buses and picked up student activists at 6:45 a.m. and went … Continue reading Students protest South Carolina’s GOP debate
Shaquille Blackstock Staff Writer Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington in August of 1963. This march would be the setting of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and arguably, the most important day of the Civil Rights leader’s career. He would go from a pastor with a passion for equality, to the most … Continue reading Remembering Bayard Rustin
