Jamal Sykes Staff Writer Photo credit: Jamal Sykes (Updated On: January: 23, 2018) It’s a new year, and that means a new year of resolutions. The typical promises people make for themselves are to lose weight or to spend less money. Conventional, these resolutions are echoed every January. A new and challenging resolution one may want to consider adding to their list, however, would … Continue reading Play Pinball, Post A Selfie
Rachel Funk Staff Writer For many people, 2017 was not the best year in the world. Luckily, a brand-new year represents a clean slate to many. We can start a new year as not necessarily a completely new version of ourselves but with the potential to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Change takes time, and hard work. The positive changes … Continue reading 10 Steps a Better 2018
Abbigaile Gustafson Staff Writer If we’re perfectly honest, the Cup-O-Noodles-for-every-meal stereotype, dubbed to most overworked and unpaid college students, is not far off, and the accuracy of it is far too cringe-worthy. Those convenient, backpack-able cups full of carbs in soup form are way too cheap and easily made for college kids to pass up. I get it, it’s not exactly a life choice, but … Continue reading Budget-Approved New Years’ Resolution Food
Catie Byrne Features Editor On the corner of Spring Garden and Forest Street, next to Yum Yum Better Ice Cream parlor, is the Greensboro Institution, Old Town Draught House. A favorite among many UNCG students for its convenient location on campus, Old Town owner, Matt Lipp, told this reporter that he too first came to discover Old Town as a college student. “I worked here … Continue reading Old Town: A Greensboro Institution
Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer Rambunctious laughter spread quickly over the audience as the comedic short film, “Ghost Hunters,” by Christopher Serrano played. Many were dressed nice and were itching to watch student-made short films. The event was no other than the annual Campus Movie Fest. Campus Movie Fest (CMF) boasts itself as the world’s largest student storytelling platform. This filmmaking event gives students the opportunity … Continue reading A Festivity of Film
Janelle Crubaugh Staff Writer Thursday marked opening night for the North Carolina Theatre for Young People’s production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The show was directed by Todd Siff, a graduate student studying Theatre for Young Audiences. The plot revolves around the story of a young, impoverished child, Charlie Bucket (played by Josh Anderson), winning a “golden ticket” that provides him a tour of … Continue reading Carolina’s Chocolate Factory
Jeannie Ake Staff Writer On Thursday the Greensboro Project Space hosted Dance Project Inc’s, NC Dance Festival performances. The program was scheduled from 8:30 to 10 p.m., followed by an after party at the Boxcar Bar + Arcade in downtown Greensboro. Greensboro Project Space, located downtown at 219 West Lewis Street, is “a contemporary art space created by the school of Art at UNCG. It … Continue reading Dynamic Dance Festival
Jamal Sykes Staff Writer Tacos are a universal favorite in communities across the United States due to its simplicity and the fact that most of us millennials have grown up eating them in some way. The taco is so beloved in the United States that we’ve even dedicate every single Tuesday to it with many restaurants offering lunch specials for the food. Despite its murky … Continue reading To Craft A Taco
Janelle Crubaugh Staff Writer Wednesday through Saturday saw Casa Azul hold its annual Día de los Muertos celebration in downtown Greensboro. A non-profit organization that was established in 2010, Casa Azul of Greensboro, began, according to their webpage, “with a gathering of local Latino artists, professionals and enthusiasts working to promote Latin-American arts and culture to increase understanding of Latinos in the area and encourage … Continue reading La Celebración de Día de los Muertos
Jeannie Ake Staff Writer The Chinese Studies Program in the department of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at UNCG, has been hosting movies in the Bryan Building since Oct. 13, as a project intended to reflect contemporary Chinese society. This past Friday, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the film “Lost on Journey,” which included English subtitles for those who required them, was presented in room 104 … Continue reading A Film Festival Lost on a Journey
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