Sam Phillips Features Editor Things went wrong almost immediately. It turns out things have changed in the ten years since I last gave blood, and not just in my life. My first task was to find the Cone ballroom in… Read More ›
Features
The NC State Fair: Fun for the Whole Day
Brian Hornfeldt Staff Writer/Social Media Manager The North Carolina State Fair has come and gone, bringing with it memories as well as excitement for next year’s fair. Beginning with its first appearance in 1853, the NC State Fair has become… Read More ›
UNCG’s IDEAS Program: An Interview with Three Students
Jenna McKee Meaney Staff Writer The UNCG IDEAS program is a major within the School of Education and consists of three different concentrations. These concentrations focus on Interpreting, Deaf Education and Advocacy Services (IDEAS). As the School of Education website… Read More ›
UNCG celebrates career of former professor and Poet Laureate: Fred Chappell
Sydney Thompson Senior Staff Writer On Oct. 1, in the Alumni House on campus, there was a celebration from 1 p.m. through 7 p.m. to commemorate the career of former UNCG English professor Fred Chappell. “I Am One of You… Read More ›
Fredfest!
A Celebration of Fred Chappell Erin Yandell Staff Writer As an avid fiction and poetry reader, I am ashamed to admit that I did not know of the legacy of Fred Chappell. After hearing of the Fredfest! Hosted by The… Read More ›
Student Spotlight: Oakel Parrish
Brian Hornfeldt Staff Writer I would like to preface this interview with a thank you to Oakel Parrish for taking the time to sit down and do this interview with me. For this week’s student spotlight, I sat down with… Read More ›
An Interview with International Student Jessica Poulton
Jenna Meaney Staff Writer Jessica Poulton is an International Student who was born and raised in Hampshire, England. She is a junior at Keele University in Staffordshire and studies English and American Literature. She is studying at UNCG for the… Read More ›
Fall Descends, and With it the Mid-Term
Sam Phillips Features Editor The weather, as is its wont this time of year, has taken a turn for the autumnal. Keats’s season of mists and mellow fruitfulness arrives some time between Labor Day and the September Equinox, this Thursday…. Read More ›
Textbook Program Draws Mixed Reaction
Sam Phillips Features Editor Anyone who has spent time on a college campus is familiar with complaints about textbooks. As a graduate student in my tenth year of higher education, I have a long history with the struggle to find… Read More ›
Fall Events Calendar
Sydney Thompson Senior Staff Writer Festivals NC Folk Festival In downtown Greensboro from Sept. 9-11 is the NC Folk Festival. This festival is a celebration of local artists, food and culture. 300 local artists will be performing throughout the three-day… Read More ›