Category: Features

Features

Q+ Presents Queer Film Series: “Growing Up Trans”

Lauren Summers Staff Writer This Wednesday, Q+, UNCG’s Queer Graduate Student Association, hosted a movie night in the Phillips Room of the Elliott University Center. The movie shown was a part of a queer film series titled “Growing Up Trans,” that came out in 2015. The thought-provoking film documents the stories of different children and preteens as they navigate through their lives as transgender people. … Continue reading Q+ Presents Queer Film Series: “Growing Up Trans”

Unknown's avatarcarolinianweb1 Comment
Features

April Designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Catie Byrne Features Editor On Friday, President Donald Trump declared April to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In the wake of the #Metoo movement and a public consciousness of what CNN reports to be true, 15 different sexual assault or harassment allegations have been made against the president. With such allegations, this proclamation may be viewed as politically tone-deaf. While, according to whitehouse.gov, the Trump … Continue reading April Designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Features

Why the Stigma With STIs?

Lauren Summers Staff Writer When thinking about Sexually Transmitted Infections, particularly HIV, one of the first things that often comes to mind for people without them is, “I’m clean.” But what, and who for that matter, is “clean,” and what does that really imply? According to the CDC, “More than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in … Continue reading Why the Stigma With STIs?

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Features, Human Interest

Student Hopes to Make Change in Greensboro

Jamal Sykes Staff Writer The city of Greensboro has a rich history of exploring the residents’ quest for civil rights and social justice. Much of the College Hill neighborhood was home to protestant Christians who were also abolitionists during the Civil War Era. The International Civil Rights Museum houses the now defunct Woolworths diner where The Greensboro Four, comprised of Jibreel Khazan, formerly Ezell Blair … Continue reading Student Hopes to Make Change in Greensboro

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Features

Passover What?

Shira Snyder Staff Writer Many people have heard the name of the Jewish holiday Passover, but many don’t know what it is really about. Passover is one of the most important holidays in Judaism. While “The Last Supper” painting by Leonardo Da Vinci is popularly known, it is not commonly known that in the painting, Jesus and his apostles are having a Passover seder. In … Continue reading Passover What?

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Community, Features

Searching For LGBT History

Brandi Arledge Staff Writer On March 28, UNCG’s History Department presented: “Searching For LGBT History”as a part of the 2018 UNCG Harriet Elliott Lecture Series on History Matters. The keynote speakers of the event were Dr. John D’Emilio and Mandy Carter. D’Emilio is a professor Emeritus of History and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He had previously taught at … Continue reading Searching For LGBT History

Unknown's avatarcarolinianweb1 Comment
Features

April Fools’ Day Then to Now

Kolbe Adkins Staff Writer While enjoying dinner with friends this past Sunday, April 1, I began to contemplate April Fools’ Day. “No one better pull a prank on me for April Fool’s day,” said my friend, UNCG freshman, Katherine Williams. Suddenly everyone in the room looked around them; it seemed as though everyone had the same anxiety. I was struck wondering, how did April Fools’ … Continue reading April Fools’ Day Then to Now

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Community, Features

Full Moon: A Fusion of Dancing and Laughter

Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer The night was young when I arrived. I saw people migrating over towards LeBauer Park, where the Full Moon Fusion was about to begin. The Full Moon Fusion was an event held on Saturday, March 31, in downtown Greensboro’s LeBauer Park. The event lasted from 7 to 9 p.m., and was meant to gather people of all ages to dance, eat … Continue reading Full Moon: A Fusion of Dancing and Laughter

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Community, Features

Make an Influence: NCPIRG

Rufus Simmons Staff Writer UNCG is offering a new opportunity for students who desire to make a change in their school, community, state and nation. During the fall semester of 2017, American Public Interest Research Group, (PIRG) added a chapter at UNCG to help further their initiative. PIRG is a non-profit national organization that started in the early 1970s. According to uspirg.org, “U.S. PIRG is … Continue reading Make an Influence: NCPIRG

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
Features

Reel Talk From America to Wakanda: Exploring Patriotism

Abbigaile Gustafson Staff Writer In the few weeks that “Black Panther” has been in theaters, it has completely blown away the box office and has already influenced pop culture. According to a March 19 issue of Forbes, Black Panther stands as the biggest solo superhero movie. It also is the biggest movie thus far to be directed by a black filmmaker and the 14th highest-grossing … Continue reading Reel Talk From America to Wakanda: Exploring Patriotism

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment