Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer Friday was the last Friday the 13th of the year. Which is why I went out of my way to bring bad luck to my already devil-ridden life. Before I set out on my quest, I wanted to learn about what exactly I was getting into. The origins of this culturally held belief is hard to pinpoint. The most accepted theory … Continue reading Stevie Wonder, Ladders and My New Nike Shoes
Curtis Hoffman Staff Writer Leah Sobsey is an Assistant Professor of Photography here at UNCG specializing in 19th century photographic processes and 21st century digital technology. Sobsey’s background in both anthropology and photography combine in her pursuit to document, archive, preserve and recontextualize public museum collections of anthropological significance. She has exhibited nationally in galleries, museums and public spaces across the USA, is currently promoting … Continue reading Professor Spotlight: Leah Sobsey
Jeannie Ake Staff Writer This year, UNCG is celebrating Hispanic-Latinx Heritage month with an array of events from discussions on the meaning of words like Hispanic, Latino and Spanish to cultural experiences of Hispanic and Latino culture. One event in particular was promoted by UNCG’s SALSA (Spanish American Latino Student Association), who encouraged students to attend “Latin Night:” held at Salem College in Bryant Hall … Continue reading Latin Night at Salem College
Olivia Tarpley Staff Writer This past Friday, the Campus Activities and Programs Office hosted Drag Bingo featuring Miss Kitty Litter as emcee and with guests Giselle Cassidy Carter and Shelita Bonet Hoyle. The event was held in the Cone Ballroom in the Elliott University Center and was free to students. The night began at 7 and ran until 9:30 p.m. Miss Kitty Litter opened the … Continue reading Drag Bingo takes over the EUC
Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer On Sept. 29, a group of students bustled into EUC Kirkland as Dr. Nirmala Erevelles, a Professor Social and Cultural Studies at the University of Alabama, read excerpts from her scholarly article titled “Thinking Relationally Through Transnational Materialist Feminist Disability Studies.” To the right of her was Dr. Theri A. Pickens, a scholar as well as a creative writer. The focus … Continue reading Contemporary Feminism: Disabilities
Rachel Funk Staff Writer For every college student, whether undergraduate or graduate, the years spent at university are meant to help you grow as an individual, acquire knowledge and attain experience to reach the ultimate goal: employment. There are many majors, minors and concentrations at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With each field of study, comes different employment options, career paths and a … Continue reading Career Fair
Curtis Hoffman Staff Writer Early in the morning on Sept. 18, under the cover of darkness, people came onto campus to write politically charged messages in chalk for the nearly 20,000 students of UNCG to see. The event was playfully labeled “The Chalkening at UNCG,” and it is the latest in a series of spread out and largely uncoordinated attempts to protest a perceived level … Continue reading The Chalkening
Jamal Sykes Staff Writer One of the newest additions to downtown Greensboro’s nightlife is Boxcar Bar + Arcade, a North Carolina based adult arcade franchise that started in Raleigh. The bar is the vision of local entrepreneur, Jerrad Bement, who also had a hand in co-founding Oak City Collection, a clothing company that focuses on working with local artists to create North Carolina themed graphic … Continue reading Local Bar Keeps Spirit of Retro Gaming Alive
Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer On the quiet Sunday of Sept. 15, 1963, Sunday school had just finished at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Carol Denise McNair were ready to return home, but sadly they never made it home that day. Fifteen sticks of dynamite were tied to a timing device on the east side … Continue reading Faith-Based Institutions
Olivia Tarpley Staff Writer From Sept. 19 to Sept. 24 at Greensboro Coliseum Complex and in association with the GFour Production company, comes the longest-running scripted production in Las Vegas history: “Menopause the Musical: the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change.” Running for about an hour and a half, the musical’s audience, comprised overwhelmingly of women aged 35 to 70, clapped along to songs … Continue reading Menopause the Musical
