Category: Features

Features, Human Interest

Q+ Dialogue ‘n’ Chill

Rachel Funk Staff Writer At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, diversity is our middle name. Along with the ethnic diversity of a 40 percent non-white student-body, UNCG is also home to a variety of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff members with different gender identities, sexual orientations, and expressions. The LGBTQ+, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and plus community encompasses people from … Continue reading Q+ Dialogue ‘n’ Chill

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Community, Features

The Hidden Figures of Greensboro

Jeannie Ake Staff Writer From 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, The Greensboro Public Library hosted an event on-site entitled “Hidden Figures of the Immigrant and Refugee Community.” The event was a part of their biennial “One City, One Book” initiative where the Greensboro Public Library developed programs to engage as many residents of Greensboro as they can in their community-wide book club. This year, Margot Lee … Continue reading The Hidden Figures of Greensboro

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Blogs, Columns, Features, Opinions

Satirist’s Corner – The Benefits of Procrastination

Cason Ragland Staff Writer Planning essays is for dorks and nerds and even if I did plan this essay out then I would’ve been very hasty about it. I didn’t think twice about my thesis and to be honest I don’t think I really need to. By the end of any semester I’m always certain that procrastination is my most well executed and useful technique. … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – The Benefits of Procrastination

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Blogs, Features

Rebecca Costa Interview

Catie Byrne Features Editor Over the past few weeks, the United States and the Caribbean have been fraught with concern regarding the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The sudden onslaught of Hurricanes such as Harvey and Irma as well as the developing Hurricane Jose, is something many have attributed to climate change. In an interview with sociobiologist Rebecca Costa, author and host of the … Continue reading Rebecca Costa Interview

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Community and Life, Features

Two Artists

Jamal Sykes Staff Writer If you analyze media from the last few centuries, the Black and immigrant experience in America are two themes that have always been the topic of discussion. There are entire films, works of literature, songs and visual art pieces that revolve around these topics, and history has an odd way of repeating itself. You can hear the voices of disenfranchised youth … Continue reading Two Artists

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Blogs, Features

Professor Spotlight: Michael Ananian

Curtis Hoffman Staff Writer Many University of North Carolina Greensboro students on campus are aware of UNCG’s art program but aren’t really aware of the work actually generated by the professors that call the program home. Starting this week we’ll begin a series of spotlights on particular art professors and their work. This writer sat down to speak with Michael Ananian, Associate Professor of Painting … Continue reading Professor Spotlight: Michael Ananian

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Community and Life, Features

#DefendDACA

Rachel Funk Staff Writer The past few weeks have been a prime time for natural disasters to occur. Hurricane Harvey hurtled through Texas and Louisiana, and Hurricane Irma flew in right behind it, blasting Caribbean islands and on its way to Florida. These are distressing times. People feel unsafe; terrified to lose their homes, their livelihoods and the people they hold dear. This past week … Continue reading #DefendDACA

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Community and Life, Features

Lucky Bamboo and Sand Art

Janelle Crubaugh Staff Writer As a part of “Minerva’s Middays,” the Campus Activities and Programs (CAP) held an art station in the EUC Maple room for students to create mini bamboo pots and little vases of sand art. Minerva’s Middays is a weekly program established by CAP to provide the opportunity for students to engage in short activities between classes, usually occurring between 11 a.m.-2 … Continue reading Lucky Bamboo and Sand Art

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Features, Human Interest

50 Shades of Colorism

Jeannie Ake Staff Writer Every first Tuesday and third Friday of the month through November, the Office of Intercultural Engagement will be hosting their CommUNITY Dialogue Series. The program will have an assigned focus for each session, providing a space for any and all UNCG students to have honest discussions about matters affecting the Spartan community. On Sept. 5th, the focus was “50 Shades of … Continue reading 50 Shades of Colorism

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Blogs, Columns, Features, Opinions

Satirist’s Corner – Help Them, Help Us

Cason Ragland Staff Writer Surveillance is a tricky subject. Or is it? I never thought Orwell’s “big brother” thing was very intimidating. Afterall, I’m an older brother and I was nothing but the kindest sibling. Sure, there were a few fights here and there, but I won every single one of them to maintain the balance in our relationship. No personal relationship, however, can compare … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – Help Them, Help Us

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