Greensboro Entrepreneur Spotlight: Tanner Planes

Tarlon Khoubyari    Web Content Manager   Tanner Planes is a 16 year-old with passion and determination to help other young professionals reach their business dreams. He started his journey on the popular social media platform, Vine, and since then, he has become unstoppable.   Tell me a little about you. What’s your story? How did you get started with your dream?   “I was … Continue reading Greensboro Entrepreneur Spotlight: Tanner Planes

#NODAPL

Jamie Biggs   Staff Writer            On Thursday, Feb. 16, UNCG’s Women and Gender Studies Program, along with the school’s Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program and Office of Intercultural Engagement, sponsored an informational event on the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NODAPL) in the EUC’s Maple Room.            The Dakota Access Pipeline and the controversy surrounding its production has been prevalent in the news for many … Continue reading #NODAPL

Expanding Sexual Education at UNCG

Catie Byrne    Features Editor On Thursday Feb. 16, UNCG’s Office of Intercultural Engagement and Planned Parenthood, hosted a sexual education workshop in the Virginia Dare room (Alumni House) at 7:00 p.m., geared towards people of all genders and sexualities. Filled with an assortment of food, pamphlets on sexual health and condoms to encourage people to practice safe sex, the room held about 20 to … Continue reading Expanding Sexual Education at UNCG

What it’s like to be a woman in technology

  Tarlon Khoubyari   Web Content Manager   Historically, technology has always been dominated by men, and even today, the top CEOs of today’s leading platforms are white men. Women and people of color are extremely underrepresented in the technology industry and engineering fields. Culturally,  we do not encourage young girls to pursue such fields. Why? Well, it could be a mix of lack of … Continue reading What it’s like to be a woman in technology

Hidden Masters

Emily Moser   Staff Writer   Just a short drive away in Winston-Salem, Old Salem and their Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), offer amazing opportunities for glimpse into the past. Representing objects made from across the entire antebellum south, the MESDA records history through crafts like furniture, silver and pottery. These objects serve as windows into the lives of their craftsman and users; … Continue reading Hidden Masters

How to spot #FakeNews

  Tarlon Khoubyari   Web Content Manager The internet is filled with all kinds of crazy news stories and headlines that are completely bogus. We have seen fake news trend a lot in this past election and many are familiar with Facebook’s fake news epidemic that came out just days after the votes were accounted for. Many people argue that fake news is what changed … Continue reading How to spot #FakeNews

Joan Tanner: “donottellmewhereibelong”

Emily Moser   Staff Writer           Joan Tanner’s work, featured in UNCG’s Weatherspoon Art Museum, is unlike any artwork I have ever seen before. Titled “donottellmewhereibelong,” the intriguing show contains drawings by the well-known Joan Tanner. Her drawings seem alive; confusing yet compelling forms offer interesting contrasts and questions. The show is from Jan. 14 to April 9.         Receiving her B.A. in painting … Continue reading Joan Tanner: “donottellmewhereibelong”

Entrepreneur spotlight: Barry Harris

Tarlon Khoubyari   Web Content Manager He goes by the handle @barryaharris. Barry Harris is one of Greensboro’s entrepreneurs, who is working to change the way people see Greensboro through social media. This writer had the chance to sit and chat with Barry about his journey, the importance of your online presence and ways college students can add value to their social media.   So, … Continue reading Entrepreneur spotlight: Barry Harris

Ambleside Gallery’s Pastel Exhibition

Jamie Biggs   Staff Writer             I don’t like big parties. I don’t like listening to people and music compete with one another to be heard. There is a part of me that can appreciate it — that can sit back and people-watch and experience something akin to a good time in these situations. However, I’ve always recognized that kind of atmosphere and setting isn’t … Continue reading Ambleside Gallery’s Pastel Exhibition

Tech Giants on immigration ban

Tarlon Khoubyari   Web Content Manager   Moments after President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, protests erupted across the world in support of the Muslim community; including the tech industry’s notable CEOs. With the stroke of a pen, the future of immigration changed in America. As the protesters flooded airports across the US, many companies took … Continue reading Tech Giants on immigration ban