Category: Features

Catie Byrne, Features

Advisory council

By Catie Byrne, Features Editor Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 On the heels of the campus-wide conversation last Wednesday about an insensitive email sent by the UNCG Police, conversation facilitator and African American and African Diaspora Studies professor Dr. Omar Ali, was approached by students, the police and university leadership to create an advisory board. In collaboration with students, he established the Student Advisory Council for … Continue reading Advisory council

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Features, Mary Windsor

“Always a Gift, Never for Sale”

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 The Little Free Library initiative follows the concept similar to “take a penny, give a penny,” but with books instead of tiny copper coins. In Greensboro, Little Free Libraries can be found throughout Walker and the Lindley Park Neighborhood, and now, several new libraries have been established in the College Hill area. College Place … Continue reading “Always a Gift, Never for Sale”

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daniel wirtheim, Features

Slice of Life: The Great Break

By Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 When my brother was in college, he would take regular cross-country bicycle trips. He would take the bus from Ohio State University, where he was enrolled, and get off in North Carolina, where he would ride to Florida, stopping at campsites along the way. On one such trip, my brother found himself at a hostel in … Continue reading Slice of Life: The Great Break

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daniel wirtheim, Features

A Glenwood Story

By Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor Published Apr. 15, 2015 It started in 1976, when Bulent Bediz bought his first home in the Glenwood neighborhood, 808 Lexington Avenue. It was a fixer-upper and a relic of the past, but Bediz is a graduate of UNCG’s Architecture department, and was a professor for a brief amount of time, so had the wherewithal to renovate the home. It didn’t stop … Continue reading A Glenwood Story

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daniel wirtheim, Features

Spring fashion

By Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor Published Apr. 15, 2015 I’ve wanted a pair of huaraches ever since I read Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road.” It was this one memorable scene, when Sal Paradise is just leaving New York. He’s caught in the rain, wearing his huaraches. It was the way he described them—so earthy, so stylish—I had to get a pair. Last winter I made my girlfriend … Continue reading Spring fashion

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Features, Victoria Starbuck

The International Festival comes to UNCG

By Victoria Starbuck, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 15, 2015 On Saturday, April 11, a fantastic opportunity emerged for members of the UNCG international community. The International Festival, commonly referred to as I-Fest, gave international members of UNCG an opportunity to don their traditional clothing, bake the foods of their cultures, and share the history of their homelands.    Tents lined the pathways between the library … Continue reading The International Festival comes to UNCG

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Features, Shaquille Blackstock

Values come to UNCG

By Shaquille Blackstock, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 15, 2015 The UNC-Greensboro Values committee recently finalized its year-long project evaluating UNCG’s institutional values, and in doing so it completed an important part of UNCG’s strategic planning process. UNCG community members argue that the university has a diverse history, which calls for careful attention to the evolving values of the institution. The Values Committee came about based … Continue reading Values come to UNCG

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Features, Jackson Cooper

Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei

By Jackson Cooper, Staff Writer Published Apr. 15, 2015 In the darkened recital hall of the School of Music, I sat anxiously waiting for the film to start. Kepler was not my favorite opera in the world, but something that was on my research list for assistant directing Galileo Galilei, one that I never got around to. Thankfully, my inability to find time for the additional research … Continue reading Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei

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Features, Mary Windsor

The Circle of Peace

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 15, 2015 “I had gone to a town meeting, and the speaker ended by saying, “This is great that we are having a town meeting but what happens afterwards? What happens when we leave, it seems like everything will go back to normal,” April Snell says. “So I thought, let’s start a peace circle and invite agnostic, Buddhists, … Continue reading The Circle of Peace

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daniel wirtheim, Features

Slice of Life: The Great Break

By Daniel Wirtheim, Features Editor Published in print Apr. 15, 2015 When my brother was in college, he would take regular cross-country bicycle trips. He would take the bus from Ohio State University, where he was enrolled, and get off in North Carolina, where he would ride to Florida, stopping at campsites along the way. On one such trip, my brother found himself at a hostel in … Continue reading Slice of Life: The Great Break

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