By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 In our day and age, women continue to face significant strife related to sexual assault; however, they are not alone. Males are currently going through what I would compare to the very beginnings of female sexual abuse trials and struggles that began a few decades ago. Of course, sexual abuse had always been a problem for … Continue reading Redefining our views of sexual assault

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 15, 2015 As young adults we’ve heard or been told various things relating to health. Every day we hear conflicting information, and some of us believe in the myths we’ve been told for the majority of our lives. Here are six that I’ve been subjected to, and most likely many of you have also, that I believe should … Continue reading Six health misconceptions debunked

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 8, 2015 There are some fundamentally odd behaviors that occur on a regular basis at the gym. Every time I go work out, I notice patterns of behavior, and I’m just waiting for someone to create a college course about it in the sociology department. The gym seems to be one of the places in which people are … Continue reading Workout weirdness

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 1, 2015 We’ve all experienced it: group work. This idea in which you are forced to work with your peers in order to produce something academic in one of your classes. It could be a presentation, a paper, a report, and so on. It is a phenomenon I only first encountered when I moved to the United States. … Continue reading Group work: a painful joke

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 25, 2015 Some of the most common complaints I hear from students my age are relationship issues. It seems we’re constantly being distracted by our search for a significant other, and then the work that comes with having one. I personally do not see love as being a priority whilst in college, mostly because the likelihood of finding … Continue reading The quest for love can wait

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 17, 2015 The majority of us have received those email and text alerts informing us that a crime has occurred or suspicious behavior is being investigated. From attempted robbery to sexual assault, we’ve passively read over multiple warnings that our safety on campus is endangered. Yet, there is an odd mix of students either angered by the lack … Continue reading Are we safe at UNCG?

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 4, 2015 First off, let me make this title clear to everyone. What I mean by obesity does not equal beauty is that health and beauty have absolutely nothing to do with each other in a purely objective sense. Society, in the United States, has slowly but surely been shifting to a place where people are equating health, … Continue reading Obesity does not equal beauty

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 In college classrooms and social gatherings we often come across people who make our teeth grind and our blood boil. Chances are, during your time at UNCG you’ve come across people in your classes who could literally drive you mad. Then again, chances are you’ve been that person as well. This article isn’t aimed at attacking … Continue reading Don’t be that person

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer As a student at UNCG you’re one of two things: a commuter or an on-campus resident. Between the two, are entirely different experiences in terms of parking. Yet both are far more painful than they should be. College parking sucks, nothing new here. But let’s not dismiss how needlessly terrible the UNCG parking experience is. There are many things about … Continue reading Hell on wheels

By Katerina Mansour, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 11, 2015 We’ve all joked about them, dreaded them, secretly or openly judged others because of them: STDs. The United States media seems to have placed a heightened focus on teen pregnancies over the past decade or so. Shows like ‘16 and Pregnant’ and ‘Teen Mom’ both seem to glorify but also shed light on the supposed realities … Continue reading That burning sensation you’ve been trying to ignore