By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 22, 2015 Low-wage workers across the nation marched in the “Fight for $15” protest last Wednesday in the hopes that fast food, childcare, health care companies and others will take notice and raise pay. In 2012, almost three years ago, hundreds of fast food workers in New York City went on strike, demanding 15 dollars an hour. Several … Continue reading The Fight for $15 rages on

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer In print April 15, 2015  Last Thursday, a group of students, professors and visitors gathered for a forum on factory and labor conditions in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Labor Organizer Aleya Akter and Bangladeshi factory worker Reba Sikder flew from Bangladesh to provide insight into the life of a Bangladeshi factory worker and how factory safety directly affects students in the United … Continue reading First-person Bangladeshi accounts of the Rana Plaza collapse

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Apr. 1, 2015 Ending hunger by 2020 may seem like an impossible feat, but that is exactly what Robert Horton, president and founder of i-Care Alliance, plans to accomplish. About a year ago, Horton watched Clyde Fitzgerald of Second Harvest Food Bank on TV. At the time the food bank— which according to its website is “the premier hunger … Continue reading i-Care Alliance fights to end hunger

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 25, 2015 Although turnout was low during last week’s Greensboro City Council meeting, spirits were high as the subjects discussed covered a variety of celebrations. Beginning the meeting was a resolution in support and honor of Greensboro’s public safety employees. Several councilmembers read statistics related to Greensboro’s emergency services and first responders. Last year there were 291,062 police … Continue reading Greensboro City Council celebrates positive changes

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 25, 2015 In fall 2014, Anna Poteat, a second-year Geography student, took an Environmental class that inspired her to get involved with the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN). ENV 110, Intro into Sustainability Studies, focuses on sustainability from multiple perspectives. The main intention is to provide students with a variety of ways to implement sustainability within different contexts. After … Continue reading UNCG CCN

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 17, 2015 Residents from across Greensboro came out to the city council meeting on March 3 to voice their opinions on a myriad of topics. There were two public comment periods during the meeting. During the first public comment period, residents who had signed up to speak were given a three-minute duration to discuss their concerns and praises … Continue reading Greensboro City Council talks change

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Mar. 4, 2015 Last Friday, the UNC Board of Governors met at UNC-Charlotte to vote on a miscellany of motions. Several of the proposed changes incited students from across the state to come and demonstrate their disapproval. Among the proposals were tuition and fees increases, a new statewide security fee and the termination of three university centers. In 2013, … Continue reading UNC Board of Governors hikes tuition and fees

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer Published in print Feb. 25, 2015 Last Thursday, the League of Women’s Voters of the Piedmont Triad hosted a forum to address state Sen. Trudy Wade’s controversial N.C. Senate Bill 36, which suggests dramatic changes to the Greensboro City Council, its members and it district map. The first draft of the bill eliminates at-large members of the city council, reduces the council’s … Continue reading Greensboro fights state senator’s plans to restructure City Council