By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Nov.5, 2014 This past Tuesday, Oct.28, UNCG and the Campus Activities Board hosted hypnotist Paul Ramsay as one of the main Homecoming events. The EUC Auditorium was packed and there were even students standing by the sides of the room so they could watch Ramsay’s show. Paul Ramsay has visited UNCG for the past three consecutive years, … Continue reading UNCG students fall under hypnosis

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published Oct.29, 2014 Turning in all directions, there is the opportunity to be enchanted by fantastic, dazzling lights. All the colors of the rainbow flash brightly in the night sky. Giant teddy  bears, medium teddies and small teddies as far as the eye can see. People are scattering everywhere in excitement, unsure of which ride to try first. Children drag … Continue reading A day at the N.C. State Fair

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Oct.22, 2014 Nadia Stevens, a fourth year UNCG student majoring in Photography with a minor in Spanish, recently came back to Greensboro after living in Brooklyn, New York for three months this summer. She participated in New York Arts Practicum where she created art aside a mentor and other young artists. She originally went to live the … Continue reading Artist collective vows to create new culture

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Oct.8, 2014 The North American Body Painting Championship was hosted at The Elm Street Center Empire Room this past Sunday, September 28. 17Days art and culture festival revolved around this event for the year. This competition is one of the largest of its kind, with artists are from all over the world, New Zealand, London, and Vienna, … Continue reading Competitive body painting comes to Greensboro

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Oct.1, 2014 This past Saturday, an explosion of color, music, and camaraderie overtook Tate    Street’s typical drone of intercity traffic and New York City Pizza bar dwellers. Tate Street Festival, the oldest festival to occur in Greensboro, took place on an idyllic warm day this weekend that brought out many locals to wander the street and … Continue reading Tate Street festival, a community event

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Sept.24, 2014 On Friday, September 19, illustrations of a city taken over by monsters, mermaids diving for starfish and bumblebees floating over flowers were projected across a concrete wall on Elm Street. In recent years, the city of Greensboro has been growing towards building its image and becoming a place where public art is exhibited often. Many … Continue reading Drawings come to life in Greensboro

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Sept.17, 2014 The anti-fracking movement is as recent as 2012 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and has only been happening for about fifteen years in the United States. Fracking, which is short for hydraulic fracturing, is an oil and gas drilling process that shoots a mixture of water, sand and other chemicals into rock a mile or more … Continue reading Anti-Frackers alive in Greensboro

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Sept.10, 2014 The Greensboro Mural Project is an arts organization that engages the people of Greensboro in the process of creating murals through dialogue across the community. The Greensboro Mural Project uses public art as a tool to communicate, record history and make Greensboro more beautiful. The Greensboro Mural Project has proposed to create a transportation themed … Continue reading Greensboro mural in the works

By Mary Windsor, Staff Writer Published in print Aug. 27, 2014 For one night every year, , Target opens its door to university students after hours. UNCG’s Rawkin’ Welcome Week included a multitude of fun and exciting activities held around campus. One of the most popular and anticipated event was the “Target After Hours Event”. This event has been occurring for four years now, when … Continue reading Target Rush