UNCGreen advocates for $5 student fee sustainability

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 Officers from UNCGreen met in the Elliot University Center on Monday to present their Green Fund proposal in front of the UNC Greensboro Student Fee Committee. Gray Williams, UNCGreen Co-Chair, spoke on behalf of the group, opening by saying, “We believe the Green Fund is a way to meet sustainability requirements and goals on … Continue reading UNCGreen advocates for $5 student fee sustainability

Chancellor announces retirement

By Joseph Abraham, Editor-in-Chief Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 Chancellor Brady sent out a campus wide e-mail at 9:48 a.m. which stated that she would retire on July 31, 2015. In the statement Chancellor Brady stated that the reason for the early announcement was to help in the transition process. “I am announcing my plans at this time to provide a search committee sufficient … Continue reading Chancellor announces retirement

Greensboro police talk with community

By Rebecca Harrelson, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 Last Thursday evening, two meetings took place on the topic of police-community relations. One was in the Multicultural Affairs Office between members of the UNC-Greensboro community and Campus Police and the other was held at Genesis Baptist Church among members of the Greensboro community to discuss police accountability. At the church, about forty community … Continue reading Greensboro police talk with community

Concerns surface for all parties regarding employee terminations and arrests

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 22, 2014 It’s a complicated story. What began as a quiet issue, relevant only to UNC-Greensboro’s university relations department, has emerged as a source of community outrage on a campus quite close to reaching its breaking point. It all started with an article the News and Record ran on Sept. 30. The newspaper reported that a … Continue reading Concerns surface for all parties regarding employee terminations and arrests

Union Square campus update

By Andrea Picou, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 8, 2014 The Union Square Campus being developed downtown in Greensboro is going to be a healthcare training facility shared between UNCG, NC A&T, GTCC and Cone Health. UNCG will use the new space to expand nursing education programs. The new building is a part of Union Square, a revitalization project with a goal of creating … Continue reading Union Square campus update

UNCG police talk with students

By Molly Ashline, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 8, 2014 The news has been teeming recently with reports of officer misconduct and abuse of authority. The events of Ferguson, Missouri and other tragedies are at the forefront of many minds, including the minds of students at UNCG. These events have led to a tension between the public at large and police officers. The student … Continue reading UNCG police talk with students

Watch For Me NC program aims to keep pedestrians safe

By Rebecca Harrelson, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 8, 2014 One may notice that UNCG and Greensboro police seem to be taking sections of campus by force lately. There has been a rise in handing out tickets to jaywalkers, those who are riding their bicycles too fast down busy streets and giving tickets to those who are not stopping to let pedestrians pass. N.C. … Continue reading Watch For Me NC program aims to keep pedestrians safe

Faculty members infuriated over moonlighting scandal

By Emily Bruzzo, Staff Writer Published Oct. 8, 2014 Against the backdrop of a frustrated and confused university community, UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Senate met in the Virginia Dare Room last Wednesday, where several speakers offered a miscellany of presentations. Prior to the meeting, news reports brought to light the termination and arrests of three UNCG University Relations employees— David Simmons Wilson, Christopher Woodrow English and … Continue reading Faculty members infuriated over moonlighting scandal

UNCG participates in National Hazing Prevention Week

By Michaela Cleveland, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 1, 2014 Since 2007, National Hazing Prevention Week has been in existence working to inform, advocate and put an end to hazing on college campuses throughout the country. For the past three years, UNCG has participated in the week on campus. “National Hazing Prevention Week has been at this school observed at UNCG for a while,” … Continue reading UNCG participates in National Hazing Prevention Week

Greek fund allocations

By Rebecca Harrelson, Staff Writer Published in print Oct. 1, 2014 The known and unknown stigma attached to Greek life at UNCG was brought to the attention of some Greek members on campus; all of the women’s sororities that were contacted chose not to respond or wished to remain anonymous. Asking for facts and figures from members of Greek life proved difficult. This quote is … Continue reading Greek fund allocations