Madison Hoffmann News Editor UNCG’s 2017 Homecoming took place on Oct. 16 through Sunday, becoming the 35th homecoming celebration to be held at UNCG. Thousands of alumni joined current students and faculty to celebrate one of the university’s favorite times of the year. The week-long celebration featured sporting events, food and music. Though this is an opportunity for current UNCG students to enjoy college life, … Continue reading UNCG Homecoming 2017
Kevin Liu Staff Writer The Oct. 17 meeting of the Greensboro City Council authorized and resolved various budget and re-zoning ordinances brought up during the hearing. Some of the ordinances revolved around amending the amounts of money given to grants and activities enacted in previous council meetings. The city council authorized the rezoning property of Ruffin Road owned by Keystone Group, Inc., Four Farms Road … Continue reading Greensboro City Council Meeting
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer On the morning of Oct. 17, House Republicans overturned Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto to Senate Bill 656, canceling the 2018 judicial primaries. The passing of the bill will postpone judicial primary filing from February to June. “Most of the bill deals with easing ballot access requirements for third parties as well as for unaffiliated candidates,” Laura Leslie at WRAL reported. … Continue reading NC 2018 Judicial Primaries Cancelled
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Fifty eight people were killed and more than 500 were injured when the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting took place on Oct. 1, 2017 as country music singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired down on the concert from … Continue reading The Future of Gun Control
Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer On Oct. 11, a ceremony was held for an important milestone in UNCG history: the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of Katharine Smith Reynolds scholars. Founded in 1962, the scholarship was created by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to honor Zachary Smith Reynolds’s late mother, Katharine. She attended the State Normal and Industrial School, which is now UNCG, from … Continue reading Reynolds Scholarship’s 50th Anniversary
Chris Funchess Staff Writer In his Sept. 27 speech at the Indiana State Fair, President Trump announced a tax reform plan that he calls a “middle-class miracle.” The idea of tax reform is a lofty goal. Ultimately, if there is a tax package passed, it will most likely be tax cuts. This is because tax reform requires writing a new tax code from the ground … Continue reading Evaluating the Middle-Class Miracle
Traci Summers Staff Writer The UNCG College Democrats is a politically involved, progressive and engaged group of students that works on campaigning their platform and assisting the Democratic party. The organization was founded in 1955 and has weekly meetings that are open to any UNCG student. The President of the UNCG Democrats, Roger Cooper, has been a member for a year and started his career … Continue reading A look at UNCG College Democrats
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer The former chief of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and his chief deputy have called for the repeal of a core piece of the state’s Clean Air Act. Donald van der Vaart, who served as the chief of DEQ, and his chief deputy, John Evans, published a seven page opinion piece in “Environmental Law Reporter” in September 2017. The … Continue reading Demoted former DEQ chief contradicts department policy in national environmental journal
Madison Hoffmann News Editor On Friday, President Donald Trump threatened to remove the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, one that holds Iran’s nuclear program in limbo, if Congress and U.S. allies fail to agree on strengthening and fortifying the accord. One of Trump’s top campaign pledges, to remove the United States from the Iran nuclear agreements that he considers to be inadequately negotiated, … Continue reading Trump’s Iran Strategy
Chris Funchess Staff Writer Germany’s election on Sept. 24 was remarkable for a country that has been defined by stability and rationality for the past decades, particularly under Chancellor Angela Merkel’s stewardship. Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) stole the show with a strong showing of 12.6 percent of the vote, worrying many. This recent trend of outside parties challenging the long-standing political paradigm is not unique … Continue reading The German Election
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