Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Legalizing marijuana is something that has been discussed for decades now. Today, it is not as revolutionary as it once was to support marijuana legalization. According to a recent Gallup poll, 60 percent of Americans are in favor of legal marijuana. This is the highest support the drug has gotten nationally since the drug became illegal in 1937. Though still illegal … Continue reading Green Out in North Carolina
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer In UNCG’s vast student demographic, there are thousands of students that have chosen a major or minor in the category of liberal arts. Just as in years past, the new school year’s arrival will see more freshmen flock to these fields. Liberal arts draws its followers from young ages where creativity and imagination thrives and continues into their adult lives where … Continue reading Creator’s Strife: Believing in our Art
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates recently commented in The Atlantic on a prospective new show on HBO that features an alternative history of the Civil War that imagines if the South had won the war, an oft-explored premise in fiction. Coates writes, “The show’s very operating premise, the fact that it roots itself in a long white tradition of imagining away emancipation, leaves one … Continue reading Every Generation Finds the Lost Cause
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer Nobody wants to face the dreaded day when their parents, grandparents or great grandparents are unable to do things for themselves anymore. Nobody wants to be the one to tell an elderly person they cannot drive or live on their own anymore. So when does respect for our elders become detrimental? One of the most controversial topics surrounding the ability of … Continue reading The Limits of Driving
Krysten Heberly Staff Writer Social media is often heralded as the new frontier for human connection. It has allowed us to connect with people all over the world at unprecedented rates. Social media has created a system in which connection can be maintained at the click of a button. At the same time, it is also at the center of a plethora of issues, especially … Continue reading The Pursuit of Happiness
Nick Tyler Staff Writer For nearly a century, the oil industry has been the foundation of Venezuelan prosperity. In recent decades Hugo Chavez leaned heavily on oil to fund his ambitious programs for redistributing wealth. Oil production has since suffered mismanagement and neglected infrastructure as well as a fall in the price of oil. Where once there were subsidized food prices and free health care, … Continue reading The Crisis in Venezuela: Monroe Doctrine Reconsidered
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer I have always been told my inclination to love people, to care for people, and to forgive people was a weakness. I was made to feel that it was my own ignorance that got me hurt when I trusted people. I would like to respectfully disagree with that sentiment. The other day I read a post by a friend on Facebook. … Continue reading Love Is All You Need?
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer With the recent official start of summer, many people are taking their well-deserved vacation time and driving East to the coast for some beach time with friends and family. Rather than wake up early to head to work, they pack for the lengthy drive and head out to beat the traffic to the beach. For most, this time is to be … Continue reading Poverty in Plain Sight: Ignoring the Blatant Pleas of Eastern North Carolina
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer In a time when adulting is considered one of the hardest skills for young adults to master, we have to ask ourselves if we are truly prepared by our education to join the workforce and function in society. We have all seen the memes about how high school did not prepare us for paying taxes or balancing a checkbook and felt … Continue reading Who’s to Blame for the Adulting Crisis?
Annie Walker Opinions Editor In North Carolina, an 18 year old can buy a pack of cigarettes, a lottery ticket, and get as many tattoos and piercings by yourself as you please. The age of consent is 16 here, which is also how old you have to be for the state to believe you’re capable of operating a motor vehicle alone. Rental car companies would … Continue reading Cheers, Kids
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