Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer With the first month of the new year halfway through, many find themselves in new circumstances and positions that they must uphold. For some, however, that beginning remains just that, a beginning that never progresses beyond the initial step. Everyone at some point in their life has made a new year’s resolution. Whether the determined plan of the annual goal … Continue reading Only the Strongest Resolutions Survive
Taylor Allen Editor in Chief The fallout from E-Day continues across America and on UNCG, as the nation tries to understand what to expect from a Trump presidency. Both his supporters and the the people who were determined never to support him seem uncertain about what exactly the future holds. But whatever your ideological leanings, this November has proven that politics is not a realm … Continue reading Democracy is not a spectator sport
Savannah Cole Staff Writer Most of us have worked in an environment that had a strict dress code, and the list of what is considered acceptable is usually straightforward: no more than “x” amount of piercings or tattoos, natural colored hair only, only minimum amounts of makeup and cover any body modifications that otherwise are unspecified. The purpose behind these strict guidelines is to … Continue reading Tattooed and employed
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer In today’s society, where is the line drawn between serious problems and jokes? Specifically, where have the meanings behind these problems gone that result in it becoming more casual? More often than not, we find that what used to be a valid issue has taken a place on the back burner and is instead being utilized as a joke. In … Continue reading A Cause Forgotten: The Neglected Message Behind No Shave November
Sarah Swindell Staff Writer Soon, when shopping, the faint sound of bells will be heard throughout shopping malls. Food drive signs will be more and more prevalent. Toy drop-offs will be sitting inside super stores passively drawing customers to drop off a toy. Even the news will be promoting local service work with major organizations. It is a sign of the inevitable push to … Continue reading The Seasonal Surge of Service and What It Really Means
Matt Nicodemus Letter to the Editor As a college freshman in 1978, I and millions of other young Americans faced the real possibility that the military draft, ended only five years before, would be reinstated. Understanding the fundamental wrongness of conscription, which violates personal liberty and morality and makes more likely wars unsupported by the nation’s citizenry, I realized the need for it to be … Continue reading Young people’s special role, and power, in this election.
Sarah Swindell Staff Writer Growing up, North Carolina coastal myths and folktales were a large part of my life. I remember for my seventh birthday my family took me to see the famous Lost Colony play in Manteo, North Carolina’s national park area run by the Roanoke Island Historical Association. Much to my surprise, the story I saw acted out as a child … Continue reading The True American Horror Story in NC
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer As the twenty-first century approaches their new year, the younger generations take up a new leaf. For some though, this leaf is not of the metaphorical variety. In recent years, cigarettes have taken a place on the backburner, while drugs like marijuana have heavily taken the foreground in terms of discussion. This is not to say that cigarettes are fading … Continue reading Turning a New Leaf: Tobacco versus Marijuana
Dylan Hull StaffWriter A man stands five meters below what once was the surface of a city. Dwarfed by the surrounding rubble, the man points upward, as if to show where the ground once separated the streets from his shelter beneath the earth. The sun beats down on the man’s shoulders, exposing him to the munitions of friend and foe. The city is Aleppo, … Continue reading Keep Borders Open for International Refugees
Sarah Swindell Opinions Editor Once upon a time, when I was a little girl in braided pigtails, I dreamed of a prince coming to me in some cinematic moment and the world would fall into place. I was intoxicated with childhood princess films, filling my imagination with dreams of happily ever after. As an older girl in braided pigtails verging on actual full-fledged adulthood, … Continue reading The Fairytale of Romantic Relationships in 2016
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