Sarah Swindell Opinions Editor Bacon. It is a beautiful thing. It is crispy, crunchy, greasy, and goes great with everything. I do mean everything. Check the internet for bacon cocktails and bacon wreaths (they are very much real). A work of art, bacon has been a staple in the American diet since the conception of this nation. George Washington kept his own free-range pigs … Continue reading The Blessing of Bacon
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer Winter; a time spent by many enjoying warm seasonal beverages, gathering for holiday celebrations, and planning for new beginnings. For some though, these pictures may be the farthest things from their minds as they struggle to just get by. As a non-native North Carolinian myself, the image of winter has never been more than just a passing thought of inconvenient piles … Continue reading Seeing the Outside View: Winter’s Vicious Assault on the Homeless
Zackary Wiggins Staff Writer This past Sunday, Jan. 22 marked the 44th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed women the right under the law, in every part of the country to have access to a safe and legal abortion. Before the landmark decision, abortion was a state issue. Whether or not a woman could have one legally was up … Continue reading We Cannot Go Backwards
Zachary Weaver News Editor With a new administration comes many changes, and the new prevailing wind is repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It’s been a Republican talking point for years, picking at flaws and declaring intention to repeal if a conservative president enters office. Now that Donald Trump has become President Elect, that goal will become a reality, and Republican lawmakers … Continue reading Flawed but not fatally: The unnecessary repeal of ACA
Sarah Swindell Staff Writer Gentrification has its perks. We cannot lie about that. The aspects of hipster culture like cupcake shops and coffee spots with free wifi emerge on the street corner. Everything gets a bit cleaner, for a time. Housing is modernized and old buildings left for dead can find new life. This image is glossy and sugar coated, like those gluten-free vegan … Continue reading These towns they are a’changin: The realities of gentrification
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer Comic books and graphic novels have given the public its most famous and beloved superheroes. Everyone has heard of Batman, Superman, Thor, Captain America, and numerous others. Superman, the oldest of these heroes, made his debut to the public in 1938 in Action Comics #1, and has been entertaining the masses ever since. Comic books, while remaining a beloved medium … Continue reading Comic Books are for Everyone
Zachary Wiggins Staff Writer The political conservatives and Republican Party love to tout the thought that they are the “pro-life” group in the United States. They degrade the Democratic Party and left-leaning individuals as being murderers, and anti-life. “Pro-Life” groups have effectively struck a chord with their supporters’ emotions and do a wonderful job at appealing to the emotions of religious and other Republican … Continue reading If Only Being Pro-Life Was Pro-Life
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
