Andrew James Staff Writer The past generations of NBA legends are in an uproar. Rumor has it that today’s league is just a watered down version of its old form—that the current superstars might even just be average players back when they played. One of the most common complaints is the decline of the “big man” in basketball, the physical, post-up seven footer … Continue reading End of the Big Man in the NBA
Will McGarty Staff Writer In today’s culture, professional athletes are viewed as some of the world’s greatest celebrities. People who were once just participants in sports turn into role models and media personalities as they further their careers within a sport and attain success. Many children and adults alike look to these athletes as people who represent achievement and strive to be just as … Continue reading Slug: Violence in sports is a threat
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor I have witnessed two Yankee games, two Panther games, five or six New York Mets games, a couple of Johnson C. Smith football games, a Charlotte Hornets (then the Bobcats) practice and more high school football games and Atlantic League Baseball games than I can count. I also have a sports card collection is a result of 10 years of … Continue reading Sports Fans: It’s just a Game!
Katerina Mansour Staff Writer When contemplating the US’s biggest threat, my mind doesn’t immediately jump to things like terrorism, as it might for many. No, my mind tends to think of the US itself as its own worst enemy and biggest threat. What I mean, really, is that the intense nationalism and ethnocentrism of the American population, and by extension their government, … Continue reading America’s arrogant quest for power is suicidal
Maggie Young News Editor Land of the free and home of the brave. It’s election season, and politicians can be seen making speeches about ensuring a brighter future, “making America great again,” or discussing the threat of losing what an innumerable amount of public figures have called “the greatest country in the world.” Inspirational political jargon is used to amp up the spirit of … Continue reading Live free and die
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer The Greensboro City Council was informed at its meeting last Monday, March 14, that a Greensboro Police Department investigation found no evidence that racism was behind a pattern of racial disparities involving traffic stops in the city. The disparities were noted last year, prompting Police Chief Wayne Scott to begin an investigation and suspend traffic stops for minor equipment violations. … Continue reading Racism not factor in traffic stops, says Greensboro City Council
Zachary Weaver Staff Writer Numerous fights broke out during Gym-Jam, a charity dance, at UNCG’s Coleman Gym around 10:00 p.m. on Friday. The dance, co-sponsored by EBONY and Alpha Phi Alpha, was intended to raise money for Flint, Mich. It was held in Coleman Gym on UNCG campus, a building with a 180-person capacity. Two UNCG Police officers were present inside, accompanying … Continue reading Friday fights have UNCG talking
Adam Griffin Staff Writer As I type these words, the National Debt of the United States is $19,150,625,265,908. That is trillion with a capital “T.” What does that mean? Can we imagine that much money or what it would take to pay it off? It seems more like a fantastical amount of money than it does the legitimate sum of money borrowed against … Continue reading The crippling threat of debt
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer Wake up, a little earlier than usual, walk over to the HHP building — drug test. This is a fairly common occurrence in the lives of UNCG student athletes who can expect to be tested at least once a semester over the course of their athletic careers here. Street drugs, masking agents, and most importantly, performance enhancing drugs, or … Continue reading Doping: The greatest threat to sports
Kashif Stone Staff Writer America is headed down a path of destruction if voters do not get it right come Election Day in November. Billionaire real-estate mogul, Donald J. Trump, will likely represent the Republican Party as its nominee for president, as he has managed to convince Americans to break the tradition of nominating a Washington bureaucrat. Millions have rallied behind a man whose … Continue reading Celebrities who denounce Donald Trump
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