Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer This past weekend, the UNCG women’s golf team traveled to the Kiawah Island Classic in South Carolina. This trip comes after the spring season opener at the University of Georgia and in preparation for the Southern Conference tournament in early April. Before the Spartans left for South Carolina, we at the Carolinian had the opportunity to talk with the … Continue reading Kurey Interview
Andrew James Staff Writer “And I was literally sitting there and thinking about killing myself.” Those are the words Ronda Rousey delivered through tears to Ellen DeGeneres, a nationally televised moment that made its way through social media channels over the next few weeks to mixed reactions. It should have been a chance for sports fans to sympathize, to understand that the same … Continue reading Athletes and Depression: Ronda Rousey
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer If you were in the mood to see fantastic performances by your UNCG Spartans this past weekend, then the baseball team certainly provided some thrills. Entering this weekend series, the Spartans were coming off taking two out of three in an opening season series against High Point and a Tuesday victory over Elon University. In their three victories to … Continue reading Spartan Baseball Sweeps through Binghamton
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor February may be the shortest month of the year, but it still holds a wealth of new knowledge and information for the eye to see and the mind to process. Here are five things I learned this month from the world of sports: 5. I probably spoke too soon on Women’s Basketball Well, I never said I was Nostradamus. … Continue reading 5 Things I Learned in February
Michael Fields Staff Writer The UNC-Greensboro women’s basketball team has been up and down this entire basketball season. Non-conference play looked pretty well for the Spartans with some huge victories against schools such as High Point, Longwood, NC Central and New Orleans. Conference play has been a different story for the Spartans though, struggling in the extremely talented Southern Conference. The team has … Continue reading Wendy Palmer
Kashif Stone Staff Writer UNCG plans to expand one of its academic divisions next fall. The Department of Art is set to join the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, shifting the setting of learning for many students. The mission of the Art Department is based on three passionately held principles: “that the exploration of ideas through the visual arts is both necessary and … Continue reading Arts College Proposal
Naomi Oconnor /The Carolinian Jayda Brunson Staff Writer Every year, UNCG’s Lloyd International Honors College sponsors the Honors Symposium to allow undergraduate students at UNCG and other local colleges to speak in an academic conference. The event involves concurrent sessions and prompts each student speaker to present a ten-minute paper or presentation regarding his or her undergraduate research. This writer attended the conference, … Continue reading 16th Annual Undergraduate Honors Symposium
Alexea Brown Staff Writer On Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance and the UNCG New Music Program presented The Faculty Composers Concert. Friends, family, students and members of the community gathered in the Recital Hall to witness the world premieres of the music that artists such as Dr. Alejandro Rutty, Dr. Greg Carroll, Dr. Mark Engebretson and … Continue reading Faculty composers concert
Jamie Howell Staff Writer All over the country, a myth has persisted that if more than a certain number of single women live together in one place, then it is, by law, considered a brothel; but there is no evidence to show that the so-called “Brothel Law” has any basis in fact. Such a law would beg elucidation on such cases as large, female-only … Continue reading Debunking the “Brothel Law”
Spencer Schneier Technology Editor As a Libertarian, I often grow tired of the pseudo-intellectual attacks on free market principles that come from the left. They tend to be weak, hollow and show an uninformed perspective on economic theory. The main argument tossed my way is that Capitalism is exploitative, which is ridiculous considering that the foundation of free market interactions is that they are … Continue reading The Republican perversion of small government
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