Natalie King Publisher “Ugh, I wish I didn’t have to work!” It’s a statement many of us say on a regular basis. In general, no one particularly loves the part-time work they have to do in high school and/or college in order to pay some bills, but, hey, it’s character building. One of the most common jobs for first-time-job teens is working in a … Continue reading Millennial Moment
Spencer Schneier Technology Editor The operating system has becThe operating system has become the dominant choice for smartphone users internationally, with nearly 85 percent of the global smartphone market running Android as of 3Q 2015. Its customizable features and zero cost to phone makers have helped boost its status in the OS wars with Apple, but that customization has placed Android in an odd position. … Continue reading Android is in a weird place
Tarlon Khoubyari Staff Writer For the past few years, Wake Forest University has held an annual TEDx event that draws speakers to discuss a topic that relates to a spectrum of industries. TEDx is a conference where speakers are invited to present an idea or a concept that applies to the the world. Each event has a common theme, and this year’s was … Continue reading Fearlessness Reimagined
Will McGarty Staff Writer This past weekend, our UNCG Spartan Softball team took the field for the first time at home while hosting the UNCG Invitational Tournament. The team faced opponents Youngstown State Penguins, Iona Gaels, and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in a series of games that lasted Friday through Sunday. The Spartans first game was Friday night against Iona University from … Continue reading UNCG Softball Invitational
Shannon Neu A&E Editor “I was definitely that guy that would show up to other bands’ practices. I would be like, ‘Hey, I’ve got these words! And I’m gonna start singing!’ and they were like ‘Please shut up,’ and I said, ‘Nope! I’ve got something to say,’” Ryan Downing said as he explained how eventually became the lead singer of local band Jonas Sees … Continue reading Interview with Ryan Downing of Jonas Sees in Color
Katerina Mansour Staff Writer Bernie Sanders is probably one of the most unexpected, viable candidates for a presidential election in U.S. history; put simply, nobody anticipated that he would get as far as he has. Yet, it appears that millennials are the ones carrying his campaign and possibly one of the only groups of people prepared to elect him to the world’s … Continue reading Sanders is the best, most unrealistic choice
Catie Byrne Features Editor Several papers and books remain untouched on the desk in my dorm, 73 emails remain unread and — due to an unfortunate turn of events on Friday night — a hand-sized, bright purple bruise on the side of my thigh remains aching. In other words, I’m tired. As I have so many unfinished things to do, one may assume that these … Continue reading Toll of academia: Pre-break angst
Maggie Young News Editor The Greensboro City Council met for its final February meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 16; it paid tribute to deceased community members, recognized Black History Month and approved funding for various projects among other items. The meeting began with a resolution to honor the late James Roosevelt Harris. Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson read the resolution, which detailed Harris’s many successes … Continue reading Greensboro City Council honors Black History Month and late community members
Maggie Young News Editor Sir Salman Rushdie spoke to an audience of over 3,000 attendees in the Kimmel Arena at the University of North Carolina at Asheville last Thursday night, Feb. 18. The lecture, titled “Public Events, Private Lives: Literature + Politics in the Modern World,” addressed the ethics, the purpose and the necessity of the novel in a modern context. The author … Continue reading Salman Rushdie critiques censorship, urges writers to confront difficult topics
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer This past Saturday, February 20, Professor John Cox led a discussion about genocide at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro. Cox is the Director of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies. “I grew up in Greensboro and I grew up very aware of the sit-ins which occurred only a couple of years before I was born. And … Continue reading “To Kill a People:” John Cox speaks on Holocaust and genocide
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