Shannon Neu A&E Editor [Note from A&E Editor Shannon Neu: The arts, including music, dance, theatre, visual art and other art forms have likely affected your life in some capacity, either in school or in other aspects of day-to-day life. In the upcoming weeks, I am going to investigate how the lives of various members of the UNCG and Greensboro community have been … Continue reading Impactful art series: Dr. Omar Ali
Ailey O’Toole Staff Writer Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a mental illness that presents unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. It is much more severe than the normal ups and downs of everyday life: it can manifest as psychotic episodes and sometimes suicide. It is very damaging to relationships and job or school … Continue reading Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder
Catie Byrne Features Editor As I set down his dog bowl and began to walk away, my Labrador Spike’s head shot up, tail wagging, amber eyes glaring, as if to say: “I’m scared to be alone when you leave.” I sat down next to Spike, pointed to his food bowl, gently pet his face and started to cry. Spike, like the rest of my family, … Continue reading Processing loss and death
Tarlon Khoubyari Staff Writer 2015 marked an incredible year for technology. Tech made its appearance in fashion, cars and homes. It has provided images of Mars, it has cure diseases, and it has connected populations in times of tragedy. 2016 is a new year for technology to continue its quest to innovate, inspire and make life easier. For any tech-junkie, the … Continue reading Tech Trends of 2016
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer The sports teams of UNC-Greensboro were busy both preparing for upcoming seasons and hard at work competing over winter break. While the women’s and men’s basketball seasons continued throughout the break, baseball, softball, women’s and men’s tennis, women’s and men’s golf, and women’s and men’s track are preparing for the upcoming spring season. Over the break, the women’s basketball … Continue reading UNCG Athletics over Winter Break
Alexa Brown Staff Writer Julia Van Patter, a senior piano performance major at UNCG, feels that the ability to express oneself through some type of artistic media is very important — whether it be music, art, acting or dancing. She would know, as she’s been playing the harp since she was three and the piano since she was four. Julia Van Patter comes from … Continue reading Artists Weekly: Julia Van Patter
Ailey O’Toole Staff Writer How many times have you heard someone explain away bisexuality as being a stage where the person is just confused or experimenting, or heard someone state that if a bisexual person is involved with someone of the opposite sex, they are not really bisexual? Maybe you have even been told that bisexuality was invented by men in denial about their … Continue reading Stop misunderstanding bi-erasure
Mark Parent Opinions Editor Let’s just say it: El Nino, for North Carolinians, is a sign of God’s existence.You see, here in the South, cold temperatures are about as welcome as a drunk at a teetotalers meeting. It’s due to this utter dislike of sub-fifty degree weather that I’m giddy about the effects of El Nino, and, more than that, it makes me wish climate … Continue reading Millennial Moment
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer Like Vincent Vega said in “Pulp Fiction,” it’s the “little differences” that people notice when they travel from one country to another. “Hey, it’s two liters of Mountain Dew for only a dollar,” Antonio Scaccia, an international exchange student from the United Kingdom, said as he spotted a display of the bottles in the Wal-Mart on Cone Boulevard. Back home, … Continue reading International exchange students navigate the “little differences”
Maggie Young News Editor Maggie Young News Editor The cold and the rain weren’t enough to keep volunteers from providing a myriad of services at Greensboro’s Urban Ministries on Saturday, Jan. 9. Without proper resources or information, many of Greensboro’s unsheltered community go without health care of any kind. That is why Cone Health Services, the Greensboro Police Department, NC A&T’s nursing faculty … Continue reading Greensboro Police give back
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