Students and Staff: The Interpersonal Relations and Lack Thereof

Kaetlyn Dembkoski    Staff Writer  For many college is a new experience; one that new students are often less than prepared for. Along with an extreme increase in the amount of work, there is also stress, expectations, and much more to juggle upon arriving at the grounds. To make matters more difficult for the average student, we are, for the most part, going on our … Continue reading Students and Staff: The Interpersonal Relations and Lack Thereof

St.Patrick’s Day Tradition

  Emily Moser    Staff Writer Every March 17, you are guaranteed to hear: “May the luck of the Irish be with you” or “Kiss me, I’m Irish.” Even people with absolutely no Irish heritage are likely to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by attending a festival, eating traditional Irish meal or just simply wearing green. As someone with Irish heritage, this holiday has always been … Continue reading St.Patrick’s Day Tradition

Debugging iPhone 8 rumors

Tarlon Khoubyari    Web Content Manager   Rumors are spreading about the next wave of advancements in Apple’s product release. Apple has come along way from the original iPhone, however, each product release has minor changes design changes. Apple releases products with noticeable enough features for consumers to purchase it but don’t make any big changes. The evolution of the iPhone has been minute but … Continue reading Debugging iPhone 8 rumors

Women’s Basketball Continues Postseason Campaign in WBI

Bryan Davis    Staff Writer The UNCG Women’s Basketball team accepted a bid to compete in the eighth annual Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament after concluding its most successful season in recent memory. The Spartans were knocked out in the second round of the SoCon tournament earlier in the month, but have managed to advance to the semifinals of the WBI after defeating Charleston Southern … Continue reading Women’s Basketball Continues Postseason Campaign in WBI

Spring Break Sees the Spartans Bats Heat Up

Daniel Johnson Staff Writer    During the week of Spring Break, the Spartans’ baseball team hosted a four game series against Lafayette University. The four games played saw the Spartans score a combined 58 runs scored and sweep through their opponents with offensive firepower of the US military.   Game 1: UNCG 25 Lafayette 7 Yes, you are reading the final score correct. And no, … Continue reading Spring Break Sees the Spartans Bats Heat Up

Spartans SoCon Tournament

Jaives Lundy    Staff Writer   This past week saw UNCG’s basketball teams participate in the Southern Conference Tournament where the 4th seeded women’s squad fell to the number one seed and eventual tournament champion UT Chattanooga and the men’s trilogy with ETSU was decided by one shot.   Women   UNCG 53 CHATT 75   After overcoming a 17 point deficit to beat Furman … Continue reading Spartans SoCon Tournament

SGA turns toward business and dining

Zachary Weaver    News Editor  The UNCG Student Government met on Tuesday, March 7 to discuss Dining Services, the UNC Board of Governors meeting, and upcoming events. The meeting began with a presentation from Campus Dining Services. Their presence at the meeting was stated to be a part of reaching out to the student body for cafeteria input. The staff spoke on ways they reached … Continue reading SGA turns toward business and dining

Controversy Rises Amongst Trump’s Wire-Tapping Accusations

Jack Payton    Staff Writer Over the past two weeks, controversy has arisen over President Trump’s accusations that the Obama administration ordered illegal wiretapping of his phones during the 2016 election. On March 4, Trump tweeted “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” This was followed by more tweets repeating … Continue reading Controversy Rises Amongst Trump’s Wire-Tapping Accusations

ACC speaks out about HB2 and new “compromise” bill, HB186

Sarah Kate Purnell    Staff Writer   In September 2016, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that they would be pulling all neutral site championship events from North Carolina for the 2016-17 seasons, in response to HB2. In moving their events elsewhere, seven ACC events that were to be held in NC were affected. Additionally, moving the sporting events decreased NC economic value. “The decision to … Continue reading ACC speaks out about HB2 and new “compromise” bill, HB186