Zachary Weaver News Editor Two new NC House bills filed in February aim to repeal state constitutional regulations on concealed carry firearms for anyone over 18 years of age. The more recent, HB145, is entitled “Repeal Const. Reg. of Concealed Weapons,” and cites the Second Amendment for its grounds. HB145 was preceded earlier in February by HB69, the “Constitutional Carry Act,” which sought the same … Continue reading Bill to Real NC Conceal Carry Law
Linda Cheng Staff Writer The Republican-controlled NC senate subpoenaed Cooper’s cabinet pick of Larry Hall for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on February 23. Hall, a former legislator and Marine Corps veteran, has become just a piece in the ongoing chess game between the Democrat controlled executive branch and Republican dominated General Assembly. The Republican controlled legislature subpoenaed Larry Hall because he … Continue reading NC Senate subpoenas Cooper cabinet pick
Maryam Mohamed Staff Writer Richard Burr found himself in the middle of a pandemonium regarding recent allegations of communicating with Russia. “I simply had two conversations with two different media outlets on one specific thing,” Burr said in a press release. “I didn’t do anything inappropriate or in any way compromise the integrity of the investigation. “I felt I had something to share that didn’t … Continue reading Richard Burr defends Russia-related allegations against Trump
Sarah Kate Purnell Staff Writer On February 22, NC House Bill 186 was introduced by legislators in hopes to serve as a replacement to controversial bathroom bill, HB2. “The regulation of access to multiple occupancy bathrooms, to showers, and to changing facilities is a matter of general, statewide concern and the entire field of regulations of such access is preempted from regulation except as provided … Continue reading NC proposes “compromise” to HB2 bathroom bill: House Bill 186
Madison Hoffman Staff Writer On Tuesday, February 28, the SGA assembled with a main focus on the events of Mental Health Week, followed by a usual procession of government agenda. The weeklong event, geared at raising awareness for mental health, stemmed from an SGA meeting last November. Hollie Shields, Chief of Staff and Association of Student Government Liaison, suggested an idea at the meeting to … Continue reading SGA Focuses on Mental Health
Jayce Shore Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 1, the UNCG Faculty Senate gathered in the Virginia Dare room in the Alumni House to discuss business. Faculty Chair Anne Wallace confirmed the minutes and the dates of two new resolutions, one for Faculty Accessibility to Students on April 5 and another meeting set on May 4 for a resolution involving edits to UNCG’s withdrawal policy. On … Continue reading Faculty Senate at UNCG
Antonio Rivera Staff Writer Recently the media has been the victim of attacks from people across the country. Many Americans believe that there isn’t any truth to any news sources anymore, and they especially believe there aren’t ones without bias. In the recent presidential election many people became victims of believing new stories that were fake, and in turn based their votes on those stories. … Continue reading The House of Hypocrisy
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer When gamers see video games, they see endless possibilities of worlds to envelope themselves within. Video games take our hands and guide us into worlds where we must fight dragons, save princesses, or escape evil robots that falsely promise us dessert. But how many new video game ideas can we have before all that becomes monotonous? How many times can we … Continue reading Rebooted and Remade: Video games then versus now
Zachary Weaver News Editor A group of conservative activists made death threats against Kernersville Muslims on Thursday, February 16, during a meeting to stop the “Islamization of America,” prompting condemnation from Muslim advocate groups. The meeting consisted of 20 people at Captain Tom’s Seafood, one of which belonged to a right-wing anti-Muslim group, American Congress for Truth (ACT) for America. The group was allegedly meeting … Continue reading Kernersville Muslim Death Threats
Jack Payton Staff Writer Betsy DeVos, who was confirmed 50-51 in the Senate as Trump’s Secretary of Education, recently completed her eventful first week in office. DeVos stated in her confirmation hearing that one of her primary goals as Secretary would be to encourage accountability, and decrease Federal control on school policy. She has also spoken of her plans to aid students in … Continue reading Betsy DeVos: Secretary of Education
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