Jamie Biggs Staff Writer Valentine’s Day isn’t my favorite holiday. I hesitate to even refer to is as a holiday, as technically it’s considered an “observance,” but for the sake of this article, I’ll let that go. The overarching idea of most holidays — days where we do things we should be doing everyday (giving thanks, expressing how much we love and care for … Continue reading Valentine’s Day: Over-Marketed, Overblown, and Expensive
Chelsea Korynta Staff Writer The US Federal Government funds programs like the military, public education and medicare. The government also sends funding to the teams that produce Clifford the Big Red Dog and Sesame Street. In fact, a total of about $741 million dollars goes to the National Endowment for the Arts (N.E.A.), the National Endowment for the Humanities (N.E.H.), and the Corporation for … Continue reading How the US Government Spends Money on Culture
Ross Kiefer A&E Editor With Valentine’s Day approaching, there are plenty of us starting to plan out dates. Whether you’re taking your date to the movies, a nice dinner or just staying in for the evening, there’s a good chance for romance. For those of you out there who prefer to have tunes on for romancing, we’ve compiled a list of top ten albums … Continue reading Top Ten “Banging” Albums
Matthew Paterson Staff Writer It’s cuffing season out there for most of you, “pics with bae” and all that PDA that a majority of unhappy people reject. Finding yourselves Netflix and chilling four days out of the week is a nice sentiment but can get a bit monotonous. If you’re not sure how to spice it up and are searching in a frenzy through the … Continue reading February Concerts for Everyone to Enjoy
Jared Lawrence Staff Writer Taking testimony from a Holocaust survivor and turning it into a dance is an intriguing but risky proposition, especially if you’re not Jewish yourself . How do you do justice to the words and the truths they contain while still creating something new from them? How do art and life, imagination and reality, coexist? As long as he has been … Continue reading Dora Amelan’s Tale Expressed in Modern Dance
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer The UNCG Elliott University Center is a point of reference for students on campus – it is a point of meeting, purchasing books, caffeinating, eating, and socializing. In addition to the abundance of dining options, the connection to the library, and the student government headquarters, the EUC also plays host to countless events throughout the year in its conference rooms. These … Continue reading EUC Super Bowl Party Draws Huge Crowd
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor I don’t know why my mother hates all Boston teams, seeing that she herself is not the biggest sport fan in the world, but she does. No matter who is playing in whatever sport, if a Boston team is there, she’s going for whoever they are playing. So this past Sunday, we decided to make a friendly wager: If the … Continue reading Patriots Day V: The Final Frontier
Bryan Davis Staff Writer UNCG Women’s basketball has never been so exciting. The blue and gold are currently riding a four game winning streak, and have amassed 13 total wins on the season, the most the program has seen in the last five years. After a 2015-2016 season which ended with a 15 game losing streak and graduated the program’s all-time leading scorer, … Continue reading Nadine Soliman: Catalyst of the “Redeem Team”
Andrew Oliver Staff Writer No matter who or where you ask, Islamophobia will be a serious issue. Whether it’s those who actually fear Muslim people in America and abroad, or those who believe it’s an irrational phenomenon that needs to be stopped, Islamophobia has become an important issue to Americans everywhere. The current wave of Islamophobia in the United States is a direct result of … Continue reading Islamophobia in 2017
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer Since his inauguration, President Trump’s most recent endeavors have been to remove previous laws. These include the Johnson Amendment regulating election campaign donations, preventing particular people from entering the country, as well as set his plans for a wall between America and Mexico with full force forward. The results of these plans have left our United States less united, and thus … Continue reading National Parks: Turning Against the Public
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