Coraddie Release Party

  Teresa Dale   Staff Writer This past Friday UNCG’s art and literature publication, the “Coraddi”, celebrated the release of volume 119.1. The publication was met with a gathering in the Gatewood Studio Arts Building where students and alumni gathered for a first look at the magazine. Free copies of the magazine were distributed alongside, crafts, pizza and music by DJ Alvin Shavers. The “Coraddi” … Continue reading Coraddie Release Party

January’s UNCG Sustainability Film & Discussion Series

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer   This past Thursday night, the Weatherspoon Art Museum hosted a showing of the documentary “Racing to Zero.” As a part of UNCG’s Sustainability Film & Discussion Series, the event is geared towards lending a voice to the various environmental, sustainability and climate issues that affect us on a community to regional to global level. The program is the longest-running … Continue reading January’s UNCG Sustainability Film & Discussion Series

Cuddle Magic “Ashes/Axis” Album Review

Jessica Clifford   Staff Writer   The Brooklyn-based band, Cuddle Magic, just dropped their fifth album, “Ashes/Axis,” this past Friday. This electronic indie-folk band formed in 2007, beginning with members Ben Lazar Davis and Christopher McDonald. Members Kristin Slipp, Alec Spiegelman and Cole Kamen-Green joined soon after. Since then they have collaborated with musicians from all over the genre spectrum including the nearly ubiquitous Beyonce, … Continue reading Cuddle Magic “Ashes/Axis” Album Review

Another Win for UNCG Women’s Basketball

Bryan Davis Staff Writer   Following the men’s basketball team’s tough loss earlier in the afternoon, the UNCG Women’s Basketball team took on the Catamounts of Western Carolina to give Spartans basketball a highlight for the Saturday. In response, the women defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 62-45 in the team’s first home game since classes for the Spring semester began.   The blue and gold … Continue reading Another Win for UNCG Women’s Basketball

Yordano Ventura: Losing another Great Young Star of Latin America

Andrew James   Staff Writer   For much of Yordano Ventura’s career, MLB fans chided him for his short temper. Maybe that criticism wasn’t totally unjust — Ventura was a central part of multiple bench-clearing brawls during his time with the Kansas City Royals — but it wasn’t as simple as that, either. Calling out Ventura as a “thug” or a villain was the easy … Continue reading Yordano Ventura: Losing another Great Young Star of Latin America

How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes

Daniel Johnson  Staff Writer   How many students, when setting up their schedule for the semester, go to RateMyProfessor.com to check out what an average day is in the class period of said professor? Going back a few years, every student looks up their list of universities they wish to attend and decide the best one for them. No one just blindly selects a school … Continue reading How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes

How I used data to hack my life

Tarlon Khoubyari    Web Content Manager   Our devices and applications collect a lot of data on us and the data is becoming more accessible than ever. Our personal data can help us in so many ways. It can help us be more active, it can track our sleep, it can track our overall health, and even remind us when we need a minute to … Continue reading How I used data to hack my life

Alternative Responses to Alternative Facts

Zachary Weaver   News Editor On January 21 Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway coined the term ‘alternative facts,’ responding to the media lambasting Press Secretary Sean Spicer for stating falsehoods regarding President Trump’s inauguration crowd size. During an NBC Meet the Press interview with Chuck Todd Conway called the inaccurate data presented by Spicer ‘alternative facts,’ implying that they bore equal weight to those … Continue reading Alternative Responses to Alternative Facts