NEWS RELEASE: Greensboro Pride Festival to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots
Sarah M. Lansesarah@greensboropride.org GREENSBORO, NC — The 2019 Greensboro Pride Festival will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Alternative Resources of the Triad, which organizes the festival, will create its own Stonewall Stone Wall to honor the event which served as a catalyst for the modern Gay Rights Movement. The Greensboro Pride Festival, presented by Ralph Lauren, takes place on Sunday, September 15 … Continue reading NEWS RELEASE: Greensboro Pride Festival to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots
Is Vaping Causing an Increase in Lung Disease?
Rachel SpinellaFeatures Editor As technology has advanced, so have the tobacco companies, creating a new kind of product that has taken cigarettes to the next level. The product is known by many different names, ‘e-cigs’, ‘e-hookahs’, ‘mods’, ‘vape pens’, ‘vapes’, ‘tank systems’ and ‘electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)’. Known primarily as E-cigarettes (an electronic cigarette), these devices come in many shapes and sizes with most … Continue reading Is Vaping Causing an Increase in Lung Disease?
Dancing Into Wellness
Hannah Larson Staff Writer A few days ago, a TV anchor, Lara Spencer, decided to target Prince George for taking ballet. As a society, people have often ridiculed boys for their interest and desire in this art and that it is a “girl’s” activity. This is simply not true. Dancing is great for anyone, regardless of what age or how in shape you are. It has … Continue reading Dancing Into Wellness
War on Immigrants
Megan Pociask Staff Writer On Thursday, September 5 at 6 p.m., people from the local community gathered at College Park Baptist Church to witness an Immigration Policy Reform Roundtable, hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad. After giving a brief introduction to the history of the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad, co-president Viki White-Lawrence shared the great impact that … Continue reading War on Immigrants
“Babushka Boi”
Roni Martinez Staff Writer Following the events that put the Harlem born rapper in jail in Sweden, ASAP Rocky has come out with his latest single, “Babushka Boi”. Along with it comes Rocky’s rapping about his riches, and his scar resembling that of Tony Montana. A music video accompanies this song, with exaggerated costume designs where Rocky and his crew are being chased by police … Continue reading “Babushka Boi”
Artist Spotlight: The Regrettes
Hannah HallStaff Writer Just like most of the members of Generation Z, one of my many passions is finding new music. I spend a large chunk of my free time scouring the internet for new musicians to try out. The latest band on my radar in the past few months has been The Regrettes. The first time I heard their music was their pop-punk take … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Regrettes
The Art of Doing Nothing
Eden LandgroverStaff Writer Meditation was first documented around 3,500 BCE in the Indian subcontinent. Travelling from India to Toaist China and Japan, meditation came to America only after having taken forms all over the world as a sacred practice of concentration and mindfulness- and did you know that you can meditate weekly in the bottom of the EUC? For free? The Sky Club at UNCG … Continue reading The Art of Doing Nothing
I Unexpectedly Fell For the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Alissa Humphrey Staff Writer The marvelous Netflix television series “GLOW,” or the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, is based on the true professional wrestling circuit of the late 1980s in Los Angeles, and a 2012 documentary highlighting the actresses and the production of their show. The series is the brainchild of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. I highly recommend watching the documentary or even the pilot … Continue reading I Unexpectedly Fell For the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
The Life and Death of Toni Morrison
Marlas Whitley Staff Writer In my freshman year of university, I began to veer away from Young Adult fiction, something I thought I’d never bring myself to do post Hunger Games mania. I sampled the different, literary flavors that where abundant at my first school’s library, propelled by a sense of wanting to be adventurous and taste something new. Tending to be highly indecisive when … Continue reading The Life and Death of Toni Morrison
Lab-Grown “Minibrains” Raise Questions of Morality
Marisa Sloan Staff Writer Clusters of human brain cells known as organoids have been successfully grown in a lab, according to a report researchers published in the journal “Cell Stem Cell” on Aug. 29. These organoids, popularly known as “minibrains,” start as just a few stem cells in a petri dish. Over a period of months, they then grow into spheres the size of a … Continue reading Lab-Grown “Minibrains” Raise Questions of Morality
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