Pure Nights with Abbie Gamboa
Maggie Collins Arts and Entertainment Editor Photo credit: Apple Music Music is a unique art form that resonates with our souls in a way that transcends time and boundaries. It is a universal language without the necessity to understand a song’s words. The notes and rhythms can tell you what you need to know and feel. I experienced that last Friday night, April 19, at … Continue reading Pure Nights with Abbie Gamboa
Unsung Hero: An Australian Family’s Story of Crisis to Fame
Maggie Collins Arts and Entertainment Editor Photo credit: Lionsgate Movies can transport us to another time, show history unfolding in front of our eyes, or portray the most life-changing moments in a family’s life on the screen. Viewers can have all these experiences with Unsung Hero, which is based on a true story and takes us back in time to show us a family moving across … Continue reading Unsung Hero: An Australian Family’s Story of Crisis to Fame
Graduation Time at UNC Greensboro
Nia Robinson News Writer Photo credit: UNCG UNC Greensboro is now in the last full month of the spring semester. Students have made it past midterms and spring break and are approaching the end of full-semester courses. We can finally say, “It’s graduation time!” Now is the time of the year when graduating UNCG students can say, “I did it!” Students will walk across the … Continue reading Graduation Time at UNC Greensboro
NASCAR Enters the Piedmont Area
Brandon Vestri Sports Writer Photo credit: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images for NASCAR Over the past few years, NASCAR has made efforts to embrace the sport’s early days. Proof of the efforts to preserve and restore the early days of grassroots stock car racing is found right here in North Carolina. The NASCAR Cup Series, the organization’s highest level of competition, returned to North Wilkesboro Speedway … Continue reading NASCAR Enters the Piedmont Area
The Appropriation and Reappropriation of DEI as a Slur
Myo Thiha Opinions Editor Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images On March 26, 2024, at 1:28 a.m., a cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing the bridge to collapse. The calamity was caught on video, and the initial focus around the incident remained on saving as many people as possible and discovering the cause of the … Continue reading The Appropriation and Reappropriation of DEI as a Slur
New SCHOTT Pharma Facility Coming to Wilson County
Sophia Sousa News Writer Rendering of planned SCHOTT Pharma manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. Photo credit: Business Wire On March 18, Governor Roy Cooper announced that SCHOTT Pharma will build a facility in North Carolina. SCHOTT Pharma is an industrialized drug and delivery system for the pharmaceutical industry guaranteeing medicines are safe and accessible to people around the world. SCHOTT produces more than 25,000 … Continue reading New SCHOTT Pharma Facility Coming to Wilson County
The O. Henry and O. Henry: How Greensboro’s Hotel Embraces the Writer’s Legacy
Bronwen K. Bradshaw Features Writer Photo credit: Wikipedia.org O. Henry was a prolific writer known for his short stories such as “The Gift of Magi” and “The Duplicity of Hargraves.” O. Henry was born William Sidney Porter in Greensboro on September 11, 1862. After his mother died when he was three, Porter, with his father and brother, moved into his father’s family home, where his … Continue reading The O. Henry and O. Henry: How Greensboro’s Hotel Embraces the Writer’s Legacy
Local Music Spotlight: An Interview with Royal Jelly
Brian Hornfeldt Social Media Manager When it comes to local music in Greensboro, my mind immediately goes to Royal Jelly. I’ve had the pleasure of listening to the band perform on several occasions, both live and during rehearsals, and they know how to entertain through their spirited performances and funky tunes. Photo credit: Brian Hornfeldt I first heard Royal Jelly perform live at the Oden … Continue reading Local Music Spotlight: An Interview with Royal Jelly
Royally Irresponsible: Critiquing the House of Windsor
Liz Hyman Staff Writer With all the changes we have faced these days, the royal family has somehow remained mainstream. Though they are an essential part of British culture, it may be time for the Windsor Dynasty to step aside and gracefully bow out of history. As a simple American, removed from any impact the royal family may have, I can still acknowledge the unity … Continue reading Royally Irresponsible: Critiquing the House of Windsor
Greensboro’s Growth and Development Trends Report
Jessi Rae Morton News Editor Photo credit: GSO2040 On February 6, 2024, the Greensboro City Planning Department published its Growth and Development Trends Report. Planning Director Sue Schwartz began the report with brief remarks, contextualizing the February 2024 trends in relation to Greensboro’s former reputation. She wrote, “I don’t know how the unflattering moniker “Greens-boring” started back in the early 2000s…Now it is 2024 and … Continue reading Greensboro’s Growth and Development Trends Report
