Wake County Manager to Resign
Jayce Shore Staff Writer On Aug. 17, Manager of Wake County Jim Hartmann announced that he would be stepping down with his last day being Oct. 27. Hartmann served as county manager for three and half years before he decided to resign. “I’m proud of the work that the Board of Commissioners, staff and I have accomplished during my tenure here,” said Hartmann in a … Continue reading Wake County Manager to Resign
The 2017 Total Eclipse
Sarah Purnell Staff Writer On Aug. 21 the United States prepared to view the first total eclipse to range across the continental U.S. in 99 years, the last one being on June 8, 1918. Greensboro, though not in the line of totality, still expected to see about 94 percent of the sun obscured. The peak of the eclipse was scheduled for 2:42 p.m. in the … Continue reading The 2017 Total Eclipse
Aycock Middle School to be Renamed after Dr. Melvin C. Swann
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Students, parents, school leaders and community members gathered for a ceremony on Aug. 19 to commemorate the renaming of Aycock Middle School. The Guilford County Board of Education voted 9-2 in August of 2016 to change the name. The new name, Dr. Melvin C. Swann Jr. Middle School, is named after the late, long time employee of the school system. “The … Continue reading Aycock Middle School to be Renamed after Dr. Melvin C. Swann
North Carolina House proposes new legislative district map
Kevin Liu Staff Writer A new legislative voting map proposed by Republican mapmakers was released online; the map highlights the changes of the proposed new districts in North Carolina. Federal courts ruled that the current maps drawn in 2011 were unconstitutional and guilty of gerrymandering. This ruling forced North Carolina lawmakers to redraw the district boundaries in order to make lines fairer for North Carolina … Continue reading North Carolina House proposes new legislative district map
UNCG opens Campus Violence Response Center
Madison Hoffmann News Editor The Campus Violence Response Center (CVRC) celebrated its grand opening on the ground floor of the Gove Student Health Center on Thursday. The CVRC at UNCG is the first response center implemented in any North Carolina State system school. All UNCG community members are welcomed at the center regardless of race, gender, immigrant or refugee status, sexual orientation or any other … Continue reading UNCG opens Campus Violence Response Center
Let’s Talk About Organics
Annie Walker Opinions Editor Organic often feels synonymous with healthy. At the very least, it is tempting to believe that something grown in such a fancy way that it bears its own special sticker should be worth the extra money. Yet for all the hype around prohibiting genetic modification, reducing pesticide use, and requiring animals to be treated more humanely, what does going organic even … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Organics
Overworked and Underpaid
Andrew Oliver Staff Writer American workers are nothing if not overworked. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans seem to spend more time at work with fewer days off than workers in any other industrialized country. With statistics like these, it may come as a surprise that work-hour insecurity, a phenomenon in which workers are systematically getting scheduled for under 40 hours per week, … Continue reading Overworked and Underpaid
The Deceptive Allure of Technology
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer It is almost cliché to remark on the wonder of modern technology – which is very much the wonder of computerization. In our time, there are more transistors shocking zeros and ones than there are synapses firing off in all human brains. The calculating power to end worlds fits in the palm of your hand and takes pictures of your brunch: … Continue reading The Deceptive Allure of Technology
Children of the Cornucopia
Krysten Heberly Staff Writer As a collective global force, we are ending the world as we know it through our unsustainable methods of farming all food we eat. It is imperative to the future health of this planet that we stop using factory farming as our primary source of food production. We are turning once-rich soil into dust, pushing species to the brink of extinction, … Continue reading Children of the Cornucopia
Pass the Toxic Masculinity
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Personally, I have never been interested in sports at all. However, I cannot deny that they play a major role in society. Professional athletes are paid millions per year, and everywhere in the world there are sports fans. Sports play a positive role on the world, influencing people to stay in shape and bringing people together. But every problem with sports … Continue reading Pass the Toxic Masculinity
