Horoscopes
Mary Windsor Staff Writer Aries March 21 – April 19 Follow your instincts and never second-guess yourself. Your intuition comes in handy this week during a stressful situation. Taurus April 20 -May 20 What you are feeling is valid and I’m sorry you are in so much pain right now. It is only temporary, I know that is hard to believe, but it is. Gemini May … Continue reading Horoscopes
Soccer Replacing Football as the Safer Sports Alternative
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer “I don’t think it’s worth the risk.” These were the words of the San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland, who last year announced his retirement from professional football at the young age of 24. This decision came after a college career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one season playing professionally for the 49ers. In an interview conducted with … Continue reading Soccer Replacing Football as the Safer Sports Alternative
Millennials: Hold Fast Hope
Will McGarty Staff Writer This year has been one of excruciating ups and downs for Carolina sports fans. Since the dawn of 2016, no state has experienced such highs and lows while cheering on their hometown heroes. Just last February, the Carolina Panthers were within fingertips of putting together the perfect season, losing only one game in the regular season and just one game … Continue reading Millennials: Hold Fast Hope
AAU Sports
Andrew James Staff Writer Since its creation in 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union has been a subject of criticism—from their early days of barring women from events to its handling of amateur athletes’ personal data. Today, most criticisms revolve around the handling of its biggest sport: basketball. “Terrible, horrible basketball,” Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said of AAU in 2015. One AAU alum, Isaac … Continue reading AAU Sports
The Emerging Sports Media Online
Andrew James Staff Writer A lot of sports articles use the “f” bomb now. Sure, that doesn’t make them good. But it sure as hell doesn’t make them bad, either. It’s 2016, and sports journalism has officially leaked out of the bold black lines of newspaper headings. There used to be carefully written pieces always reigned by the same strict guidelines, wedged between … Continue reading The Emerging Sports Media Online
Great Basketball Teams Didn’t Begin with Jordan
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor The Golden State Warriors team this year has played as one of the greatest teams in the history of the NBA. Stephen Curry is showing to be an once-in-a-lifetime type player and combined with a group of really good players such as Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, and Andre Iguodala, the team can run twelve deep. Hands down, they are the … Continue reading Great Basketball Teams Didn’t Begin with Jordan
Millennial mythbusters
Jayda Brunson Staff Writer Stereotypes pertaining to the current generation have varied widely over the past few years. Millennials fall into the age range of 18-33. These stereotypical beliefs often range from dating culture, success rates, substance abuse, religiousness, the rate of pregnancy/STDS and our spending habits. Often times these cliché ideas that exist have a way of overshadowing the true facts and … Continue reading Millennial mythbusters
A Letter to the Chancellor
Mark Parent Opinions Editor Dear Chancellor Gilliam, Last Tuesday, I was embarrassed to be a student at UNC-Greensboro. But, worse than that, I felt abandoned by my administrators. Of course, the event I’m tacitly alluding to is the mass protest against HB-2 that rocked our campus to its core. Like many students, I had no idea that such a protest was even being held until … Continue reading A Letter to the Chancellor
HB-2 and Greensboro City Council
Catie Byrne Features Editor After five grueling hours, 15 speakers and nine testimonials from Greensboro city council members, in an eight-to-one decision, on April 5, Greensboro’s City Council approved a resolution against House Bill 2. A controversial section of HB2, which requires transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms which correspond with the gender on their birth certificates, has exploded in the media, and … Continue reading HB-2 and Greensboro City Council
The rise of the global citizen
Katerina Mansour Staff Writer The term “global citizen” is one that used to really bother me. I viewed it as an arrogant, self-proclaimed status that almost never truly described the person using it. As if a single individual could ever be a citizen of the entire world. As if one could ever travel and learn enough about the vastness of our world, … Continue reading The rise of the global citizen
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