Slice of life: 6 months
Catie Byrne Features Editor It was exactly five months and 25 days since the MRI scan, three months and 19 days since the EEG test and six months and three days since it happened. As an untravelled freshman, when someone hands you the opportunity to visit a place as spectacular as New York City, given you had the needed funds, who would say no? It … Continue reading Slice of life: 6 months
Update on the UNC system’s quest for a new president
Lauren Cherry Staff Writer On May 29 the UNC Board of Governors selected Isaacson, Miller as the firm to conduct a nationwide search to fill the position for the UNC system’s next president. This is the same firm that Duke University chose to search for their provost and chancellor for the Medical Center. According to the official president-search website, there are three committees involved … Continue reading Update on the UNC system’s quest for a new president
Spartan Athletes shine over summer break
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Well, the summer break has unfortunately come to a close. A new semester has dawned on the campus, and you can always tell by the confused faces of seemingly hundreds of thousands of freshmen. While some students spent their summers working to make a paycheck, then weeping over the loss of said paycheck when they have to pay for college … Continue reading Spartan Athletes shine over summer break
Lessons all little black spots have to learn
Until the age of eight I had absolutely no idea that I was black. While this may sound abnormal and strange, the truth is that I had no idea I was a different race. I grew up in a solid middle-class household with two parents and an older brother. Before I knew my race, I did not feel the weight and almost shame of my … Continue reading Lessons all little black spots have to learn
Caught In the Middle
Beginning Beginnings Emily Bruzzo Editior-in-Chief I was never supposed to be the editor-in-chief of a student newspaper. I was supposed to be a famous concert pianist who would tour the world and empower the disenfranchised masses with my art. Then, I was supposed to be a music theorist who would electrify scholars with my aptitude for academic brilliance. Then, I was supposed to be an … Continue reading Caught In the Middle
Spencer’s Spork
Spencer Schneier Staff Writer As college students in 2015, we are often faced with a lot of harsh realities about the world we will soon be entering. Rising student-loan debt, an evolving job market and the continued fragility of the financial markets in the wake of the 2007-08 recession have left college students with a sense that perhaps this world just doesn’t have … Continue reading Spencer’s Spork
It’s time to axe the death penalty
Matt Wood Staff Writter Few crimes can match the spectacle and horror than that which Aurora, Colorado theatergoers would suffer on the night of July 20, 2012. 20 minutes into a midnight premiere screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a man, clad head-to-toe in ballistics gear, walked through the emergency exit door of the packed theater, lobbed two teargas canisters into the darkened room, and … Continue reading It’s time to axe the death penalty
Kim Record Exclusive
Matthew Johnson Sports Editor In the final moment of the 2014-15 athletic year for UNCG, infielder Tripp Shelton grounded into a season and Southern Conference-ending putout against the Citadel in last year’s Men’s Baseball conference tournament. As the concluding play of a UNCG athletic year that saw both elevated highs and basement-level lows, Athletic Director Kim Records affirmed that regardless of the results … Continue reading Kim Record Exclusive
City council work session discusses wages, skate park
Molly Ashline Staff Writer The Plaza Level Conference Room at the Melvin Municipal Office Building filled up quickly last Thursday for the Greensboro City Council’s first August work session. All nine council members were present along with city staffers and media. The first part of the work session focused largely on a policy proposal to increase wages for many city employees. The main objective … Continue reading City council work session discusses wages, skate park
Streaming services for your first week of classes
Spencer Schneier News Editor When introducing iTunes to consumers for the first time in 2003, Steve Jobs proclaimed that “we [Apple] think subscriptions are the wrong path.” Jobs also claimed that customers didn’t want to “rent their music,” making a point that someone will listen to their favorite song thousands of times in their life, as opposed to a movie where someone might watch … Continue reading Streaming services for your first week of classes
