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Mental Health: Classifying antidepressants

Ailey O’Toole    Staff Writer Antidepressants are the most popular form of treatment for depression and anxiety disorders. While they may not cure depression, the medicines will certainly help to alleviate symptoms. What most people don’t know is that there are many different types of antidepressants that act on different neurotransmitters in the brain. These medicines are prescribed based on what symptoms the patient is … Continue reading Mental Health: Classifying antidepressants

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Millennial special: Ask me about my hair

Lauren Cherry    Copy Editor This is a story about my experience with natural hair. The term ‘natural hair’ refers to the hair of of someone of African descent that has not been chemically straightened by relaxers, keratin treatments,etc. I stopped getting relaxers almost two years ago. I cannot give an exact date of when I stopped getting relaxers because I did not do so … Continue reading Millennial special: Ask me about my hair

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Millennials will oversee the next scientific revolution

Spencer Schneier  Technology Editor The common line of thinking is that easy access to computers, the rise of the internet and the prominence of mobile computing have created a generation fundamentally altered by technology. Those who make this point are right, but they are missing the full picture, settling for the tip of the iceberg as the story. From the rise of renewable energy to … Continue reading Millennials will oversee the next scientific revolution

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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

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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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The risks of new-age media

Adam Griffin    Staff Writer Our generation, the millennials, are the subject of numerous articles criticizing and exhorting us for this, that or the other. Perhaps the thing that defines millennials differently than any previous generation in history is the technology that we have access to. Millennials are perpetually under fire from information meeting their receptors. However, it is questionable if this proliferation of information … Continue reading The risks of new-age media

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Why I boycott Israel

Katerina Mansour        Staff Writer When discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, much of the focus tends to be on the armed aspect of the conflict. We argue about who attacked whom, whether it was self-defense, or whether one side had better justification than the other. Yet, an important discussion to have, and important information to know, relates to Israel’s informal settlements in the West … Continue reading Why I boycott Israel

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The lesson from the fall of the Roman Republic

Adam Griffin    Staff Writer There is an oft-repeated phrase that “Rome did not fall in a day,” in fact, Rome was falling for hundreds of years. But the roots of this decline can be traced to the collapse of their republican form of government that traded stable institutions for imperial glory; suffice it to say, this trade marked the beginning of Rome’s long road … Continue reading The lesson from the fall of the Roman Republic

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No-risk driving: The future of automated vehicles

Spencer Schneier  Technology Editor Autonomous driving is a technology that drivers in the US are going to have to get used to and they’re going to have to get used to it pretty quickly. The technology, which uses machine learning algorithms, or essentially computer programs that can learn by trial and error, promises to fix a lot of problems plaguing the transportation industry. Many in the … Continue reading No-risk driving: The future of automated vehicles

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College deals with mental illness poorly

Ailey O’Toole    Staff Writer I’m sure almost all of you reading this know someone who struggles with anxiety or depression, maybe even suicidal thoughts or attempts. This is because mental illness is quickly on the rise among college students. In 2013, a survey of college students found that 57 percent of women and 40 percent of men reported experiencing “overwhelming anxiety” in the previous … Continue reading College deals with mental illness poorly

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