Daniel Johnson Staff Writer It’s difficult to write a tribute piece about anyone who has passed away. The writer can just give a cheap Wikipedia biography of the person’s life and accomplishments. However, with this type of memorial, the reader does not really get to learn about the person — just what made him great. This tribute, in particular, is really difficult because … Continue reading A reflection on Yogi Berra
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Out of the eighteen different club sports on the campus of UNC-Greensboro, only one of these organizations has an origin stemming from a young adult novel released within the past fifteen years. That’s right, there is a club sport surrounding the Harry Potter on campus! How in the world the university was able to fund a Harry Potter team, convince enough … Continue reading UNCG Quidditch Club takes field in weekend tournament
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer In one of the most prominent regular season contests in a long time for UNC-Greensboro, the Women’s Soccer team took on the nationally ranked Florida State Seminoles last Thursday. Coming into this match, the Seminoles soccer team had gone 6-1, with an average of about three goals per match. The team had only one match this season where they did … Continue reading Women Seminoles Soccer Dominate the Spartans
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Coming into last week, the strong play of the Spartans Volleyball team had put themselves at the top of the SoCon (Southern Conference) standings in the early season. With a solid 5-2 record, that had come completely on the road, the team entered last week with their first home match of the season on Tuesday against the Panthers of High … Continue reading Spartans Volleyball Dominate in Spartan-Aggie Invitational
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The practice and art of yoga has been a part of human society since its origins in Asia around the fifth and sixth century BCE. Many major religions and philosophies include some form or tenet of yoga in their everyday practices, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. During the workout and gym boom of the 1980s, the practice of … Continue reading UNCG celebrates stress-free, exercise with yoga
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer “I do not take that much salt in where we lie; it matters more where we finish. That stuff is just preseason voting.” These were the words of UNC-Greensboro Men’s Soccer coach Justin Maullin on the preseason ranking of his team, where UNCG was selected third best in the conference. Friday night, the Men’s Soccer team (2-1-0) hosted the Longwood … Continue reading Men’s Soccer gets their first home win
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer UNC-Greensboro carries 17 different sports teams. Currently, there are nine athletic teams for women and eight for men. Athletics have been an important part of the university since the late 1940s, when the women’s university would participate in national golf tournaments. With a passionate fan base known as “The Blue Crew” and a tradition of athletic success, even though sports … Continue reading Football club at UNCG looks to bring sports to campus
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Who does not enjoy being a part of a club? For most students on campus, throughout childhood and up to a certain point in life, they have been members of some form of club, rather it be official or not. The same can also be said about teams. A lot of people have been a part of a team that … Continue reading UNCG students enjoy presentation by club sports
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Though the first home game for the UNC-Greensboro Spartans Volleyball team will not be played until September 8 when they host the High Point Panthers, the first volleyball game that was played in Fleming Gym this semester occurred this past Saturday afternoon. It was on this day that the Spartans Volleyball program held their first (and hopefully not last) Alumni … Continue reading Current and former UNCG Volleyball players celebrate Alumni Day
Kenny Mann Staff Writer After fifteen seasons at the helm of the women’s tennis team, where in six of those seasons he also coached the men’s tennis team, Director of Tennis, Jeff Trivette resigned his position as the head coach for the women’s tennis team over the summer. As Trivette keeps his position as head coach of the men’s team, as well as Director of … Continue reading Ale Guerra, the new head coach of women’s tennis at UNCG
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