Cason Ragland Staff Writer So you think you’re gonna study abroad, huh? You really think you’re better than everyone? Well, let me tell you from experience that you are justified in thinking such a way. I’m sorry for my accusatory tone at the beginning, it was only to weed out the cowards. Anyway, now that you’ve decided to take on the brave and arduous journey … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – The Truth About Study Abroad
Catie Byrne Features Editor From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple lit up Elm Street to celebrate Greensboro’s annual Greensboro Pride Festival. Taking on a stationary quality, instead of the marching, chanting or parade floats one may usually associate with pride, the Greensboro Pride Festival was formatted like a street market. Booth after booth … Continue reading Greensboro Pride Festival
Curtis Hoffman Staff Writer The story of the Spring Garden Bakery began in the ‘80s when a group of bakers sought to open a natural foods bakery near UNCG’s campus. It was originally called Our Daily Bread, and after many years expanding and changing through multiple owners it became the Spring Garden Bakery and Coffeehouse. Spring Garden Bakery, currently owned by Pepper Moon Catering, is … Continue reading Spring Garden Bakery
Jamal Sykes Staff Writer Fall is upon us and that means tons of great things are in store; the leaves are changing colors, the weather is cooler, horror movies are going to dominate the airwaves and haunted houses and fairs get to make their grand return to the public. This year was the 119th year that the Central Carolina Fair has made its rounds in … Continue reading Central Carolina Fair
Janelle Crubaugh Staff Writer On Thursday, Dr. Ellen R. Welch, Associate French Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, visited UNCG’s campus for a presentation on theatre and the performing arts in early modern Franco-Spanish diplomacy. In an open windowed room at the top floor of the MHRA, otherwise known as the faculty lounge, close to 20 students … Continue reading Performing Friendship, Staging Rivalry
Rachel Funk Staff Writer At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, diversity is our middle name. Along with the ethnic diversity of a 40 percent non-white student-body, UNCG is also home to a variety of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff members with different gender identities, sexual orientations, and expressions. The LGBTQ+, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and plus community encompasses people from … Continue reading Q+ Dialogue ‘n’ Chill
Jeannie Ake Staff Writer From 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, The Greensboro Public Library hosted an event on-site entitled “Hidden Figures of the Immigrant and Refugee Community.” The event was a part of their biennial “One City, One Book” initiative where the Greensboro Public Library developed programs to engage as many residents of Greensboro as they can in their community-wide book club. This year, Margot Lee … Continue reading The Hidden Figures of Greensboro
Cason Ragland Staff Writer Planning essays is for dorks and nerds and even if I did plan this essay out then I would’ve been very hasty about it. I didn’t think twice about my thesis and to be honest I don’t think I really need to. By the end of any semester I’m always certain that procrastination is my most well executed and useful technique. … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – The Benefits of Procrastination
Catie Byrne Features Editor Over the past few weeks, the United States and the Caribbean have been fraught with concern regarding the devastation of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The sudden onslaught of Hurricanes such as Harvey and Irma as well as the developing Hurricane Jose, is something many have attributed to climate change. In an interview with sociobiologist Rebecca Costa, author and host of the … Continue reading Rebecca Costa Interview
Jamal Sykes Staff Writer If you analyze media from the last few centuries, the Black and immigrant experience in America are two themes that have always been the topic of discussion. There are entire films, works of literature, songs and visual art pieces that revolve around these topics, and history has an odd way of repeating itself. You can hear the voices of disenfranchised youth … Continue reading Two Artists
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