Maggie Young News Editor Maggie Young News Editor The cold and the rain weren’t enough to keep volunteers from providing a myriad of services at Greensboro’s Urban Ministries on Saturday, Jan. 9. Without proper resources or information, many of Greensboro’s unsheltered community go without health care of any kind. That is why Cone Health Services, the Greensboro Police Department, NC A&T’s nursing faculty … Continue reading Greensboro Police give back
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer Last Tuesday, the Greensboro City Council held a meeting where Mayor Nancy Vaughan was given an award, and the council discussed Greensboro City Police traffic stops. This was the first meeting since the City Council election in which all the incumbents were re-elected, two of which ran unopposed. “It’s great to be re-elected and have the vote of confidence by … Continue reading Mayor Vaughan Awarded, Traffic Stops Scrutinized
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer Students who graduate next year could see huge changes in their lives wrought by nanotechnology, the development of which just received a big boost locally with the awarding of an $1.8 million dollar grant to the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in Greensboro. “Think of the technology that emerged in my lifetime. Remember the movie ‘Wall Street,’ where … Continue reading Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering receives $1.8 million grant
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Former U.S. Congressman Howard Coble passed away on last Tuesday. According to a story in the New York Times, Coble had been in the hospital since September for skin cancer treatment and the removal of lymph nodes. Coble became a U.S. congressman in 1985 and was the longest serving congressman in North Carolina history, having served for three decades. In … Continue reading N.C. says goodbye to Howard Coble
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer A plan to increase the number of soccer fields at Bryan Park drew opposition from area residents at the meeting of the Greensboro City Council’s General Governing Committee on October 12, with speakers from the floor voicing concerns over landscape and traffic issues during the park’s well-attended soccer tournaments. “We’re surrounded by Bryan Park,” Trish McDermott, a resident of Hidden Lake … Continue reading City Council Holds Special Sessions
Daniel Bayer Staff Writer The hurricane-fueled storms that menaced the East Coast last weekend, sinking at least one ship and creating massive flooding in some areas, left the UNCG campus relatively undamaged, thanks to efforts by the college’s Emergency Management office. Jason Stogner, director of Emergency Management, said that the Greensboro area missed the worst parts of the storm. Stogner said that the forecast … Continue reading Joaquin blows Greensboro away
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Sustainability efforts at UNC-Greensboro benefitted this past week as the campus’s first ever Green Fund Committee held its inaugural meeting. The meeting, which included a mix of 13 students, faculty and staff members, discussed procedural issues that the committee would need to resolve before reviewing project proposals. The committee includes three At-Large members, the Executive Council of the university’s Sustainability … Continue reading UNCG Green Fund
Aden Hizkias Staff Writer Several weeks ago, the Greensboro City Council passed a resolution in which the minimum wage would be increased to $15 by 2020. This will start with a $10 an hour for regular and seasonal employees, with the exclusion of workers at the Greensboro Coliseum, and an increase of $12 an hour for employees who receive benefits. This resolution passed 7-2, … Continue reading Greensboro City Council votes to raise minimum wage
Sabrina Hernandez Staff Writer The Greensboro City Council meeting took place this past Wednesday at the Melvin Municipal Office Building at 4:30 p.m. Nancy Vaughan, city mayor, said, “I would like to echo what the city manager said between the Woman’s Championship and the Folk Festival in that the last 30 days have really been outstanding, and the volunteerism that our city staff … Continue reading City Council passes resolutions, hears grievances
Blood drive comes to campus Sabrina Hernandez Staff Writer UNC-Greensboro’s blood drive was a daylong event, lasting from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The project intended to contribute to the community through the donation of required blood to recovering patients in need of lifesaving blood transfusions. According to the American Red Cross’s website, 30,000 blood transfusions occur each day, and a blood … Continue reading No fear of needles for UNCG students
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