Shaquille Blackstock Staff Writer As November edges closer and closer to the holiday season, it is relevant to think about all of the people who may not have as much to be excited for. According to the Census Bureau, the rate of college students living in poverty is at about 15.2 percent. While this number is alarming, it does not account … Continue reading College poverty: The disturbing story
Catie Byrne Features Editor On Oct. 10, 96 UNCG students and three chaperones made the 24-hour trip to Washington D.C.’s National Mall to attend the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. Representatives from UNCG’s clubs and organizations spoke with The Carolinian about their experiences attending and organizing the march. Joshua Leeper, junior and representative of UNCG’s Black Business Student Association described the atmosphere of … Continue reading Spartans take DC
Logan Curry Staff Writer On Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7, Mary Foust hosted their adaptation of the infamous cult classic — Rocky Horror Picture Show. If someone were to walk into Mary Foust Saturday night around 7 p.m., they would see several people in the hallway dressed only in their undergarments, with one or two of those people carrying a huge, floppy … Continue reading Rocky Horror experience
Alison McKane Staff Writer From Sept. 18 to Nov. 10, Greenhill hosted Microcosm, an exhibit composed of six artists’ work. Each of the exhibits was mostly created using SEM — scanning electron microscopes. Invented in the 80s’, SEMs are the tools used for the artists’ images that are derived from microscopy. These images are called “photograms.” Edie Carpenter, director and cultural and artistic curator … Continue reading Microcosm Museum
Molly Ashline Staff Writer Rarely has there been so much feminine solidarity or girl power outside of a summer camp, which is not to say that the Planned Parenthood (PP) action forums Friday, Nov. 6, were trivial. But the two did share some elements. Field organizers from PP acted as proverbial counselors as they outlined the “community rules” for the discussions. They also included … Continue reading Planned parenthood pressing for new policies
Alison McKane Staff Writer Last Wednesday, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted “Islam Around the World,” a two-hour event that took place in the Elliot University Center auditorium, and featured students from and connected to different countries, who wished to share their cultures with the larger UNCG community. The event was split into two separate parts: booths that the students created, and … Continue reading Islam in the World
Logan Curry Staff Writer For those who prefer jaunty laughs in a dark ballroom instead of the usual Halloween night scare, the black comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” provided just that atmosphere on Oct. 31 at the Carolina Theatre on Greene Street. The classic show is a comedic rendition of Joseph Kesselring’s original play, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” which was written in 1939, and … Continue reading “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Catie Byrne Features editor “I’ve personally overcome homelessness on three occasions and moved 35 times, and I’m 21 so it’s more moves than age,” said Kaitlyn Runion, one of the organizers and founders of the UNCG donation closet, Daisy Trader. Inspired by Runion’s personal struggle to overcome poverty, the concept of Daisy Trader was formed, in part from UNCG’s Guarantee Scholar program, a scholarship program … Continue reading The Daisy Trader
Molly Ashline Staff Writer It seems that we live in a time in which the words “reduce, reuse, recycle” are heard so much that they begin to lose meaning, and, more often than not, when people do remember the mantra at all, it is usually just the last part. UNCGreen, one of UNCG’s environmental advocacy student groups, organized an event last Tuesday to remind … Continue reading UNCGreen and the t-shirt machine
Shaquille Blackstock Staff Writer The Fair Housing Initiative met on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss LGBT advocacy and how to better address access to fair housing for LGBT individuals as well as other minorities in Greensboro. The discussion, “Housing and the LGBTQ community,” was facilitated by Kevin Williams, Greensboro Human Relations Commission Chair, and featured a panel of speakers to address … Continue reading Discussion of LGBT advocacy
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