Bashar Al-Janabi At UNC Greensboro, students pay tens of thousands of dollars for an education. We sacrifice our blood, sweat, and tears to be here, but have you ever stopped to ask why? Why does the cost of attendance keep rising? Why is parking so expensive? Why is housing treated like a luxury when it should be a necessity? Every time we ask why, we … Continue reading Will you take ownership?
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Crystal Thompson, Features Editor This is the final part of a two-part series. Last week, The Carolinian featured Tyrone Hall’s remarkable journey from isolation during the pandemic to creating t-shirts, but how he became an artist is just as interesting and tells a story of trial and triumph. Hall was born in the small town of Clinton, North Carolina, where his grandparents relocated to … Continue reading From Campus to Canvas: Part Two
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The Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO Club) will be hosting their semesterly Student Marketplace today from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on College Avenue. Today’s event will be the CEO Club’s fifth Marketplace, and will feature over 80 vendors, including student entrepreneurs from several other schools. Attendees can expect a wide variety of businesses and creative ventures represented. Make sure to check out the Marketplace and … Continue reading Student Marketplace Today!
Crystal Thompson, Features Editor Image courtesy of Tyrone Hall This is part one of a two-part series During the pandemic, UNC Greensboro graduate Tyrone Hall craved what most home-bound individuals desired the most: social interaction. “Like many, I found myself with an abundance of time and a craving for connection,” says Hall. That’s when he came up with the idea to create Musssee.com, a website … Continue reading From Campus to Canvas: Part One
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Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments and trends that have defined our social and academic lives. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. In 2011, a Syrian blogger writing under … Continue reading How an American man invented Syria’s most famous lesbian activist
Nora Webb, Publisher A note from the author: In the piece below, I use the word “homeless” deliberately. The softer, currently popular term “unhoused” reduces people to their relationship with a commodity, a thing you can rent or own, as if the absence is just a neutral condition. By that logic, I’m unLexus’d, unLabubu’d, and unLouboutin’d. But a home is more than a commodity: it’s … Continue reading When Speech Dehumanizes, Violence Follows
Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments and trends that have defined our current social and academic lives. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. During the first half of 2020, … Continue reading Remembering Blackout Tuesday
Anginette Vazquez-Burgos, Maria Zuniga-Alonso, Sereniti Simpson Bringing Out the Best (BOTB) is an organization at UNCG’s Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships. Over the past 21 years BOTB has helped Guildford County children under five years old overcome behavioral, social, and emotional challenges. Due to their impressive success rate, there is now a waitlist to join and dedicated behavioral specialists are excited to work … Continue reading UNCG Bringing Out the Best
Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments that have defined our social and academic lives for the last few years. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. In late August 2022, … Continue reading Hunter Schafer and the Truscum-Tucute Wars
Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments that have defined our social and academic lives for the last few years. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. It’s easy to forget how … Continue reading 8chan’s Ebola cult and the age of awareness ribbons
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