Jamal Sykes Staff Writer The city of Greensboro has a rich history of exploring the residents’ quest for civil rights and social justice. Much of the College Hill neighborhood was home to protestant Christians who were also abolitionists during the Civil War Era. The International Civil Rights Museum houses the now defunct Woolworths diner where The Greensboro Four, comprised of Jibreel Khazan, formerly Ezell Blair … Continue reading Student Hopes to Make Change in Greensboro

Rufus Simmons Staff Writer Meet Cristen Isreal, a UNCG Senior, Media Studies Major and talented hip hop producer. He is signed to the O-nei-ric Tapes record label, based in Sydney, Australia, and is focused on making his music heard by as many people as possible. In fact, many students at UNCG who don’t know Isreal personally have probably heard his beats because of the many … Continue reading Cristen Isreal: The Man Behind the Beats

Kolbe Adkins Staff Writer Every Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day is celebrated around most of the world and flowers, candy, cards and kisses are exchanged between loved ones. This day can be all about self-love, celebrating loving friendships or that special someone. Since beginning college, I’ve noticed in my group of friends and across campus that there are three archetypes of people on Valentine’s Day; there … Continue reading Archetypes of Love

Benjamin Pulgar-Guzman Staff Writer Dating in college; your parents always ask you about it, your friends have engaged in it and you have thought about it. But how does one actually go about it? Or even better yet, should you? Before analyzing such deep questions, I had to create a structured understanding of the types of thinking is involved in college dating. So let us … Continue reading To Date or Not to Date; is The Question

Catherine Titus Staff Writer UNCG’s Office of Intercultural Engagement, also known as OIE, is hosting numerous events for Black History Month throughout February. To kick things off on Thursday, OIE held their first of a two part dialogue called, “Walk in My Shoes: A Walk in Black Identity.” Aysia Evans, OIE’S Graduate Assistant, created these month long activities as a sort of homecoming back to … Continue reading “A Walk In My Shoes”