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UNCG welcomes new senior advisor to the chancellor

INTERVIEW: Jackson-Newsom Jamie Howell   Staff Writer The Carolinian: How were you selected for this position? Dr. Julia Jackson-Newsom: “I think because of my previous position in the Office of Research and Economic Development I had the pleasure of working with folks from across campus on a variety of initiatives, and so I had gotten to know people in all of the different schools in … Continue reading UNCG welcomes new senior advisor to the chancellor

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News, North Carolina

UNC President Search

This past Friday, the UNC Board of Governors held an extended, four-hour private session in Cary. Multiple reports suggest that the Board of Governors used the closed-door session to interview former Bush Administration Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. Spellings was instrumental in the controversial No Child Left Behind Act passed by the Bush Administration, which placed an emphasis on standardized testing. The BOG is looking … Continue reading UNC President Search

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Greensboro, News

City Council Holds Special Sessions

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

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Twitter looks to expand to mainstream audiences with ‘Moments’

Spencer Schneier      News Editor Twitter recently released a new feature of its social media platform, a product called “Moments.” Moments is intended to capture the highlights of Twitter and package them into an easy-to-consume product, which potentially marks a big step for Twitter in becoming more of a mass-market product to rival Facebook. The following is from a blog post on Twitter’s official … Continue reading Twitter looks to expand to mainstream audiences with ‘Moments’

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The Digital World and why you should care

Tarlon Khoubyari      Staff Writer Allow me to extend an official invitation to the Digital World. Welcome to the era of big data, cloud storage, and the internet of things. If you don’t find those words exciting like I do, you’re probably wondering what they mean and how they will apply to your world or if you know what these things are, you probably … Continue reading The Digital World and why you should care

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News, UNCG Students

College Radio Day

Sabrina Hernandez       Staff Writer On Friday, Oct 2 WUAG Radio hosted an event in the Curry auditorium in honor of the fifth annual College Radio Day. Despite the rainy weather, the creative team did not allow the dreary weather to hinder the highly anticipated event. WUAG Radio station collaborated with the UNCG Coraddi magazine and Hippo Records to make this live concert … Continue reading College Radio Day

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Joaquin blows Greensboro away

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

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UNCG Green Fund

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

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Former Israeli ambassador speaks at UNCG

Daniel Bayer   Staff Writer The United States needs to take a greater role in the Middle East and adopt a more muscular foreign policy, particularly in relation to Iran, according to Dr. Michael Oren, author and former Israeli ambassador to the United States, who spoke last Sunday at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance on the subject of “Israel, Iran and the US-Israeli … Continue reading Former Israeli ambassador speaks at UNCG

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Greensboro, News

Greensboro City Council votes to raise minimum wage

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

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