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Audiobooks Count. Get Over It.

Caroline Turner, Opinions Editor There’s a peculiar kind of disclaimer that audiobook listeners sometimes feel compelled to offer when discussing their latest read: “Well, actually I listened to it.” As though their experience requires an addendum. It’s said quickly, as though the story counts less because it’s experienced through headphones rather than through the pages of a paperback. Apparently, to some, listening to a book … Continue reading Audiobooks Count. Get Over It.

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How far is too far in attack ads?

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. On October 22, a journalist asked President … Continue reading How far is too far in attack ads?

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Finding Light in the Shadows: Celebrating Fall Without Halloween

Tabitha Omanano Every October, as pumpkins glow on porches and costumes fill the aisles of every store, it can feel like the entire world is wrapped up in Halloween. For many people, it’s a season of fun—a chance to laugh at what once scared them or to simply enjoy the creativity of spooky decorations and sweet treats. But for others, Halloween is not a holiday … Continue reading Finding Light in the Shadows: Celebrating Fall Without Halloween

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They’re Betting You Won’t Bother. Prove Them Wrong.

Nora Webb In 2024, 6,800 people cast early ballots at UNC Greensboro. Another 6,487 voted early at NC A&T. If you went looking for either site this year, you didn’t find them. On July 21, the Guilford County Board of Elections voted 4–1 for a 2026 early voting plan with seventeen sites and not one on a college campus, despite students coming to meeting after … Continue reading They’re Betting You Won’t Bother. Prove Them Wrong.

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A feminist farce in The Carolinian, 1970

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 the late 1960s and early 1970s, Patricia … Continue reading A feminist farce in The Carolinian, 1970

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What was “Woke 1.0?” 

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.    This summer, New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, … Continue reading What was “Woke 1.0?” 

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Consumption: What Goes In? What Comes Out?  

Mikaila Adams A recurring theme in my life in the last few months has been consumption. Consumption is ever-present in society; day-to-day, influencers are posting links to their “favorite products,” making Amazon lists of hundreds of items, all of which they get a commission for, and sharing those lists with us. We click, we scroll, we see ads. We are so addicted to scrolling, watching … Continue reading Consumption: What Goes In? What Comes Out?  

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AI Literacy is More than Access 

Caroline Turner, Opinions Editor I started Monday, September 14th with an email from UNCG’s ITS department rolling out and announcing SpartanAI, a new initiative to give students, faculty, and staff at our institution access to multiple AI models.  This is not a lone experience. We all received that email, and I’m sure that we all had varying reactions to the email itself. I’ve heard from … Continue reading AI Literacy is More than Access 

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Stop Giving Your Hobbies Homework 

Caroline Turner, Opinions Editor  I’ve recently been trying to allow myself to be bad at things.  This is certainly a strange development for someone who has spent most of her life trying to be good at things. School has rewarded me for being good at school. Work has rewarded me for being good at work. Most of my hobbies come with the implicit expectation that, eventually, I should be good enough to … Continue reading Stop Giving Your Hobbies Homework 

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Is this former UNC professor an “agent of the death of philosophy itself?” 

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.   On November 5, 2025, Daniel Muñoz, former associate professor of … Continue reading Is this former UNC professor an “agent of the death of philosophy itself?” 

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