Mark Parent Opinions Editor Our media culture is a joke; and it’s not even that funny. For a moment, think about all of the stories you’ve been exposed to over the last week. Odds are, very few of you will think of the stock market’s fall amid uncertainties about the Chinese economy, or that Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned and called another election or … Continue reading Politics of Outrage
Growing Pains Emily Bruzzo Editor-in-Chief We got hate mail the other day. I suppose it wasn’t so much hate mail as it was an impassioned critical analysis of our work. But one might argue that’s simply the politically correct way of saying we got hate mail the other day. To protect the innocent, I shall refer to our critic as Gertrude; however, let it be … Continue reading Caught In the Middle
The Editorial Staff Arts education in the United States could be looking at some very significant, constructive changes. After almost 200 amendments and several controversial provisions, the Senate approved the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) by a vote of 81-17 on July 16, 2015. Introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the bipartisan bill reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which expired in … Continue reading Every Child Achieves
Adam Griffin Staff Writer Recently, the Democratic Party in Connecticut, Missouri, South Carolina and Georgia have been in the news for dropping Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson as the namesakes for the state party’s annual fundraiser, the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. The two party fathers have been ousted for not being considered in line with the party’s progressive-minded modern platform—namely their history for slaveholding and Indian … Continue reading The Democrats Are Wrong About the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Adam Griffin Staff Writter “My God,” cried Gen. Robert E. Lee, looking down from his high hill on a crumbling line of troops just about to give way as the final break in his flank was about to cripple his ability to continue the war. “Has the army been dissolved,”he asked. With another general at his side assuring him that there were still men among … Continue reading Misinterpreted history: the Confederate flag’s real story
Jackson Cooper Staff Writer I’ve never been one for sentimental openings. I drink my coffee black; I like gritty Tarantino movies; and I appreciate banned books. Sentimental openings out the door: welcome back to school! To survive the upcoming year, I have concocted a list of things that you absolutely have to do your first week at UNCG. And remember: Don’t Forget To … Continue reading The top five things any self-respecting Spartan has to do this year
Until the age of eight I had absolutely no idea that I was black. While this may sound abnormal and strange, the truth is that I had no idea I was a different race. I grew up in a solid middle-class household with two parents and an older brother. Before I knew my race, I did not feel the weight and almost shame of my … Continue reading Lessons all little black spots have to learn
Beginning Beginnings Emily Bruzzo Editior-in-Chief I was never supposed to be the editor-in-chief of a student newspaper. I was supposed to be a famous concert pianist who would tour the world and empower the disenfranchised masses with my art. Then, I was supposed to be a music theorist who would electrify scholars with my aptitude for academic brilliance. Then, I was supposed to be an … Continue reading Caught In the Middle
Spencer Schneier Staff Writer As college students in 2015, we are often faced with a lot of harsh realities about the world we will soon be entering. Rising student-loan debt, an evolving job market and the continued fragility of the financial markets in the wake of the 2007-08 recession have left college students with a sense that perhaps this world just doesn’t have … Continue reading Spencer’s Spork
Matt Wood Staff Writter Few crimes can match the spectacle and horror than that which Aurora, Colorado theatergoers would suffer on the night of July 20, 2012. 20 minutes into a midnight premiere screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” a man, clad head-to-toe in ballistics gear, walked through the emergency exit door of the packed theater, lobbed two teargas canisters into the darkened room, and … Continue reading It’s time to axe the death penalty
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