Spencer Schneier News Editor The North Carolina General Assembly is currently embroiled in a historic budget dispute, which has now included a third deadline extension, pushing back its deadline to Sept. 18. The News and Observer’s DOMECAST, which is a weekly podcast, suggested that the General Assembly will be able to complete the budget by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18. The … Continue reading General Assembly at odds over budget
Spencer Schneier News Editor Mired in a budget debate between the N.C. House of Representatives and Senate, primary and secondary education teaching assistants are facing the potential of having their positions cut by the legislature. Two dozen of them recently organized for a protest in Raleigh, demanding the legislature listens to them and their requests. Many in secondary as well as higher education … Continue reading TA’s and Education Funding
Spencer Schneier News Editor Last Thursday, students received an email from Acting Chancellor Dana Dunn announcing a new smartphone application that will allow students to communicate directly with UNCG Police. The free app is intended to continue to modernize the interactions between students and campus police, which is further augmenting services such as a text service for officers to communicate with students. The … Continue reading LiveSafe App comes to UNCG
Spencer Schneier News Editor John Newsom of the News and Record speculated last week that UNC-Greensboro’s enrollment could be up this year, which would be a notable accomplishment for the university. Newsom posits that the university has added roughly 700 students, which would be notable for the university’s financial outlook. Dana Dunn stressed the importance of enrollment in her introductory address at the … Continue reading Rise in enrollment
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
Spencer Schneier News Editor When introducing iTunes to consumers for the first time in 2003, Steve Jobs proclaimed that “we [Apple] think subscriptions are the wrong path.” Jobs also claimed that customers didn’t want to “rent their music,” making a point that someone will listen to their favorite song thousands of times in their life, as opposed to a movie where someone might watch … Continue reading Streaming services for your first week of classes
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