Capacity crowd for NY Times columnistPolitical columnist Maureen Dowd packed The Elliot University Center Auditorium for a speech and question and answer period last Monday.
A crowd of more than 500 students, staff, faculty and community members filled the EUC auditorium last Monday for a night with Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author.
Dowd, author of the new book Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk, spoke about her job, politics and the current state of the nation.
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International Caravan of Justice pleads for student support
On Sunday October 24, the International Caravan of Justice, in conjunction with Amnesty International, came to campus to urge UNCG students to help support their cause in regards to the violent crimes against women in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico.
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New angle of politics explored by CSO speaker
With less than a week to go before one of the most anticipated elections of this century, UNCG's Christian Science Organization brought in guest speaker Dave Stevens to discuss the role of spirituality in today's government.
With the question of spirituality pertaining to whether is is a problem or solution in politics, a small group of people gathered in the EUC's Azalea Room at noon on Wednesday to participate in what was a rather open and interactive discussion with Stevens.
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Erskine Bowles holds second rally on UNCG campus
With Election Day only a few days away, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from North Carolina Erskine Bowles visited the campus for a second time.
On Wednesday, October 27 after forty-five minutes of anticipation, Bowles arrived to a room of standing supporters and those interested in learning of the candidates position before going to the polls.
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