BY: OLIVIA VARNSON (Gainesville, GA)— The halfway point of the academic semester not only represents the start of the final push before final exams, but also the transition from winter sports into spring sports. The Golden Tigers did their school proud in February, and the spring teams are off to a promising start. The basketball […]
Archives for March 2015
The importance of self-care and how to practice it
BY: KASSANDRA THOMAS (Gainesville, Ga.) – For whatever reason, my prolonged suffering of sinusitis symptoms didn’t feel out of the ordinary. Even after almost four months of sneezing, coughing, what felt like Niagra Falls pouring from my nose and two failed prescriptions, I had just accepted that it was a stubborn sinus infection. It didn’t […]
Happy Women’s History Month from The Alchemist
BY: SIERRA SMALLS-GREER (Gainesville, Ga.) – Ladies, What If I told you that you were special? Or even that you had a whole month dedicated to being a woman? Well I am pleased to announce that here at the Alchemist, as well as 89.1 WBCX, we are celebrating YOU at the start of March because it is Women’s History Month! I […]
Net neutrality battle continues
BY: OLIVIA VARNSON (Gainesville, Ga.)—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 in favor of the Open Internet Order on Feb. 26. Proposed by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, the Open Internet Order represents a victory to many advocates of net neutrality. Net neutrality concerns the accessibility of an open Internet. Internet service providers (ISPs) have the potential to control […]
SNL special earns record-breaking ratings
By: OLIVIA VARNSON (Gainesville, Ga.) — NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” series celebrated its 40th anniversary with a television special on Sunday, Feb. 15. Competing with the National Basketball Association’s “All-Star Game,” the special raked in 23.14 million viewers during its three-and-a-half hour timeslot. It is the most popular television special since 2006. In the weeks […]