Aaron Keck, Author at Chapelboro.com

Dean On Provost Appointment: “I Couldn’t Be More Excited”

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 23, 2013 | UNC

CHAPEL HILL – James (Jim) W. Dean, Jr.–currently dean of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School–will take over as UNC’s provost effective July 1, replacing Bruce Carney, who’s returning to the...

Tar Heels Rout Miami, 10-0, In ACC Tourney

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 23, 2013 | UNC Sports

DURHAM – The top-seeded UNC baseball team rolled over Miami, 10-0, in its opening game of the ACC tournament Thursday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Starting pitcher Kent Emanuel went the distance for the Heels, taking...

Gunshots Fired Saturday; CHPD Seeking Info

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 21, 2013 | Crime

CHAPEL HILL – Chapel Hill Police are seeking information in a shooting incident that took place on Walnut Street last Saturday evening. Sometime between 5:00 and 7:26 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, an individual fired a single...

Strawberries, Jazz, Faculty/Staff Satisfaction

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 17, 2013 | News Around Town

CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO – A majority of UNC faculty and staff say the university is a “highly effective organization” with a strong vision for the future. That’s according to the results of a University-wide organizational...

Whitman & Me

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 10, 2013 | Aaron Keck

Beginning Friday and running through May 19, the ArtsCenter in Carrboro is staging the southeastern premiere of “Walt,” a musical play about the life of Walt Whitman–written by one of the poet’s distant...

Mike Fox ‘Sets The Record Straight’

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 30, 2013 | UNC Sports

UNC Head Coach Mike Fox was fired up Monday night after not being able to complete the weekend series against N.C. State due to rain and TV rights.

CH May Hike Prop Taxes This Year; OC And Carrboro May Not

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 26, 2013 | Community Forum

Officials in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County are gearing up for another round of difficult budget talks—and although the economy may be on the rebound, County Manager Frank Clifton says local governments still have no...

OC Economic Officials Say Development Key To Social Justice

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 26, 2013 | Community Forum

CHAPEL HILL – Orange County is by many measures the most affluent county in North Carolina, but its poverty rate is also well above the state average—a striking statistic that’s troubling for residents who say they’re...

“They’re Just Bleating Sheep”: CH Leaders Assail State UNC Cuts

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 26, 2013 | Community Forum

CHAPEL HILL – UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp is stepping down from his post in June after five years on the job—leaving incoming Chancellor Carol Folt with the unenviable task of guiding the university through a time of...

The Neverending Rush To Judgment

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 25, 2013 | Aaron Keck

We all like to think ourselves superior, but at the end of the day we’re the same rabble who believed that Richard Jewell was guilty.

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