Alvina Lyons On Supporting Teammates
Alvina Lyons talks to Ron Stutts about the end of the Healthiest You Challenge, and about how she and her UNC Health Care teammates hope to continue to meet up long after the Challenge ends this week.
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Five North Carolina Books
Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 15, 2015 | D.G. Martin
Here are five recent books, starting with a novel featuring a thinly disguised Jesse Helms, by North Carolina authors to put on your bedside reading table. What is it really like to be the top aide to a powerful North Carolina...
Read MoreToxic Substances Control Act: A Redo After 40 Years
Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 12, 2015 | Common Science
While the 1970s are better known for leisure suits and (in my opinion) great music, they were also a bit of a golden age for environmental regulation. The 1970s brought us the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and in 1976...
Read MoreA Drought In Our Back Yard?
Posted by The Commentators | Apr 10, 2015 | The Commentators
Is it possible we could experience a severe drought this Summer? There is a high probability based upon long range weather forecasts, and we should be prepared. While our water reservoirs here in Orange County are at their highest peaks, a long, hot Summer with appreciable lack of rain would quickly draw down that supply.
Read MoreUNC Board: Not A Winning Team
Posted by The Commentators | Apr 9, 2015 | The Commentators
This is Brian Thornburg. I don’t know about you, but I love cheering for UNC. The way our men’s and women’s basketball teams played this season was enough to make you very proud to be a Tar Heel. In fact, most UNC teams are...
Read MoreJanice Tyler On Learning Healthier Habits
Posted by Staff | Apr 8, 2015 | Healthiest You
Janice Tyler (director of the Orange County Department on Aging by day) has been an active member of Team NCAPA in this year’s Healthiest You Challenge. She talks with Aaron Keck about how she’s changed her daily...
Read MoreSusan Chesser On Inspiring Contestants To Health
Posted by Staff | Apr 8, 2015 | Healthiest You
With the Healthiest You Challenge coming to an end this week, event coordinator Susan Chesser from UNC Wellness Centers joined Ron Stutts on the radio. They talked about how she encourages participants to work hard, and how they...
Read MoreRace And Basketball: A Transformative Moment
Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 7, 2015 | D.G. Martin
If you just want to read about the incredible basketball game described by Scott Ellsworth in The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball’s Lost Triumph, you can skip the first 250 pages. Then you can...
Read MorePlease Stop Rotating the Scrabble Board
Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 5, 2015 | Common Science
Several years ago, I took a test at the Museum of Life and Science designed to determine whether I was better at remembering things that I hear or things that I see. The results were what I expected: my visual memory is far...
Read MoreOakes’ Outlook: Final Four ‘Breakfast Club’
So this year, the Final Four has gone to the coaches starring in a stirring sequel to “The Breakfast Club”. I’m not complaining.
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