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Six Job Getting Strategies for Upcoming Graduates to Take Advantage of Now

Posted by Staff | Jan 25, 2013 | Columns

Dear @CallingKristin, I am going to be graduating in May and will be looking for a job. Is there anything I need to be doing now? Great question and the answer is ABSOLUTELY! Here are six tips for soon-to-be graduates: 1. Run,...

By Way Of Introduction

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 23, 2013 | Aaron Keck

Hey y’all. If you’re reading this, you likely know me as WCHL’s (former) news director and (current) evening news anchor; some of you may also know that I perform at the DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro. And you advanced scholars...

Bundle Up Folks!

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 22, 2013 | The Commentators

Two weeks ago, I spent the entire Sunday in shorts and a t-shirt playing basketball with my oldest three sons. This past Sunday, the clothing ensemble looked more appropriate to a typical January day but the weather was still...

Caught In A Lie, What Do You Do?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 22, 2013 | D.G. Martin

What should a public figure do when caught in a mistake or telling a lie? Any experienced political advisor will urge, “Stop lying, tell the truth, and get the whole story out in one fell swoop.” Further lying or delay in...

In Which I Reveal Myself to be a Luddite, at Least Partly

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 20, 2013 | Common Science

“Hello my name is Jeff and I use hand tools . . . “ Long time readers will know that from time to time I write a column like this which is more personal than technical. I have a confession to make. For someone who makes a...

A Few of My Fashionably Favorite Things

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jan 15, 2013 | The Fashion Plate

The holidays have wrapped, so it’s time to reflect on what stood out. Here is a very short list in pictures and words of a few of my favorite things from holiday sightings to current and future trends. Color… My favorite...

The Violin Lesson

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 14, 2013 | D.G. Martin

What was the best Christmas present? For me, it would be something a family member made, like the pictures and the book my granddaughters made and gave to me last month. Or, maybe it would be the certificate for “free violin...

Hemp, George Washington Grew It

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 14, 2013 | Common Science

With all of the critical economic and environmental challenges we face in the world and in North Carolina today, we no longer have the luxury of tolerating the foolish, inefficient and unnecessary ban of growing industrial hemp....

Disfranchisement–then and now

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 7, 2013 | D.G. Martin

They “disfranchised us, and now we intend to disfranchise them.” It sounds like what North Carolina Republicans might have said behind closed doors while they were gerrymandering legislative and congressional districts to assure...

A Follow-Up Question for Mr. Skvarla

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 7, 2013 | Common Science

“He arrives with . . . the view that global warming is still an open question.” I did not intend to start 2013 with a column about global warming. However, when I was confronted with the above quote from the new North Carolina...

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