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Bring Back the Chapel Hill Museum

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 11, 2016 | The Commentators

It has been many years now since the Chapel Hill Town Council closed the Chapel Hill Museum. I voted against that. After that vote, I had so many citizens in town, and around the region actually, tell me how sad they were that...

Vote for County Commissioners

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 10, 2016 | The Commentators

Voting season is upon us once again. Besides the national and statewide races, there are also some very important local races. Three Orange County Commissioner races are in need of voters, and two of those races directly pertain...

Remember Your Voter ID! But Why?

Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 9, 2016 | Aaron Keck, Featured

The voter ID requirement is here. But what actually should our voting laws be?

Grayson Allen Has Lost a Step

Posted by Staff | Mar 9, 2016 | Columns

What has happened to Grayson Allen? I recently wrote a column about Grayson Allen’s ability to trip players. The Duke guard tripped two opponents in ACC play. He was even reprimanded for it. It was his thing. Now, it...

Oakes’ Outlook: Storybook Ending for UNC?

Posted by Staff | Mar 9, 2016 | Columns

This wasn’t how exactly how it was supposed to go. The preseason No. 1 Tar Heels were expected to cruise through the season, using their veteran experience to breeze by opponents with overwhelming offense and suffocating...

Be Prepared For Voter ID Issues at the Polls

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 9, 2016 | The Commentators

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What Can The Knights and Carolina Performing Arts Teach Us about Big Time Sports?

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 8, 2016 | The Commentators

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She’ll be thanking him in November

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 8, 2016 | D.G. Martin

If Hillary Clinton is elected president in November, her very first thank-you should go to Bernie Sanders. “What?” you ask. “How could she thank Sanders when his vigorous campaign took people away from her natural and expected...

What Are We Going To Do About Our Schools?

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 7, 2016 | The Commentators

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The Highest Volume Chemical Produced in the World is . . .

Posted by Jeff Danner | Mar 6, 2016 | Common Science

In the early 1990s when I was a graduate student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, I taught a class called Introduction to Chemical Engineering to the freshmen. During my first lecture, I asked the...

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