A Courageous Choice: Football Or Freedom
The Missouri football team has demonstrated the power student-athletes can hold.
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Is It Real Money?
Posted by The Commentators | Nov 9, 2015 | The Commentators
“No state-appropriated or tuition dollars are being used for these expenses.” Enough already of this rationalizing footnote from UNC as it released its latest accounting of legal and public relations costs stemming from the...
Read MoreSunscreen, A New Threat to Coral?
Posted by Jeff Danner | Nov 8, 2015 | Common Science
If you try to stay up to date on science news, you may have notice a number of recent stories about coral reefs being damaged by sunscreen. After seeing several headlines to this effect, I decided to investigate. My initial...
Read MoreIn 2015 Election, Chapel Hill Goes “Beyond Unitary Democracy”
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 7, 2015 | Aaron Keck, Columns
Was the 2015 election so heated because the 2013 election was so nice?
Read MoreGame Day Fashion Tips Every Girl Needs to Know
Posted by Kristin Tucker | Nov 6, 2015 | The Fashion Plate
If you are anything like me, game day gets you excited! Women everywhere try to decide what they are going to wear to the big game. Even those that aren’t headed to the stadium are formulating their attire to watch their team on...
Read MoreDear Chancellor Folt
Posted by The Commentators | Nov 6, 2015 | The Commentators
Dear Chancellor Folt: You came to Carolina in our most difficult hour. And the darkness has not yet lifted. We need a strong leader right now, someone who can speak for all North Carolinians, for staff, students and faculty at...
Read MoreNC State Missed Her October….Again
Posted by Staff | Nov 5, 2015 | Guest Column
What is it about October and NC State football? Once again peak season meant nothing more than clogged gutters and a 0.25 winning percentage in the continuing gridiron horror story at Carter-Finley Stadium. You can turn back...
Read MorePushing Spellings into the pantheon, not the trash bin
Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 4, 2015 | D.G. Martin
Let’s help her all we can. That is what I am telling my friends in the university community when they express displeasure at the selection of Margaret Spellings as their new president, or when they complain about the UNC...
Read MoreImproving our Local Food Web: Part II
Posted by Jeff Danner | Nov 1, 2015 | Common Science
In Part I of this series, I noted that our local farmers, farmers markets, and restaurants in Orange County constitute a vibrant local food web that provides us with a number of important benefits including nutritious foods and...
Read MoreWho is Margaret Spellings?
Posted by The Commentators | Oct 28, 2015 | The Commentators
Our university’s system Board of Governors, manipulating rules to speed up the process, has handed the presidency of our state’s university system to a non-academic with strong Republican political credentials....
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