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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...

Toxic 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...

A 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.

UNC 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...

Janice 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...

Susan 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...

Race 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...

Please 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...

Oakes’ Outlook: Final Four ‘Breakfast Club’

Posted by Staff | Apr 4, 2015 | Columns, National

So this year, the Final Four has gone to the coaches starring in a stirring sequel to “The Breakfast Club”. I’m not complaining.

Reading “Cheated”

Posted by Staff | Apr 2, 2015 | The Commentators

I encourage everybody curious about the ongoing athletics and academic scandal at UNC to read Cheated, a new book by Jay Smith and Mary Willingham. The book combines the detailed document analysis of Professor Smith, a...

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