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Peg Todloski On Jump-Starting A New Lifestyle

Posted by Staff | Mar 11, 2014 | Healthiest You

I have loved, loved, loved the opportunity to use the UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont. It’s such a great facility. I’ve always been a little self-conscious of exercising or getting fit in front of other people, and...

Robin Maher On Her Healthiest You Journey

Posted by Staff | Mar 10, 2014 | Healthiest You

The 2014 Healthiest You Challenge has been a very positive experience for me. I have learned that exercise, although tough at times, can be fun and very rewarding. I look forward to the trips to the Wellness Center, especially...

Freddie Kiger: “They Are My Heroes”

Posted by Freddie Kiger | Mar 8, 2014 | Guest Column

Freddie Kiger’s speech on heroes and heroism, delivered February 23, 2014 at WCHL’s Hometown Heroes recognition lunch.

Order Amidst Chaos, Or Vice Versa: “Arcadia” At Deep Dish

Posted by Aaron Keck | Mar 5, 2014 | Aaron Keck

Deep Dish Theater tackles Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” a dazzlingly smart play that leaps across time in search of truth.

North Carolina’s Tribal Rivalries

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 5, 2014 | D.G. Martin, Town Square

Have we gotten used to all the national attention on North Carolina and our tribal rivalries? Do we mind the reports of the mean-spiritedness, the rudeness, the shouts and ranting, the unsupported ugly comments about the...

Captive Audience

Posted by The Commentators | Mar 3, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Raleigh Mann. My bride Betsy and I have been in the North Carolina Cancer Hospital and the adjacent Women’s Hospital off of Manning Drive a lot lately. She has been receiving treatments there, and our experiences at both...

Checking In On Peak Oil

Posted by Jeff Danner | Mar 3, 2014 | Common Science

In last week’s column, The Case of the Missing Propane, I explained how the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale oil deposits since 2008 has led to a 30% increase in the production of crude petroleum in the...

Alison Stephens, Coach of Team Cameron’s, On Sticking With It

Posted by Staff | Feb 27, 2014 | Columns

Alison Stephens of UNC Wellness Center at Cary joined our Aaron Keck to talk about how to build and maintain a healthier lifestyle....

Playing Basketball In The Snow

Posted by The Commentators | Feb 26, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Lew Margolis. Now that the snow has melted and the supplies of road salt depleted, I have a question. How are a postponed UNC/Duke basketball game, Notre Dame volleyball, Thursday night football in Chapel Hill, and fake...

Planting Native, Saving Our Diversity

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 26, 2014 | D.G. Martin, Town Square

“First question for you,” says UNC-TV’s Exploring North Carolina host, Tom Earnhardt, when he begins his talk to a Rotary club or other civic group, “is how many of you have spare parts somewhere in your body?” A few hands...

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