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Safeguarding Our Water

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 24, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Alan Rimer, Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors. I want to take this opportunity to discuss our local water supply, which I thought timely as we have all heard about the tragedy of the contaminated water supply in...

Orange County’s Biggest Hidden Issue: Part II

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 24, 2014 | Aaron Keck

Orange County’s biggest unreported problem? Poverty, according to most of you.

Keep Chapel Hill – Carrboro Schools Great

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 22, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Brian Thornburg. I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy life in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina, even though I wasn’t born and raised here. We moved our family here in 2006 from Chicago, in search of a...

Death Threats and the University

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 22, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Lew Margolis. I hope that anyone connected with UNC in any way — faculty, students, staff, administrators, fans of its athletics teams — will agree, without hesitation, that death threats have no place in the university....

Adventure And History On A Trip Down The Cape Fear

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 22, 2014 | D.G. Martin

What could you learn from a trip down the Cape Fear River? Starting, say, at a few miles below Jordan Lake where Haw River joins Deep River to form the Cape Fear, canoeing downstream and passing by Raven Rock State Park before...

We Can Afford More Math Textbooks

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 19, 2014 | Common Science

As an engineer, I have had a lot of math education in my life, everything from multiplication tables to systems of partial differential equations. I was quite successful in these classes due in part to the good fortune of...

In The Latest UNC Scandal, It’s Not About Admissions

Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 17, 2014 | Aaron Keck

Both sides in the latest debate may have their facts right, but what matters is something else entirely.

Students Win Big With Environmental Project

Posted by The Commentators | Jan 15, 2014 | The Commentators

This is Ellie Kinnaird. One of the joys I had as a legislator was learning about the accomplishments of students in our schools. Last year, I was invited to the demonstration of a project that four bright Phillips Middle School...

Remembering Franklin McCain

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 15, 2014 | D.G. Martin

When Franklin McCain died last week, I remembered how often his acts and his words inspired me. McCain was one of the four North Carolina A&T State University students who first sat down in 1960 at the Woolworth lunch...

Eight Looks That Will Never Go Out Of Style

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jan 14, 2014 | The Fashion Plate

You may wonder from season to season if your fashion accumulation is out of style. It’s easy to follow what’s “in style,” but how do you keep up with what’s going “out of style?” (There are websites that actually make trend...

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