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2012 The Year Without a Winter

Posted by Jeff Danner | Feb 12, 2012 | Common Science

When I moved here from Pennsylvania 11 years ago, this is what I was hoping winter would be like. Maybe sweater weather in the morning and the evening, bracketing crisp, cool 55 oF afternoons. Having been here for a while now,...

Yates, The Next Steps

Posted by The Commentators | Feb 11, 2012 | The Commentators

So. Where are we with the aftermath of protesters being evicted from office buildings they have occupied? Clearly, the Mayor of Carrboro has proven that it’s better to send in ice cream than SERT. The powers-that-be in Chapel...

Creeks Need Your Help

Posted by The Commentators | Feb 10, 2012 | The Commentators

Piedmont Creeks need your help! Rain water is running off roofs, roads, lawns – flowing too quickly into our creeks! Hard surfaces have replaced forest and dramatically reduced the amount of rain water that sinks into the...

Recycling, The Official Religion

Posted by The Commentators | Feb 9, 2012 | The Commentators

The recycling movement has finally become an official religion. Have you ever felt guilty for throwing that glass bottle into the trashcan, instead of the recycling bin? I believe the emotion of guilt should be reserved for...

My coach did not spit on anybody's hand

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 6, 2012 | D.G. Martin

It is too bad that sports reporters and historians at Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters are not reading “ACC Basketball.” This UNC Press book by Sam Walker was published last year and chronicles the game during...

Chapelboro 2050 Part IV: The Good Dirt

Posted by Jeff Danner | Feb 6, 2012 | Common Science

This is the final installment of a four-part series on changes I expect to see in the Chapelboro by 2050 as a result of reduced resource availability. To start at the beginning check out “Life on Two Wheels”, “A Farewell to...

Countdown to Kick Off…

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Feb 3, 2012 | The Fashion Plate

Let me guess. You’ve been invited to a Super Bowl party on Sunday…maybe even more than one. If you’re a Giants or Patriots fan, then you’re probably going for the game watching and will be glued to the...

A Joke, And The Mayor Is Laughing

Posted by The Commentators | Feb 2, 2012 | The Commentators

The latest incarnation of the Chapel Hill Town Government’s fumbling quest to cover up the Yates incident is a joke, and may be the most politically revealing. Town Manager Roger Stancil, and presumably the Mayor and Police...

Opening ever so slightly

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jan 30, 2012 | D.G. Martin

It is the kind of surprise for which every ambitious politician must be prepared: the unexpected decision by an incumbent elected official to retire. It is, my friend Jay Rivers told me, the kind of window of opportunity that...

Chapelboro 2050 Part III: Get into the Zone

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jan 29, 2012 | Common Science

This is the third in my series of columns about how I expect life in Chapelboro to be different in 2050 as a result of reduced energy and resource availability. If you want to start at the beginning check out “Life on Two...

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