Recovering from that Valentine’s Day candy coma? Kickstart your morning with the news:
QUICK HITS
- Students across campus are gathering their weapons, building forts and fighting for their lives — but it’s all in a video game. With over 45 million daily active users, Fortnite: Battle Royale is the new online gaming sensation.
- Want to make $500,000? If you can figure out a way to get high-speed broadband to the 5 percent of Orange County homes without it, it could be yours.
- Ever heard of the Wilmington Massacre? The story of the 1898 coup of local government is coming to the big screen in Durham.
CAMPUS NEWS
- The process might be taxing, but that's not stopping The Meantime Coffee Co. The student-run coffee shop in the Campus Y is applying for a tax-exempt nonprofit status.
- Men's basketball isn't the only team that can own Duke. UNC wrestling beat the Blue Devils 28-14 in Memorial Hall for the team's senior night.
- In a move to prevent gender-based discrimination in science, the National Science Foundation will require all 2,000 NSF-funded institutions, including UNC, to report researchers disciplined for sexual harassment.
IN THE ARTS
- Ya like jazz? The UNC Department of Music will soon kick off its 41st annual Carolina Jazz Festival, featuring everything from high school and college acts to professional performances.
- “It is about informing women and the general public about subjects that we don’t talk about.” In wake of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements, Company Carolina is putting on “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend.
- Got plans for Saturday? Cat’s Cradle will be hosting a night of bluegrass bangers from Hank, Pattie & The Current and the Carolina Bluegrass Band.
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