Opinion
Pulling out just isn't the answer
Unless you spent your Fall Break on a remote tropical island, chances are you've heard about the Maine middle school that voted to offer a full range of birth control options to their students.
Many are shocked by the suggestion that middle schoolers have sex, frightened at the prospect of kids getting birth control and angry at the school board that passed the decision. (4 Comments)
Time to pay up
Environmental Quality is right to take blame for fire
"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire." Actually, the roof isn't on fire, but the town of Apex was.
Environmental Quality, the company whose Apex chemical waste site burst into flames and forced thousands to evacuate last October, came to an agreement with state officials to give up its permit to operate in North Carolina. (1 Comment)
On his own
N.C. right to refuse to defend Nifong or pay legal fees
Disgraced ex-District Attorney Mike Nifong outraged citizens of North Carolina this month when he asked the state to pay his legal fees for a lawsuit that stemmed from his own gross misconduct of the Duke lacrosse case.
Grayson Kelley, chief deputy attorney general of North Carolina, told Nifong this week that the state will not pay his legal bills or defend him. (6 Comments)
It's a bird, it's a plane …
The new UAV is the coolest thing since sliced bread
You've gotta keep up with the acronyms: UAV is the new UFO, and the U.S. and British militaries might be putting it to use.
UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle. Developed by GFS Projects in England, it looks eerily like the unidentified flying objects of yore. (3 Comments)
Thanks for making Kenan a great place to play ball
TO THE EDITOR:
Dear Students:
I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how much I appreciate your support this football season. In our first four home football games, the student section has been loud, energetic and extremely appreciative of our young team. (3 Comments)
Sex toy party provided students useful health info
TO THE EDITOR:
We find it interesting that the undersecretary of Carolina Students for Life failed to see the educational side of the VOX Sex Toy Party (Covering sex toy party and not speakers shows bias," Oct. 15).
As a college publication, the DTH has a job to provide stories that are objective but also interesting to the student population. (6 Comments)
Drought means that we need to change water use
TO THE EDITOR:
Once verdant and overflowing, Bolin Creek has shriveled into a succession of stagnant pools.
Like the streams meant to replenish Orange County's water supply, this creek now creeps along, like an hourglass running out of time.
Drought, which has stricken most of North Carolina, has forced local authorities like OWASA to set limits on water use until the rain comes again. (0 Comments)
Astroturf still won't grow, even when you water it
TO THE EDITOR:
Our state is currently experiencing a drought of epic proportions. Gov. (Mike) Easley has called for cautious restraint in our daily use of water.
City and county municipalities are within a month or so of exhausting their supply of water and will be shortly instituting mandatory restrictions. (8 Comments)
