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Quick Hits for Jan. 12, 2012

Goodbye, Occupy

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After three months in the Peace and Justice Plaza, Occupy Chapel Hill has officially vacated the space. Jealous bar-goers too lazy to walk home are now free to set up camp across from East End.

Emergency posters

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To avoid the tornado fiasco UNC experienced in August, UNC has unveiled emergency posters designed to inform students about what to do in potentially life-threatening situations. If all else fails, duck and cover.

He’s Not Here for sale

Don’t get us wrong, we were upset to learn that He’s Not might change hands. But we may have found a winning venture for the Social Innovation Incubator: keeping the Blue Cups on Franklin Street.

Doomsday Clock

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Tick, tick … boom. The Doomsday Clock, a measure of how close the world is to a global catastrophe, now reads five minutes before midnight (Doomsday). Suddenly, what the Mayans have been saying makes sense.

No love for Carrboro

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Show some love for Carrboro, because the town isn’t getting any from “Lovetown, USA.” BBC producers notified town officials that Carrboro was not selected as a location for the reality show.

Tonya Sell

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Here’s another ranking for UNC, and it isn’t for academic excellence: Sell, the former assistant director of housekeeping, was ranked 97th on a list of America’s worst bosses by eBossWatch.com.

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