We must honor those we’ve lost by never forgetting
This is a time of mourning in Chapel Hill. David Shannon’s death this week has brought us to our knees once again.
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This is a time of mourning in Chapel Hill. David Shannon’s death this week has brought us to our knees once again.
The first time I stepped onto this campus as an official Tar Heel, I knew this place was different. Maybe it was something about the way the Bell Tower sounded on the first day of class. Or maybe it was just knowing I was at one of the best universities in the country.
I have a wonderful family. My mom, dad and sister are the three greatest people in my life. But it’s nice to know you can find family in other places, too.
Kids today. It’s a statement I feel too young to say, and yet here I am at 21, griping already.
This column is part of a summer series that will focus on college-aged men and women’s perceptions of beauty and body image issues.
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People believe that we live in a post-racial society. It’s a nice thought, an ideal, but ultimately a fallacy.
I knew in the third grade I wanted to be a writer. It wasn’t a wish or a dream. I knew at age 9 — right after I finished “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” — that I wanted to write stories for the rest of my life. I also thought J.K. Rowling was the greatest writer in the world, and while that has changed, the first part remains true.
You want my vote for president? Show me a political platform. Amid growing election buzz, it’s easy for students to get behind a trendy candidate without understanding the ins and outs of his platform.
As if there weren’t enough freshmen on South Campus already.
Before Ovunc Yilmaz came to UNC from Turkey, the campus bridge team didn’t amount to much.
The honor system and diversity were the topics of choice for Chancellor Holden Thorp’s open house discussion Monday, conducted in a new roundtable format.
Teaching mathematics requires a knowledge of politics and recognition of multiple socioeconomic realities, a visiting professor argued in Hyde Hall on Monday night.
Despite his name, Silent Sam’s history sparks heavy-handed conversation every few years, and this year is no exception.
Sara Eagle, a UNC Air Force cadet third-class and sophomore, has childhood memories of falling asleep on the balcony of her uncle’s apartment in the shadow of the twin towers.
The right to check Facebook on campus could soon start to cost students money.
Students overwhelmed with new classes during the first two days of the fall semester met an additional and unwelcome inconvenience at campus printers this week.
An endorsement of a candidate for county commissioner has created a stand-off between an association of realtors and the Carrboro mayor.The Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors endorsed Democratic at-large candidate Joe Phelps, a Realtor, in March.But Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, a supporter of incumbent candidate Barry Jacobs and a real estate agent himself, said he thinks the endorsement is aimed at allowing realtors to gain advantage in Orange County at a time when development is a major issue.“Mr. Phelps has shown himself to be antithetical to city and rural planning,” Chilton said.Joal Hall Broun, a Carrboro Alderman, is also running for the at-large Democratic seat in the May 4 primary.Phelps, mayor of Hillsborough from 2001 to 2005, owns a Hillsborough realty company and asked the association for their support, said Mark Zimmerman, a member of the association’s board of directors.Jacobs said the endorsement was not a surprise and he was proud of his other endorsements from non-affiliated groups.The association said neither Jacobs nor Broun approached them about an endorsement.“If we had been, we would have met with them and listened to their views,” Zimmerman said.The association has also endorsed Earl McKee, running for the Democratic commissioner spot in District 2 against Renee Price.Zimmerman said the association selected Phelps and McKee because they both support private property rights and economic development. He said Jacobs needed to explain his advocacy of a raised tax on property transfers in the county, which many residents disapprove of.But Jacobs said he suggested taking the tax to the voters for approval because it was part of a resolution passed by the N.C. Association of County Commissioners.“It’s not just me,” he said.Phelps said he felt good about the association’s endorsement.“They’re my trade association, and if they aren’t confident enough in me to endorse me, then I’m not a good person in my trade association.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
The aging Chapel Hill Museum is requesting funds for survival just as the town faces a tight budget.The Chapel Hill Museum has requested the Town Council put forth $50,000 a year for five years to help with maintenance costs, museum director Traci Davenport said.The main costs are insurance, utilities and ongoing repairs that will need to continue in order to maintain the Franklin Street building, which was constructed in 1968.Davenport said the building belongs to the town, and it should be the responsibility of the town of Chapel Hill to help with its upkeep.“The value decreases if they can’t maintain it,” Davenport said.The original museum lease says the town will lease the building, but it’s the museum’s responsibility to maintain the facility.Museum coordinators want to change to a more routine lease form so the landlord, in this case the town, has to pay for maintenance, said Laurin Easthom, Town Council member and liaison to the museum.Town business management director Ken Pennoyer said it’s a possibility that the building could become part of the operational budget of the town.“It has been a difficult year for local governments,” Town Manager Roger Stancil said, “and so finding money to do anything we have not done in the past would be challenging.”Davenport said the economy has forced the museum to make difficult financial decisions involving their education programs, which they offer to local schoolchildren.“We have had to shelve a few programs because of the lack of support staff,” she said.Maintenance costs are particularly troubling because museum donors don’t want to give money toward issues like plumbing, she said.“People want to donate for education, and we understand that,” Davenport said.The museum has seen a 20 to 25 percent increase in participation in its education programs this spring alone. Davenport said she does not want to see those programs suffer because of cost.Two of the programs are the fire safety program for second graders and a Lost Colony program that educates students on the life and legacy of Paul Green, a North Carolina Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.Easthom said the Council will receive the museum’s petition to change the lease on April 12.“It’s a reasonable request,” she said. “The reason they are presenting us with a petition is so that we can present it to the staff. If the staff approves it, we will put it into the budget plan.”But it may not be so easy to incorporate into the town’s budget.“The question is, what else do you not do in order to fund it?” Stancil said.That question will have to wait until after the Council receives the petition.If the Council votes to provide funding, it will be included in the budget talks scheduled to take place in June, Easthom said.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
County officials entertained the idea of increasing cooperation between the county’s two library systems at their Tuesday meeting.The Orange County Board of Commissioners discussed a solution to the libraries’ funding conflict that would involve residents using a single library card for both systems.Chapel Hill residents pay the taxes for the town’s library, but 40 percent of the library’s users live outside the town and don’t pay taxes for it.“The Chapel Hill library gets a contribution from Orange County, and as a result, all residents of Orange County are entitled to a Chapel Hill library card free of additional charge,” commissioner Steve Yuhasz said.The county provides $250,000 annually to the Chapel Hill library, a contribution totaling about 11 percent of the library’s growing budget. But the county has its own library system to mind, and board members have not decided how to balance the funding.Yuhasz said he is an advocate of implementing a single-card system, which would mean that card holders of both the Orange County Public Library and Chapel Hill Public Library could use the same facilities.The Chapel Hill library is set to expand this summer, but some commissioners said they would rather fund the improvement of the county system.“There’s a feeling on the part of Chapel Hill that they have a higher level of service, and I think Orange County wants a higher level of service,” said commissioner Bernadette Pelissier.The commissioners said an agreement between Chapel Hill and Orange County should be reached soon.“We need an agreement that works for everybody, that serves the most citizens and that protects our money,” said commissioner Barry Jacobs.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.