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QuickHits for Feb. 17, 2010

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Kendall Marshall He deserves all the accolades we can give him. The guy plays his heart out — and probably his lungs, too — every time he goes onto the court.




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Petty ‘feminist’ complaints are trivial, a waste of time

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TO THE EDITOR: I was extremely annoyed after reading a letter to the editor on Feb. 16 titled “Gendered language could be comparable to racism.” I can appreciate the sentiment behind it, but I believe this letter brought up an important issue of the continued lack of common sense on this campus.




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Old features, new face: ConnectCarolina finally gives fresh look to old favorites

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It’s no secret that it has been a tough transition to ConnectCarolina. And frankly, the registration system still feels a little unwieldy compared to the easy (if rudimentary) user interface of Student Central. But the recent, if belated, addition of several features we loved about Student Central has given hope that ConnectCarolina is finally coming into its own.


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Sex trafficking at Super Bowl becoming a problem

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TO THE EDITOR: When I was younger, my father frequently accused me of having “selective hearing.” When he asked me to sweep the basement steps or scrub the tub, I couldn’t quite hear him as well as I could when he and my mother whispered about having dessert or not. Reading a recent MSNBC article about sex trafficking at the Super Bowl in conjunction with Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” in my southern literature class got me thinking about selective sight.


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Gendered language could be comparable to racism

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TO THE EDITOR: I was exceptionally annoyed after reading a kvetch on Feb. 11 that said, “Feminists, if it is that important to you why don’t you change it to personopause?” I appreciate the fun of the kvetching board, but I believe that this kvetch brought up an important issue of the continued lack of gender-neutral language on this campus.






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Many factors induced North Carolina to secede

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TO THE EDITOR: In a recent editorial discussing the ongoing conflict over Silent Sam (“Slavery is what the Confederacy stood for,” Jan. 26), the author opened with the old saying that people are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts.