The Daily Tar Heel

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Thursday March 23rd


Paving Bolin Creek would ruin an outdoor haven

TO THE EDITOR:Although a need exists for alternative commuter infrastructure, paving the Bolin Creek trail would take away much more than it would add to the outdoor community of Carrboro. As a UNC student who lived in Carrboro for two years without a car, I understand the push for adding paved bike paths or lanes to make commuting around town safer.

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Just focus on mind exercise, UNC

In my last column, I expressed my general frustration with UNC’s course requirement system, that cruel plague threatening to overthrow our education in favor of mindless, rote box-checking.Building off this theme, I would like to address specifically the lifetime fitness requirement, a particularly onerous component of our curriculum.

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Social contracts abound in academia

On the first day of any new semester, most professors don’t expect you to stay in class the whole period. It’s become fairly common to let the class out early.That little custom is one small brick in the foundation of the social contract between student and teacher.

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Greenway, this way

Carrboro is right to propose paving parts of the Bolin Creek trail to construct a greenway.Greenways can be used as environmentally friendly transportation alternatives and can connect parts of town that are hard to reach by bike.

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No homeschool hurdles

For many homeschooled students, applying to college can be an arduous and complicated experience.But UNC has the right outlook on the admissions process for homeschoolers by not adding the additional burden of extra submissions like many other universities require.

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Don’t trek down to Haiti

Any student groups or individuals still trying to go to Haiti in the near future should seriously reconsider. Relief efforts have been mired by the collapsed infrastructure. And right now, visiting students will only consume precious supplies.

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DTH Student Body President forum

Join us today for The Daily Tar Heel’s student body president forum. If you can’t make it, you can also watch the forum live at dailytarheel.com and submit your questions instantly. Every year, the DTH invites the candidates to participate in a discussion of campus issues, open to all. DTH SBP FORUM

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Content over color: Appointing individuals based on race concerns sets a precedent that enforces rather than erases racial divisions

I cannot think of better words to describe how irrelevant race should be in our lives than those of Martin Luther King Jr.“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” At the time they were spoken, these were contentious words.

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Belief is at heart of human condition

Parents feel it when looking at their children, millions felt it as they were captivated by Barack Obama’s rise to the presidency, religious-minded people feel it as they find their faith, and Tar Heels experience it as they become “true blue.”

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QuickHits for Feb. 3, 2010

Salinger legacyThumbs upIf you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where Salinger was born and what his lousy childhood was like. But we’ll just tell you that this reclusive author will be missed.GDP growthThumbs up

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