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Give new students ?rst pick: Freshmen and sophomores should be given ?rst preference for on-campus residences

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If the lack of on-campus housing becomes an issue, the housing department should implement a lottery for upperclassmen and graduate students who want to live on campus.By 2012, Odum Village likely will not meet fire code regulations, which means its more than 400 students will have to be put elsewhere. Right now, it looks like this place will be Granville Towers.


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Mexico’s war on drug cartels

In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, about 200,000 people have left the city in the last 18 months alone due to drug-related violence. Many have crossed the border into the United States. Thirty thousand people are estimated to have moved to El Paso.Ninety percent of cocaine entering the United States comes through Mexico.




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Mind the gap; Technology Without Borders helps with Internet access

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The digital divide is one step closer to shrinking, thanks to Technology Without Borders.Last fall, TWB began a project that would bring free Internet to low-income families with students.The digital divide is an issue in today’s society, with more computers and Internet being used in classrooms and for homework, but it isn’t just an issue for the younger generation.





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The Pill: All you’d ever want to know

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Happy birthday to you, oral contraception. Fifty years ago, the FDA approved the first hormonal method of birth control; it would change American society forever, allowing women to pursue higher education and join the workforce in record numbers. Oral contraception has enough of a following to pull off the nickname “The Pill.”


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Confronting the horror

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The appointment of the first executive director of the N.C. Justice for Victims of Sterilization Foundation is a huge benchmark in the remediation of the damage caused by the Eugenics Board of North Carolina.The director will have the aid of $250,000 included in Gov. Bev Perdue’s first budget and appropriated by the General Assembly.


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Hands in the cookie jar

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The benefit of a savings account is when you earn more than you spend, you accrue interest in the long term.Apparently, the state government needs to relearn some financial basics if it wishes to save an important source for student financial aid.


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Let’s get personal

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The UNC admissions office is looking to revamp the campus tour. This is a great opportunity to create a more personalized tour experience for prospective students.



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Why compete if you can regulate?

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From the top-floor conference room of the Copenhagen headquarters of ISS Group, I could see the constant Danish rain trickling down the windows. An employee was giving a presentation on their corporate strategy.



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Make it right; Re-vote in contested congressional election needed

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Students deserve Student Congress representatives they legitimately elected. And after all the problems in voting two weeks ago, Taylor Holgate is right to continue seeking a re-vote in Student Congress District 5 — Greek housing.Holgate filed her second complaint with the Student Supreme Court on Saturday.



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No Prince Charming? Not a problem

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Ask women around campus and you’ll hear the woes of college dating at the University. In the New York Times article “The New Math on Campus,” Alex Williams tiptoes around the edges of the truth but doesn’t get to the heart of the story because he’s not one of the girls he writes about.