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DTH Photo Illustration. Food insecurity is very prominent amongst children in North Carolina.

Ronan Brown

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North Carolina sees increase in Women, Infants and Children program participation

By Joelle Adeleke | Nov. 1

Over the past two years, North Carolina saw the largest increase in participation in the federal Women, Infants and Children program, according to an October study by the Food Research & Action Center. The WIC program provides nutrition, breastfeeding and food information resources to pregnant women and mothers with young children.

Brandon Cartagena pictured at Culbreth Middle School in Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Lara Crochik

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CHCCS middle school teacher Brandon Cartagena emphasizes culture preservation

By Joelle Adeleke | Oct. 17

CHCCS middle school teacher Brandon Cartagena's teaching philosophy centers on the preservation of Hispanic culture, he said. Though he teaches social studies lessons in Spanish, not every student he teaches has a Hispanic background. For him, Cartagena said, teaching content in Spanish is a way to learn the language other than explicitly having language lessons.

Owner of Craftboro in Carrboro, NC, Jason McCarter, engages with customer Tyler Huntington on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Craftboro is hosting Oktoberfestiversary this Saturday, Oct. 8 to celebrate the brewery's 3rd anniversary.

Ashlyn Rhyne

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October is brewing: Craftboro Brewing Depot to hold 'Oktoberfestiversary' celebration

By Joelle Adeleke | Oct. 6

Jason McCarter, the owner of Craftboro Brewing Depot, said that the brewery's third anniversary happened to be close to Germany’s Oktoberfest celebrations. So, he decided to fuse the two together.

The Varsity Theatre is located on East Franklin Street. The historic movie theater has been a landmark of Chapel Hill for decades and now there is possibility that it will operate as a public performing arts space.

Michaela Stutts

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Stone Center hosts film festival, first showing highlights environmental racism in NC

By Joelle Adeleke | Oct. 4

"Freedom Hill" was directed by Resita Cox, a filmmaker and UNC alumna. The film is a documentary on environmental racism and its effects on Princeville, N.C. Princeville has experienced repeated flooding following hurricanes, and the majority-Black residents of the town were often forced to live close to the flood-prone Tar River.

Voting signs cover the lawn outside Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Election Day, Nov. 2, 2021.

Anna Connors

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Local League of Women Voters chapter to celebrate 75th anniversary at Stone Center

By Joelle Adeleke | Sep. 15

The local League of Woman Voters chapter will celebrate its 75th anniversary this Thursday at the Stone Center. The League aims to provide nonpartisan resources to voters and to engage people in civic participation. The local chapter, founded in Chapel Hill in 1947, will invite national League Vice President Jennifer Rubin to speak at the event.

DTH Photo Illustration. A student reads a Sickle Cell Disease fact sheet provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute on Sept. 12, 2022.

Kate Lewin

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'Impacted every aspect of my life': Sickle Cell Awareness Month encourages understanding

By Joelle Adeleke | Sep. 14

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. At this time, the only known cure for sickle cell disease is receiving bone marrow transfusions from a close family member. Gene therapy, which uses the patient's own cells, is currently considered experimental. “Basic science and clinical research – both will help us better take care of a brand new population of adults that have sickle cell disease,” Dr. Jane Little, director of UNC's Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease program, said.

Allison Mathews speaking about HIV and Faith at a conference in Dallas, Texas on June 21, 2022.
Photo Courtesy of FSU Faith Center.

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'Stigma is what's really killing us': Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day sparks conversation

By Joelle Adeleke | Aug. 23

Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, founded by the Southern AIDS Coalition in 2019, was celebrated on Aug. 20 to help spark conversations about HIV and reduce the stigma surrounding the virus in the South.

Pristine Onuoha, an 11th-grade student at East Chapel Hill High School, poses for a portrait at East Chapel Hill High School on May 24, 2022. Onuoha is one of five national finalists in the Genes in Space challenge.

Anna Connors

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CHCCS student will have experiment performed on ISS next year

By Joelle Adeleke | Aug. 16

Pristine Onuoha, a rising senior at East Chapel Hill High School, won the Genes in Space Challenge on July 28. Her genetic research experiment concerning telomeres will be launched into space next year.

Three UNC students— (pictured from left to right) Cole Bright, Robert (Bo) Bell, and Ethan Mou— are cycling from California to Washington, DC this summer with the Ability Experience, a Pi Kappa Phi philanthropy. The trip, known as the Journey of Hope, is raising both funds and awareness for individuals with disabilities.

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Pi Kappa Phi members cycle across country to increase disability awareness

By Joelle Adeleke | Jul. 21

This June, three members of UNC fraternity Pi Kappa Phi — Ethan Mou, Cole Bright and Bo Bell — set out on a 3700-mile cross-country cycling marathon to raise awareness for people with disabilities.

Nancy and Tucker Stevens share a meal in front of the Old Well on July 7, 2022 to celebrate the anniversary of their engagement. Tucker proposed to Nancy 32 years ago in the same spot. Photo by Drew Stevens.

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'A Carolina love story': UNC sweethearts recreate proposal at the Old Well

By Joelle Adeleke | Jul. 20

College sweethearts Nancy and Tucker Stevens got to relive their Old Well proposal this summer, celebrating 32 years since the UNC alumni first got engaged.

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North Carolina sees increase in Women, Infants and Children program participation

CHCCS middle school teacher Brandon Cartagena emphasizes culture preservation

October is brewing: Craftboro Brewing Depot to hold 'Oktoberfestiversary' celebration

Stone Center hosts film festival, first showing highlights environmental racism in NC

Local League of Women Voters chapter to celebrate 75th anniversary at Stone Center

'Impacted every aspect of my life': Sickle Cell Awareness Month encourages understanding

'Stigma is what's really killing us': Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day sparks conversation

CHCCS student will have experiment performed on ISS next year

Pi Kappa Phi members cycle across country to increase disability awareness

'A Carolina love story': UNC sweethearts recreate proposal at the Old Well

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