A Tale of Two Visions
Today, the State Board of Elections will be deciding whether or not to add another site in Orange County for early voting. Jamie Cox and I issued letters in support of an additional early vote site for...
View ArticleTime To End The UNC Student-Athlete Hypocrisy?
We - I've lived in or near Chapel Hill, NC now for almost ten years, I can say 'We.' We are not some two-bit hokey college, out in the sticks. We are the oldest public university in the United States,...
View ArticleOne UNC Student's Experience With Finding Off-Campus Housing
I signed a new housing lease about a month ago in mid-October – a lease that won’t start until June of next year. This is how competitive student off-campus housing is in Chapel Hill, and the ever-high...
View ArticleAnnual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rally and March
OC NAACPUNCsocial justiceDate: Monday, January 19, 2015 - 9:00amLocation: Chapel Hill Peace & Justice Plaza (Franklin Street)"The Chapel Hill-Carrboro and UNC-CH chapters of the National...
View ArticleThe Chapel Hill Killings: Lessons
I'm sorry, but it is never too early to be discussing lessons. Especially not in the current world of ADD, where folks move on as soon as the headlines disappear. For me, the two primary lessons to...
View ArticleUNC Centers
Kirk Ross posted some of his thoughts about the recent UNC system center closings. Here are some of his observations:Although passed by consensus vote, during discussions Tuesday there was a split over...
View ArticleThe Northside Initiative: How It Developed, How It Will Work
The Jackson Center’s Executive Director, Della Pollock said it better than I could in a recent letter to Northside neighbors and friends:“Monday, March 9, was a historic day in Chapel Hill and the...
View ArticleA Year-End Wrap Up with The Real Silent Sam
This past Friday, April 24th, marked the last day of classes at UNC-Chapel Hill for 2014-2015, and while many students fulfilled the campus tradition of relaxing on the quad, others chose to reclaim...
View ArticleHealing After #ChapelHillShooting
Until Yusor Abu-Salha, her husband Deah Barakat and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, three young people who practice the Muslim faith, were shot to death on February 10, 2015 in Chapel Hill, many of us...
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Why Chapel Hill Doesn’t Have More Startups, in One Chart
In early 2015, UNC-Chapel Hill released an extensive report about the business startups and spinoffs that faculty, students, and alumni have created. This report quantifies the impact of these...
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