Safety, Image, and Undergraduates: What is the community's role?
Blog entry Submitted by tjcrayton on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 2:04pm.News is breaking today that Landen Gambill, a UNC sophomore involved in the outstanding complaint against the University, could potentially face expulsion by the UNC Honor Court because she has allegedly "intimidated" her rapist and "adversely" affected his life. This development has already attracted (more) bad national press coverage for UNC.
This headline comes on the heels of news from the Daily Tar Heel that UNC junior Stedman Gage was found dead late Friday night at his off-campus residence. The cause of death has not yet been released by police. Gage is the fourth UNC student to unexpectedly die this academic year.
Though different in nature, both of these issues negatively affect the image of UNC and, by extension, our town and community at large. Perhaps the issue of how the Honor Court conducts its affairs is an internal matter to students and University administrators -- but I'm not so sure. If the University community decides that a victim of sexual assault is not welcome -- and is, in fact, in violation of its community standard -- does that not also reflect that the Chapel Hill community at large is also unwelcoming and unconcerned with issues of this nature?
The DTH: Still standing by their endorsement?
Blog entry Submitted by tjcrayton on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 5:36pm.The Daily Tar Heel has another editorial today criticizing Governor Pat McCrory for his remarks about education in last night's state of the state address.
The DTH is right to criticize McCrory -- his remarks were wrong and show that he's learned nothing from his recent debacle concerning his views on liberal arts education.
However, I'm still waiting for the DTH to directly address their endorsement of McCrory in the fall. They've said in a previous editorial criticizing the governor:
If the plans for higher education McCrory advocated during his campaign are ultimately going to come down to a gutting of the University, then this editorial board regrets having given him its endorsement.
But this isn't a full retraction of their endorsement. It's sidestepping the fact that they endorsed a candidate -- and actively encouraged students to vote for a candidate -- who is directly opposed to what most students at UNC-Chapel Hill stand for with regards to higher education.
Adventures in intersection design
Blog entry Submitted by Geoff Green on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:19am.(Cross-posted from my blog at geoffgreen.org)
Meadowmont is a neo-urban neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was designed with a mix of uses and is trumpeted as a walk-friendly community, with sidewalks along both sides of the street and a network of greenway trails. (It was also designed as a station for a light-rail line, but that's a different story.) During the approval process, Meadowmont's developer emphasized its "pedestrian orientation for working and living." So you would hope that the design of the sidewalks, roads and intersections would consistently reflect the importance of access for people traveling on foot.
Alas, you would be wrong.
Local Media Ignores Claims Against UNC
Blog entry Submitted by BrianR on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 4:14pm.Historic Political Campaigns in N.C. (Conference at UNC)
Event Submitted by UNCLibrary on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 9:35am.North Carolina political junkies can immerse themselves in Tar Heel politics past and present during a conference Sept. 14 and 15 at Wilson Library at the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The event will feature talks about ten political campaigns in the state from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Registration is $10 per person.
Town of Chapel Hill Special Topics Session: Student Housing
Event Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 8:02pm.The Town of Chapel Hill Special Topics sessions return to the community with a presentation on student housing at noon Wednesday, Aug. 15, in the Council Chamber of Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.The Special Topics series began during the Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive planning process as a way to share information with interested residents who want to know more about issues, trends and studies that affect the future.
Local voter fraud
Blog entry Submitted by inventor61 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:31pm.I found this video to be interesting. The 'UNC' specific information starts around 7 1/2 minutes in.
(I set this to open in a new window.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ptSrcNvJzBQ
Public Information Meeting on Carolina North Development Agreement
Event Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 11:14am.A public information meeting on the Carolina North Development Agreement will be held at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
A development agreement for UNC-Chapel Hill's Carolina North Campus was approved in June 2009. It contains guidelines and standards for the development of the first 3 million square feet of a mixed-use research and academic campus on 133 acres. Planning for the first project, the Collaborative Science Building is under way. The early development at Carolina North will be accessed from Estes Drive Extension and a re-aligned Airport Drive.
The agreement also contains guidelines for the rest of the property that will not be developed in the near future.







