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I'll admit I haven't had time to fully read and digest The Independent Weekly's cover story on "UNC, Inc." Not only does it include in-depth reporting (by a UNC professor emeritus), I want to commend the Indy for posting a lot of the source material for this story on their website.

Is there a common force at work here that has moved both our university and our hospital system to improve their rankings at the expense of their missions? I would argue that there is.

The News & Observer has a new blog dedicated to their Orange and Chatham County coverage called Orange Chat.

Did you ever read a story and say, "I wish the reporter had asked ..."

Well, the truth is sometimes we did but there wasn't space to put it in the paper.

Welcome to Orange Chat, where we hope to expand on the Orange and Chatham County coverage we provide in The News and Observer and The Chapel Hill News, and where we hope you'll tell us how we're doing.

Send us your questions, criticisms and suggestions.

And thanks for reading.

Mark Schultz
Editor
- Welcome to Orange Chat, 1/18/07

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.

Tonight the Chapel Hill Town Council will hold public hearings on Greenbridge and University Village, will review some concept plans which I know nothing about, and then will hear a petition from the Planning Board about the process for updating the Comprehensive Plan... about which I have something to say. (Here's tonight's Council agenda.)Greenbridge is the radical plan for what I think would be the tallest building in Orange County - though I doubt that height record will stand for long. We have discussed this proposal here on OP. There are many complex issues involved, but I think most people's opinions on it comes down to two things:1. Whether you are invested in a transit-friendly future Chapel Hill that allows for some growth but no sprawl, and2.