Tag: North Carolina

News, North Carolina

North Carolina’s School Choice Sector Yields Poor Results

Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer Over the past decade, North Carolina’s education system has been one of the state’s biggest concerns. It is notorious for having broadly-defined legislation and underfunding certain programs, which has led to numerous accounts of fraud and poor test results compared to the rest of the nation. With National School Choice Week having recently been held, it gave North Carolinians the opportunity … Continue reading North Carolina’s School Choice Sector Yields Poor Results

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina

UNC Board of Governors divided over healthcare partnership

MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Tension is continuing to grow as the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) is divided over a proposed healthcare partnership between Carolinas HealthCare System and UNC Health Care. “This partnership will position UNC Health Care even better to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes and increase access to high quality care – especially in rural North Carolina,” said UNC Health Care in a … Continue reading UNC Board of Governors divided over healthcare partnership

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina, Politics

North Carolina’s Redistricting Cases

Kevin Liu Staff Writer The General Assembly of North Carolina has spent almost $5.6 million defending itself against lawsuits that attack the legislature’s recent redistricting plans for North Carolina. Several lawsuits have been filed against the General Assembly’s congressional redistricting efforts. The official amount is expected to rise as lawsuits from 2011 to present are being filed. The lawsuits being filed against the General Assembly … Continue reading North Carolina’s Redistricting Cases

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
featured, News, North Carolina, Politics, Uncategorized

Opioid abuse in America

Madison Hoffmann News Editor Back in late October, President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency after alarming rates of drug abuse caused a skyrocketed death rate in the United States. “Working together, we will defeat this opioid epidemic,” Trump said during his declaration. “It will be defeated. We will free our nation from the terrible affliction of drug abuse. And, … Continue reading Opioid abuse in America

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina

NC Criminal Justice System Exposed

Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer In recent years, the criminal justice system has been a major topic of concern for Americans. Numerous studies have exploited the harsh and unfair treatment of individuals based on socioeconomic characteristics. The North Carolina Poverty Research Fund, wanting to evaluate the current condition of the system in the state, sponsored the University of North Carolina School of Law to conduct a … Continue reading NC Criminal Justice System Exposed

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
North Carolina

Approved draft to affect UNC law students litigation abilities

  Marykent Wolff Staff Writer In a five to one vote, the education committee from UNC Board of Governors approved a draft on Tuesday, August 1, that blocks the UNC (Chapel Hill) Center for Civil Rights litigation abilities. The draft, which will affect university-wide policies, is meant to keep the Center from suing on behalf of individuals in civil rights cases, whether it is against … Continue reading Approved draft to affect UNC law students litigation abilities

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina, Uncategorized

UNC BOG

Maggie Young     News Editor During last Friday’s Board of Governors meeting, Margaret Spellings delivered her second President’s report during which she discussed her travel across the state, outlined her plans for change within the UNC system and addressed the increasing protests across the campuses. Spellings began the meeting by reminding attendees and those watching on the new live stream feature of the ways … Continue reading UNC BOG

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina, Uncategorized

Spellings’ gives second President’s Report to Board of Governors

Maggie Young    News Editor During last Friday’s Board of Governors meeting, Margaret Spellings delivered her second President’s report during which she discussed her travel across the state, outlined her plans for change within the UNC system and addressed the increasing protests across the campuses. Spellings began the meeting by reminding attendees and those watching on the new live stream feature of the ways in … Continue reading Spellings’ gives second President’s Report to Board of Governors

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina, Uncategorized

Appalachian State professor discusses endangered tree species of North Carolina

Jamie Howell    Staff Writer On Friday, March 18, Dr. Saskia Van De Gevel gave a talk on some of the endangered tree species of North Carolina. Dr. Van De Gevel is a professor in the department of geography and planning at Appalachian state University and her talk included three case studies she’s been involved with in NC. Dr. Van De Gevel stated at the … Continue reading Appalachian State professor discusses endangered tree species of North Carolina

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment
News, North Carolina, Uncategorized

NC Walkout Protests

Maggie Young    News Editor Margaret Spellings officially started as UNC System president just over two weeks ago on  March 1. Her arrival has been celebrated by some and disputed by many. On her first day as president, North Carolina students held a statewide walkout to protest her arrival. Multiple campuses got involved with the walkout including UNC-Greensboro, Appalachian State, UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina … Continue reading NC Walkout Protests

Unknown's avatarcarolinianwebLeave a comment