A bunch of winners of deadlocked North Carolina municipal elections were selected last week by flipping a coin or selecting pens of different colors.
That's also how we decide our newsroom duties, so this will be my last newsletter because I have just been elected sports editor.
It shouldn't be too bad. Our latest football news is that a player got engaged at the end of the last game! A great catch for senior receiver Damien Washington.
I love my job!
— Kelsey
QUICK HITS
- Namee Barakat is giving back even though his son Deah was taken from him in a shooting last February. He partnered with MY Deah’s Goodwill Store to support refugees and empower young American Muslims.
- Confused about all of the talk about UNC Student Stores privatization? This should clear it up.
- Lime and Hummus Cafe closed, but a company called Nugget Comfort that sells foam couch things is launching, so you'll be fine.
IN UNIVERSITY NEWS
UNC’s history task force has the same number of members as North Shore High School had Plastics pre-Lohan (three), and it is taking action. It includes the creation of an exhibit that will sit inside Carolina Hall and will discuss the history of the building – including its recent renaming in light of student protest.
IN THE BIZ
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation wants to separate from the undergraduate student government. This is my formal proposal for any TV writing professionals to tap into the drama of uber-local government. I've already cast Kerry Washington as the lead. Imagine her leering at our peers. Emmys abound.
IN ARTS
Lexicon has an undergraduate degree from UNC, a law degree from Miami, five albums and a name that means dictionary. I'm on my way to one of those things. (Hint: I have fewer than three albums.)
IN THE BLOGS
UNC is pretty much Hogwarts, right? One of my staffers made an interactive map imagining it as such. He's Not Here is The Leaky Cauldron, obviously.
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