A lot of things change from sweet, blissful childhood to whatever abominable half-adult classification taxonomists would put me in right now. And a lot of things stay the same. I still want naps. I cry on a semi-regular basis. I eat a diet of chicken nuggets and spaghetti.
But when you're 21, something changes about how you deal with the power going out. I used to legitimately, like, pray for it to happen when there was a big storm. I just wanted to play board games and laugh with my family and light enough candles to accidentally perform a seance.
But Wednesday's power outage on campus helped me realize something: I would now rather intentionally perform a seance than go without heating or Wi-Fi for a few hours. And if you say otherwise, you're a liar.
— Danny
QUICK HITS
- Duke is being investigated for mishandling sexual assault cases on campus, according to a Title IX complaint made public this month.
- A referee was being a flake in calling fouls for UNC women's basketball, and Coach Sylvia Hatchell dragged him. She says the technical foul was worth it.
- In what sounds like my own personal equivalent of hell, students and professors describe the "minimized distractions" and "positive atmosphere" resulting from electricity-less class during Wednesday's power outage.
- If you're interested in knowing how your peers wasted the last 48 hours of their lives, we put together a "man on the street" segment for that. You could also refer to my Snapchat story.
IN SNOW UPDATES
Things that are running a little behind today: classes at UNC; Chapel Hill Transit bus routes; me, probably. The usual. Classes before noon are canceled. Every bus I've ever heard of will start its route at 9 a.m., with some others being canceled or delayed until 11 a.m.
IN UNC PARAPHERNALIA
A UNC graduate spun her UNC-graduate father a scarf out of the voluptuous hair of our living mascot. Joy Key hit up the farm where Rameses lives and was given about two pounds of his extra wool. She's since turned it into a scarf, hat and sock monkey. One caprine's hair clippings is another fan's birthday present.
IN TOWN NEWS
Young professionals are an endangered species in Chapel Hill. Raleigh and Durham have significantly higher rates of this illusive, employed subspecies of millennial. Sources say it's likely because of a lack of affordable housing and job opportunities here.
IN COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
Pell Grants could be awarded for summer session classes or for students taking 15 hours per semester. Neither of which I've ever done, so this proposed $2 billion program does me a whole lot of good. Thanks, Obama.
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