Despite having a $25 debit card charge I have no recollection of making, waking up at 3 o'clock yesterday and being legally and scientifically dead until 8 p.m., I'm really happy with how Halloween 2016 turned out.
Only one person was arrested on Franklin Street, but more importantly, someone called Chapel Hill police to report "loud singing" at 4:01 in the morning.
This is the first time we've ever put our police blotter in the newsletter, but it just feels right today.
— Danny
QUICK HITS
- President Barack Obama is set to speak at Hooker Fields this afternoon. Here's all you need to know about the line and entry.
- Rachel, who you might recognize as one of the other disembodied voices of your favorite newsletter, put together a eulogy for the recently announced demise of Vine. And it is excellent.
- With abuse of prescription drugs on the rise among young adults across the country, UNC is taking steps to implement safeguards at Campus Health Services.
- First-year communities on campus are being smitten with a plague this semester. For more information on (and a super gross photo of) hand, foot and mouth disease, head to dailytarheel.com.
IN LITIGATION
North Carolina's NAACP filed a federal lawsuit against the Beaufort, Moore and Cumberland County Boards of Elections for canceling thousands of voter registrations. The organization also reported that voting machines in several counties have been malfunctioning and selecting the wrong presidential candidate, which is always fun.
IN #SCIENCE
If you're still (somehow) on the fence about vaccinations, a UNC professor's study might change your mind. Sachiko Ozawa, in partnership with a biopharm company and UNC, found that vaccine-preventable diseases cost the U.S. economy about $9 billion last year.
IN THE FARMING INDUSTRY
Shifting culture and agricultural techniques have hit North Carolina's small tobacco farms hard. While large-scale farming operations largely take over tobacco production, family-owned operations are turning to crop rotation and more diverse yields to keep up their profits.
IN HOT WATER
In leaked audio from Mooresville, Sen. Richard Burr is overheard telling volunteers he was shocked that a photo of Hillary Clinton "didn't have a bullseye on it." His controversial comment about the cover of a gun shop magazine was compounded by a decision to ban the (Raleigh) News & Observer from receiving scheduling updates about his campaign.
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