Each Friday, I’m going to pick five stories from the previous week to promote here, coupled with the kind of commentary only an editor-in-chief and former high school marching band enthusiast can provide.
This was our first week of publication, and the news did not disappoint. Let’s jump in.
You probably know someone who’s gotten towed in Chapel Hill. For Monday’s paper, Chelsey Dulaney profiled one of the men behind the unpopular trade. George King pretty much single-handedly took down a town ordinance that attempted to regulate towing. And apparently he got his start when some guy from a towing company told him that, because of his burly physique, he’d be a perfect fit.
Julius Nyang’oro spearheaded a collection of dummy classes that had disproportionately large concentrations of athletes. Nicole Comparato, with a fantastic illustration from Kevin Uhrmacher, touches on Nyang’oro’s background and looks at what comes next in the scandal’s unfolding.
I doubt more than eight people got through this long, long, long examination- of the debate behind rising college costs by Daniel Wiser. But it’s a fine read.
I’ll let the first sentence from Chelsey Dulaney’s story about a 40-year-old promise speak for itself. “It took the Rogers Road neighborhood almost 40 years to open a community center — and only eight hours to empty it.”
And, last but not least, somebody stole a bow tie off of a $20,000 cow sculpture named after noted clothing designer Alexander Julian. Its name is Alexander Moo-lian Bow-vine.
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