ROTC Ranger Challenge 10-27-07 Video by Alexander Trowbridge
Watch a video of the Army ROTC competition. FORT PICKETT, Va. - The 5:45 a.m. wake-up time, the Army-issued MREs and the possibility of active combat after graduation separate the college experience of the average UNC student from that of cadets contracted in the Army ROTC.
Hillside High School Homecoming Parade 10-21-07 Video by Alexander Trowbridge | Edited by Alexander Trowbridge
Watch a video of the parade. DURHAM - Crowds of alumni, community members and parents filled lawn chairs and porch stoops along Fayetteville Road on Sunday in anticipation of Hillside High School's famous Marching Hornets. The thunder of the bass drums preceded the band, sending ripples of excitement through the awaiting spectators.
Deep within North Carolina's State Fairgrounds, Jeremy Weiler and David Burch joked with their co-workers Tuesday and continued their efforts to erect a spinning carnival ride, despite the grueling heat of the midday sun. Patches of sweat grew steadily on their blue "Safety First" shirts as the men attached individual swings to the ride's metal frame. Days before Friday's opening of the N.C. State Fair, Weiler, of Toledo, Ohio, and Burch, from Chesterfield County, Va., are part of the small city of people putting the last preparations in place.
A year after racial tensions boiled over in the small town of Jena, La., online grassroots activism has brought the situation national attention. Groups at UNC and across the state are joining in the protest against the arrests of six black students on charges that many perceive as overtly racist and unjust.
Raleigh and Chapel Hill could see twice the number of unhealthy smog days in 2050, according to a report that has experts and local advocacy groups debating appropriate solutions. Grassroots advocacy group Environment North Carolina and the national nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council released the report Thursday. It found that high smog levels are a result of higher temperatures. Their claim has some calling for measures to combat global warming and others questioning the prudence and motivation of that course.
The arts community at UNC is so large and diverse that many of its groups rarely have the chance to be seen together in one place. Today, organizers of "Arts Day in the Pit" will attempt to bring that community together with music, comedy and ice cream. Harry Kaplowitz, a marketing assistant at Carolina Performing Arts and former Daily Tar Heel arts editor, organized the event with the intent of presenting arts at UNC as more than a collection of independent groups.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle - the seventh named storm of this hurricane season - moved slowly over the Outer Banks on Sunday, with top winds of 50 mph. The storm hit as homeowners, state governments and insurance agencies try to come to terms with rising risks and soaring costs. Coasts across the nation have seen greater hurricane activity during the past three years, and insurance agencies have been taking that trend into account.
Sexual education in public schools is already a sensitive issue, and the addition of homosexuality to the mix is taking the debate to another level. In Maryland, the Montgomery County Board of Education passed a curriculum this summer that includes lessons on homosexuality in eighth- and 10th-grade health-education courses. The lessons, which will consist of instructions on correct condom usage and differences in sexuality, have drawn the type of opposition seen often during attempts to reform the abstinence-oriented curriculum in North Carolina.
