Is it really April already?
THE ISSUE: Recently, the University of Texas was forced by the Texas legislature to allow concealed carry of firearms on campus.
THE ISSUE: Tuesday, the N.C. legislature adjourned without passing a controversial bill concerning charter school funding. The issue seems likely to be reintroduced after the legislature is scheduled to reconvene in April. Editorial board members debate the merits of the ideas in the bill.
The employees and management at Student Stores are certainly hardworking people who do their jobs well — but the current University-managed model simply cannot compete against a national for-profit operation like Follett that has access to the economy of scale, management expertise and distribution network of a large private company.
