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Last year I had to say goodbye to my dog because he was moving to the Bronx to work. It shredded my heart to have to give up Nugget, but we had trained him to be a guiding eyes dog, so we always knew we would eventually have to see him leave.
Hillside High School junior Erika Harbin and Duke freshman Lauren Walsh could make a do-gooder's soul prickle with goosebumps. With smiles and giggles they start each tutoring session easily chatting about life: gossiping about friends, discussing their families, triumphing over Harbin's climbing grades, and planning for her next academic challenge. Even though Harbin originally came to Project CHANCE, a Duke student-run tutoring program, simply looking for academic help, the pair has become so tightly bonded that the high schooler sees Walsh as more than a tutor; she is a mentor and confidant.
Education has been a common theme in this year's state elections and continues to provoke debate in the race to become the 4th District's delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Underneath a sky the same hue as the fluttering Tar Heel flags, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill yesterday inducted its new chancellor, James Moeser, officially ending a lengthy search.
You know how they're always talking about the Duke "bubble" and how students need to go out and really experience their community? Well, the North Carolina State Fair opens today in Raleigh-and you can't get much closer to true Carolina than that.
Stepping away from the middle-of-the-road stances that often characterize politics, gubernatorial candidates Democrat Mike Easley and Republican Richard Vinroot stood on opposite political curbs yesterday. Both governor hopefuls used an education debate sponsored by the Education: Everybody's Business coalition to emphasize their disparate approaches to improving North Carolina schools.
Washington D.C. - They say it's a small world. Imagine walking through a large city and seeing countless familiar faces against an unfamiliar background.
Much of history is taught as simple fact, especially about something as horrific as the Holocaust. But some groups contest even the most widely accepted notions about the fate of Jews during World War II. Any time such ideas surface, controversy follows close behind.
While the proponents of the tobacco industry are rejoicing, anti-tobacco organizations are regrouping in the wake of Tuesday's U.S Supreme Court ruling that the Food and Drug Administration does not have the authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug. Many North Carolinians expressed relief at the good news for the state's top cash crop.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Going to Atlantic City for the beach is like reading Playboy for the articles. In a time long passed, vacationers trekked to Atlantic City in modest bathing suits to frolic in the sun, watch large animals be forced off high platforms into small pools of water and, in general, participate in good, old-fashioned family fun. In recent years, there has been an attempt to recapture the city's golden days, to revive the spirit of wholesome entertainment that once pervaded the entire Jersey Shore. Fortunately for us, those efforts have completely failed-not entirely surprising when you consider they were spearheaded by Mr. Family Values, Donald Trump. But say what you will of the man-who-would-be-president, he knows debauchery-and that's 94.7 percent of a successful spring break. The shores of Atlantic City are lined with Mr. Trump's casinos and those of various other trashy tycoons. And with that comes some undeniable perks for the young and naughty: free drinks, cheap rooms, cheaper food and, of course, gambling galore. Each casino is different, of course, but not different enough to mention. In the end, the real choice comes down to whether you prefer your cocktail waitresses dressed like Polynesian princesses or showboat showgirls. There are also clubs and the requisite Sonny and Cher impersonators, but let's be honest-the real entertainment comes on the casino floor. Like all good dens of iniquity, the casinos never close and their guests never sleep. The liquor flows freely, the coins clink loudly and every loser is just one hand away from the big score. As a destination for Duke students, Atlantic City has its drawbacks. Most notably, the water doesn't heat up for another six months, and the beach itself will likely be far from tropical. And as much fun as septuagenarians can be, as a general guideline, the best bedtime companions never put their teeth in a cup. The 10-hour drive ain't much fun, neither. In the end, though, the thrill isn't in the atmosphere, it's in the promise of cold hard cash. Not to mention the cocktail waitresses. -By Kate Stroup
As the number of executions in North Carolina increases, the N.C. General Assembly has begun considering ethical concerns in applying the death penalty.
As yesterday's snowdrifts muted North Carolina's landscape, the flakes buried much of Durham's activity and left the county with only a muffled silence.
Just as North Carolina had braced itself for Hurricane Floyd in mid-September, the state decided yesterday to pay careful attention and take serious precautions in response to inclement weather-this time of the frosty variety. Across the state, schools, local governments and businesses closed to keep workers and patrons off the roads and under shelter.
The year has only just begun, but Durham officials are already tackling one of the most pressing issues on the 2000 agenda: the proposed city-county merger.
During the holidays a number of historically black universities received a threatening letter from an unknown person or organization. Each letter was postmarked from Fayetteville, N.C., and asserted that the new millennium would bring the destruction of the black race.
A golden figure with a horn to its mouth rises above the trees of a little two-lane highway in the town of Apex, N.C. The statue, a gilded angel, draws the eye to a marble construction that sits in dazzling white splendor just off the road. It is the Triangle's new temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints-constructed in a quick 10 months; 60 days ahead of schedule.
This is the second story in a two-part series investigating hunger in Durham.
This is the first article in a two-part series investigating hunger in Durham. Tomorrow's story explores several organizations that work to alleviate hunger.
The two candidates for mayor of Durham awaited last night's election results as though they had seen the near future. Incumbent Nick Tennyson watched the results pour in as he sat among the crowd in the County Commissioners meeting room. Meanwhile, an obviously disappointed Floyd McKissick separated himself by sitting outside in the lobby. He didn't enter until Tennyson had clearly swept the vote.
Although the screeching of three false fire alarms interrupted last night's city council candidates' forum, the debate was not what people would have characterized as "fiery."
