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Andrew Bae is a Trinity sophomore and an associate news editor of The Chronicle's 119th volume.
Before you cast your votes for Durham's next mayor and City Council members, The Chronicle has compiled a guide to the candidates’ stances on Durham’s most pressing issues.
Karim was the fourth-highest polling candidate in Durham’s primary municipal elections on Oct. 10, garnering 12.21% of the vote. She will face Nate Baker, Javiera Caballero, Carl Rist and Monique Holsey-Hyman in the general election on Nov. 7 for the Council’s three at-large seats.
The top two vote recipients for mayor and the top six vote recipients for the City Council’s three at-large seats will advance to the election in November.
The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture was scheduled to return to its Flowers Building location this fall. But now, the projected reopening is next spring due to construction delays.
The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence gives the state a C- for its gun laws, noting that the state does not have universal background check requirements, extreme risk protection orders and minimum age restrictions.
Photographs will always show that there was a crowd of thousands that rushed the field Monday. But thoughts, emotions, the feel of those photographs — those are harder to capture.
Coastal North Carolina, including the Duke Marine Lab, is currently under a tropical storm watch and expected to face stronger rain and winds. The lab is “monitoring conditions, taking precautions and making preparations.”
The University of Chicago became the first of 16 top schools, including Duke, to settle claims that the schools illegally colluded to limit financial aid disbursement. So far, they are the only school to have said that they will settle the claims.
Adams’ office states that the $700 million initiative will create more than 2,200 jobs and is set to serve 600 college students, 4,500 K-12 students, 6,000 job trainees and 250 faculty and researchers once fully operational.
Branford Marsalis, Deborah Rutter, Susan Solomon and Darren Walker will be recognized at the May 14 commencement ceremony held in Wallace Wade Stadium.