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Your letters, June 9

Do not make the upper parking lot at the Chapel Hill Public Library one way. Published: Jun. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Why I’d like to remove class rank from student transcripts

In this month’s column, I hope to initiate a community conversation – or, at a minimum, provoke an open-minded examination – regarding an educational tradition that I believe is causing more harm than good for our students. Published: Jun. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

We deserve to be safe

I never got justice as a little girl. It took me nearly 30 years to disclose that I was sexually abused as a child. I didn’t share or open up because I didn’t think anyone would believe me or, worse, do anything about it. Published: Jun. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Issues the same, but we don’t have to be

My mother’s family had a genius for upcycling. Their county roads were scraped dirt, so driving in severe weather was scary and daring, particularly in the school bus and particularly since the drivers were high school seniors. If the bus strayed from its well-worn ruts, the dirt road became a Slip ‘n Slide, landing the delighted riders in a ditch. Published: Jun. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Your letters, June 5

I fully support Ms. Dawson’s recent letter to the editor (CHN, May 26, bit.ly/10TL9VY) protesting the cuts to the Latin program in our school system. Published: Jun. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Roses and raspberries, June 5

Roses from reader Bob Schrock of Chapel Hill to Patrick at Governors Village Food Lion. Published: Jun. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Don’t poo-poo dog waste

We love our pets, our furry children. But when it comes to picking up after them, many owners fall short on the uptake, so to speak. Published: Jun. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Ah, sweet spring

Spring surprised me on a mid-February dawn. Two yellow blooms shone through the bleak wet, like Jupiter and bright Aldebaran side-by-side, cradled in a waxing crescent the night before. For that moment, those fluting, unlikely dabs were mine only, though a neighbor (now gone?) planted them long ago. Published: Jun. 3, 2013 6:54 PM | Full story

Your letters, June 2

Please send letters of up to 250 words to editor@newsobserver.com. Letters may be edited for space and clarity. Published: Jun. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

The little foxes

When I first encountered a den of Red Fox kits in April of this year, I believe that “slyness” would be the least appropriate word to describe the four tiny creatures I saw before me. I could not imagine how these rolling balls of fluff could possibly survive in such a public setting. Published: Jun. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Lessons from a trip to Austin

Our two towns are big into consultants, wisely or not given the expense, and now Chapel Hill has hired a consultant from Austin, Texas, to revision our future growth. Published: Jun. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Duke bets big on China campus

On 200 acres in a provincial city 40 miles west of Shanghai, Duke University President Richard Brodhead and his administration are placing their biggest wager yet that Duke has a future in the globalization of higher education. Published: Jun. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Films to focus on Abu-Jamal case

Many consider Mumia Abu-Jamal a political prisoner. Published: Jun. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Your letters, May 26

I am writing to express my concern that Japanese language instruction in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools might be phased out as a result of funding cuts. Our daughter Emma has been a student in this program, and she very much enjoys learning Japanese. More importantly, from a strategic perspective, there are more than 100 million Japanese speakers in the world, most of whom do not speak any English. Japan is also the third largest economy in the world and the fourth largest U.S. trading partner. Published: May. 28, 2013 3:04 PM | Full story

Protesters show our better selves

The crowd started to form at a little after 5:30 p.m., growing quickly and eventually joined by the nearly five dozen people who had volunteered to be arrested. Published: May. 28, 2013 2:50 PM | Full story

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