Lynch sets UNC career record
By Sydney Harris
Senior Tar Heel lacrosse player Becky Lynch is Carolina’s career assist leader. She shares her opinion on being a Tar Heel and what her plans are after college.
Archive for April, 2012
Too many teen smokers
By Grace Joyal
A recent report says that far too many teens smoke cigarettes and more needs to be done to prevent it. The U.S. Surgeon General released a collection of studies last month that shows one of out four high school seniors smoke regularly. And about 75 percent of them carry on the habit to adulthood. Some of those smokers are UNC students.
UNC students catch new social media craze
By Georgia Walker
Many UNC students are picking up on a new social media sensation – memes. A meme refers to something that spreads from person to person within a culture – like a toy craze or a hit song. But on the Internet, a meme is usually a viral picture with a witty punch line that only certain groups of people would understand. So, it’s basically a high-tech and very public way to share an inside joke. And, as Carolina Connection’s Georgia Walker reports, UNC students are joining the meme rage and creating their own memes to parody campus life.
Renowned pre-K program shrinking
By Michael Tomsic
Wake County Pre-K class (photo by Michael Tomsic)
National experts on early education say North Carolina has one of the most renowned pre-kindergarten programs in the country. But state budget cuts mean about 2,000 fewer children are going through it this school year. And some researchers, school administrators and teachers worry the cuts are watering down the program. Carolina Connection’s Michael Tomsic reports.
Poll shows confusion about NC Amendment One
By Reema Khrais
Next month, North Carolinians will vote on an amendment that would add the state’s existing gay marriage ban to the constitution. Two recent polls came out with contradictory results on how people feel about the amendment. Elon University says that 60 percent of people oppose the amendment, while Public Policy Polling, a democratic firm, says almost 60 percent vote in favor of it. But PPP goes on to say that people don’t actually understand the amendment…and if they did, it could fail. Here to explain the poll results is the firm’s Assistant Director Dustin Ingalls.
UNC protests Senate Bill 575
By John Caison
This week, UNC students, professors and employees banded together to protest legislation that would change the job status of UNC system workers. They’re fighting against Senate Bill 575, which would remove 22-thousand non-teaching employees from the protection of the State Personal Act. UNC system officials say the bill would give them more flexibility to manage workers. But employees say it would put their jobs in danger. John Caison reports.
UNC grads teach for America
By Kirsten Chang
Thousands of UNC seniors will graduate next month to enter the workforce, and you may be surprised to know who will be their number one employer. Teach for America hires promising students to teach in the nation’s lowest-income schools. More than one hundred and twenty UNC graduates currently work for TFA. But many who join have little or no background in education. Carolina Connection’s Kirsten Chang reports on the program and what attracts so many UNC alums to the classroom.
Entire program – Apr. 7, 2012
A surprising number of UNC grads decide to “Teach for America.” UNC workers rally against a plan to reclassify their jobs. Cuts in Pre-K programs affect kids and teachers. An upcoming referendum on gay marriage is poorly understood.
