October 2011 Archives

Entire program – October 29, 2011

October 29, 2011

UNC officials plead their case before the NCAA Infractions Committee. A federal plan may help graduates pay back their student loans. Chapel Hill’s Halloween restrictions lead some students to party elsewhere. A mob of helpful neighbors descends on area farms.

Obama plan may relieve student loan debt

October 29, 2011

Lauren Asher of the Institute for College Access and Success explains how President Obama’s student loan plan will help some college grads.

NCAA hearing update from Indianapolis

October 29, 2011

We talk with WRAL’s Erin Hartness in Indianapolis, where UNC pleaded its case before the NCAA infractions committee.

Halloween partiers head out of town

October 29, 2011

The Homegrown Halloween Initiative accomplished what town leaders hoped, but may deter UNC students from celebrating in Chapel Hill.

New tool helps find open beds

October 29, 2011

A creative tool could reduce emergency room wait times for psychiatric
patients. It may be implemented locally.

“Crop Mob” builds farm community

October 29, 2011

About once a month, a group of locals get together to farm and hangout. It’s called a Crop Mob, and it has its roots in Orange County.

Heritage crafts featured at Fair exhibit

October 29, 2011

The VIllage of Yesteryear brings heritage crafts to fair goers.

Pill could treat radiation poisoning

October 29, 2011

The federal government gave G-Zero Therapeutics a three million dollar grant last month to speed up the pill’s development.

Speaker Ban remembered

October 15, 2011

The 1960’s speaker ban controversy as remembered by students and UNC President Emeritus Bill Friday.

Former legislator helped pass Speaker Ban

October 15, 2011

The Speaker Ban law was part of a larger nationwide fear about the spread of Communism.