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Carolina Connection – Feb. 29, 2020

The spread of the coronavirus is affecting Chinese-Americans in the Triangle, as well as UNC students overseas. As Super Tuesday approaches, voters and campaign workers prepare for primary election day. President Trump has proposed eliminating a program that helps students erase their college debt. Charles Scott – UNC’s first African-American scholarship athlete – says he’s disappointed that the Carolina Basketball Museum omits much of his story. UNC researchers find that high intensity interval training is a good way to get in shape. On Leap Year Day, we hear how students are spending their extra 24 hours.

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Carolina Connection – Feb. 22, 2020

The chair of the UNC Board of Governors reaffirms that Silent Sam won’t return to campus, but also expresses frustration at the ongoing controversy. A UNC campus organization has organized a trip to Israel and Palestinian territories, but critics of the trip are calling for a boycott. UNC wants to give East Franklin Street a makeover, but it could come at the cost of losing restaurants and other businesses that have been there for decades. As Black History Month comes to a close, a former plantation in Durham presents a lingering memory of slavery. The North Carolina Basketball Museum is missing the story of UNC’s first black scholarship athlete, Charles Scott. A local musician creates a soundtrack for a classic silent film.