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Carolina Connection – Apr. 14, 2018

UNC students with ties to Syria react to this month’s chemical attacks and the subsequent U.S. airstrikes. Latino advocates and local mayors speak out against of a series of immigration raids in the Triangle. Tucker Carlson speaks at UNC amid a debate about his journalist credentials. During autism awareness month, a student with Asperger’s Syndrome reflects on his own experience. A UNC study sheds light on how loggerhead turtles navigate. Swimming is part of the 2nd grade curriculum at one Chapel Hill school.

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Carolina Connection – Apr. 7 2018

UNC’s annual Sexual Assault Awareness week sparks more discussion this year because of the #MeToo movement. A planned speech by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson leads to controversy. Spanky’s restaurant has closed after 40 years; the same owners will open a family-style “down home” restaurant in its place. A new Playmakers production documents the economic ups and downs of rural North Carolina. “Arts Everywhere Day” covers campus with painted pianos, spinning chairs, colorful duct tape, and other artistic creations.