William Christensen

CarolinaCast: PNC Arena hosts LCS, a popular Esports tournament

May 22, 2023 William Christensen

Esports, or competitive gaming, is an increasingly popular pastime across the world. Every year, new games enter the competitive scene and live events continue to grow in attendance. Recently, PNC arena was the host of one such event, the League of Legends Championship series.

CarolinaCast: ‘We’re human beings’: Homeless Chapel Hill residents ask for kindness, respect

May 17, 2023 William Christensen

Since the early 1960s, the Inter-Faith Council has worked to provide food and supplies to struggling citizens in Chapel Hill and Orange County. Today that work continues, and it’s more necessary than ever as citizens grapple with economic issues stemming from the pandemic.

Carolina Connection’s Will Christensen went to the IFC SECU Community House Shelter to speak to some of these people and hear their stories.

CarolinaCast: When the world of politics meets the world of education

April 13, 2023 William Christensen

We discuss two politically-charged education topics: a bill in the N.C. legislature that would regulate how sexual identity is discussed in the public schools, and the plan to create UNC’s new School of Civic Life and Leadership.

CarolinaCast: North Carolina BBQ restaurants are changing some of their longest held traditions

March 29, 2023 William Christensen

Barbecue is one of the best-known and well liked foods in North Carolina, and many agree that the best way to cook it is over wood. However, wood-cooking BBQ restaurants have been closing rapidly in the past decade.

Campus Y co-presidents protest UNC’s lack of accessibility for physically disabled students

March 3, 2023 William Christensen

UNC student engage in a thirty-two hour long protest demanding increased accessibility on campus.

CarolinaCast: Recent initiatives aim to reduce inequality in Chapel Hill’s housing market

February 24, 2023 William Christensen

One of Chapel Hill’s most consistent problems is a lack of affordable housing for students and residents alike. But it’s not a new issue. In this edition of CarolinaCast, Will Christensen and Lorelai Sykes discuss the history of racial discrimination in the housing market and recent initiatives to make housing more inclusive in the area

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools struggle with bus driver shortage

February 24, 2023 William Christensen

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have been dealing with a shortage of bus drivers. Now, the district is making changes aimed at fixing the problem for the next school year.

CarolinaCast: 25 years after it started, the Leandro education funding case awaits an N.C. Supreme Court decision

December 9, 2022 William Christensen

In 1997, the NC Supreme Court delivered a decision in the original Leandro case. The decision said that every North Carolinian has a constitutional right to a sound, basic education. More than 20 years later, the Leandro case was back before the N.C. Supreme Court this fall.

This time, the issue in the case is whether the judicial branch can force the Legislature to fund a plan that would seek to address inequity in public education funding.

In this edition of CarolinaCast, Walter Reinke discusses the case with William Christensen.

UNC’s ‘March for Our Lives’ chapter rallies following mass shooting in Raleigh

October 14, 2022 William Christensen

Following the recent shooting in Raleigh, UNC’s March for Our Lives chapter held a rally to support gun control and to encourage students to vote in next month’s election.

UNC among universities discovered monitoring student social media

September 23, 2022 William Christensen

The Dallas Morning News reported that UNC and several other universities use tracking software to monitor students’ social media accounts.