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North Carolina’s first ‘Safe Parking Site’ creates space for homeless people in cars

January 14, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

The Greensboro site is intended to be a place where anyone can stay in their cars for free overnight or during the day, without being hassled and asked to move.

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UNC’s Long COVID Recovery Clinic helps patients cope with lingering symptoms

January 14, 2024 Henry Taylor

A UNC clinic is working to help long COVID patients cope with their symptoms, while trying to get to the bottom of what causes some people’s symptoms to linger for months or years.

Features

Mead, or honey wine, is making a resurgence in North Carolina

January 14, 2024 Henry Taylor

Mead is the oldest alcoholic drink, but it has long since fallen out of fashion. Now the drink is becoming popular again as more meaderies open their doors.

Features

‘Larks and ravens’: a new spin on contra dancing

January 12, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

As contra dancing has spread beyond its country roots to bigger cities, suburbs and college towns, many groups have started using gender neutral terms instead of “ladies” and “gents”.

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Grief, fear, isolation: Students feel ongoing effects from the Israel-Hamas war

December 1, 2023 W.H. Hayes

Since the Hamas attack on Israel October 7, the conflict has led to increased emotional and mental distress on UNC students who have connections to Israel or the Palestinian territories.

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As Guskiewicz weighs Michigan State job, UNC begins to envision a future without him

December 1, 2023 Caroline Horne

Some professors and students are hoping Guskiewicz stays in Chapel Hill, while speculation has begun on possible successors.

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NC will legalize sports betting in 2024, but students have been gambling illegally for years

December 1, 2023 Sofia Casini

Though sports betting won’t become legal until some time in 2024, that hasn’t deterred sports fans, even those under 21, from participating in it. At UNC, gambling is prevalent.

Features

Some Taylor Swift fans find their bank accounts have become a blank space

December 1, 2023 Samantha Hoffman

The Eras Tour movie is just the latest expense for Taylor Swift fans. Some college students have spent thousands on the artist this year.

Features

Project tries to reduce a common hazard on crowded campuses: birds flying into windows

December 1, 2023 Siya Zhang

The City Bird project is a citizen science initiative that documents bird-window collisions and advocates a bird-friendly community in the Triangle.

Features

UNC program provides stability for young people and their communities

December 1, 2023 Tianyi Wang

“Carolina Across 100” has concluded its “Our State, Our Work” program, celebrating success in connecting over 6400 young people to living-wage jobs.

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