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First Panhellenic endowment is tribute to sisterhood
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On Tuesday an anti-Biden Super PAC announced a $1 million spend on behalf of N.C. Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Administrators at the University of Florida recently notified students that a 24-hour counseling hotline is available to anyone who feels offended by Halloween costumes. Other colleges, in an attempt to pre-empt the psychological threat of offensive costumes
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 8:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Universities once served as repositories of knowledge. They were the defenders of civilization. Now, Dr. Jenna Robinson, president of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, says universities have turned away from that traditional role
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, six student government members at the University of California at Irvine voted to ban the American flag in some parts of campus. And although the ban was overturned, thousands of professors and students across California signed a letter supporting the flags removal.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 9:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It's truly disgusting to watch the drive-bys - the remnants of the so-called mainstream media - working overtime to whip up racial strife in an era they promised us, in 2008, would be post-racial.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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UNC-Chapel Hill has launched Carolina Conversations, an initiative designed to provide forums for students to discuss sensitive topics. UNC-CH will do this in three ways: sponsor regular large-scale town-hall-style forums called My Carolina Voice, smaller gatherings called Carolina Pulse, and...
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 10:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Any conversation about campus rape policy will more than likely feature the following positions. One argument, often made by feminists and victim advocates, is that we need more guidance and support for victims. The other, expressed by due process advocates, contends that universities are unfair...
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The struggle to preserve donor intent in college gifts is often a melancholy tale of schools using every tool they have to reduce or ignore the wishes of donors.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This year has been an eventful one for higher education in general and for North Carolina specifically. As Santa checks his list, the Pope Center has a few suggestions as to who's been naughty and nice this year.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 6:14 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2012, a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman with a blood level of alcohol nearly three times the legal limit was found dead. Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, saw this as indicative of a nationwide problem-one he has been working to address since then.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 9:15 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When I saw my acceptance letter from UCLA in 2004, I was overjoyed to find out that I was one of the chosen to attend an elite university, currently ranked 23rd among national universities by U.S. News. My hard work and dedication toward creating the perfect college application during my four...
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2014 @ 2:13 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As we approach the 2014 vote, the PR stunts, dirty tricksters, and other political slimeballs will start oozing out of the woodwork.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 1:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I have always tried to be successful. Back in high school, success meant doing well in classes so that I would get into a good college. Being involved in extracurricular activities or having a job was helpful, but academics were vital. Getting into a top school like Chapel Hill only strengthened...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 8:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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An awful lot of us on the right worked hard to get Pat McCrory into the governor's mansion in Raleigh. There was a lot of excitement in 2012 about the potential for fundamental change a GOP majority and GOP governor could bring to state government.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 4:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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State flagship universities have an image problem. They want people to think of them as places where students are dedicated to their studies, but can also have some fun.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 11:06 am
By: George Leef
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