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I was named head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wrestling team in 2003. I was fired this past June. The athletic director has publicly stated that I was fired for "performance"; specifically, that I had not been successful in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 5:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The novel assigned to first-year students enrolling at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall is well-written, engaging, funny, and touching. The characters are deep and (mostly) believable. For the book, The Round House, author Louise Erdrich won the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction, an award for which...
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 8:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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There is an impossibly tough question that all universities must answer, from a legal if not moral perspective. How much of our limited resources should we spend to ensure that the next victim of a sex crime is given the treatment he or she deserves? The University of North Carolina at...
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John William Pope Center
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On October 25, a heated exchange took place at the meeting of the board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (UNCW). The fireworks weren't about school finances, or plans for new campus construction, but rather the rights of students accused of non-academic...
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 5:46 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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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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This has been a rough year for the University of North Carolina system. An ongoing scandal involving both academic and athletic departments continues to roil UNC-Chapel Hill, with the more recent wild antics of basketball star P.J. Hairston adding fuel to the fire. A second longstanding...
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 6:54 am
By: John William Pope Center
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This story is a tangled mess that recently made national news. But it belongs to a large genre, familiar to the first author from his years as dean of Harvard College.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2013 @ 4:27 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has an unusual student disciplinary system. Although other schools sometimes involve students in disciplinary proceedings, UNC's "Honor Court" is entirely student-run and student-led.
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2012 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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