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ObamaCare Nightmare: Insurance Costs Up 54% at UNC

Anthony Dent - University of North Carolina — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:09:25 +0000

Last year, a tuition hike at the University of North Carolina provoked intense debate among students, but an increase of a far greater magnitude for students who are covered by the UNC system Pearce & Pearce (now Chartis) health insurance plan hasn’t received nearly the same attention. Dollar-for-dollar, tuition at UNC is going up $695 or 9.9 percent for academic year 2012-2013 while costs for…

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Occupy Wall Street: Dead in 213 Days

Anthony Dent - University of North Carolina — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:41:43 +0000

Based on the wave of recent reports detailing the declining interest in Occupy Wall Street, let’s just bite the bullet and publish the final obit: Occupy Wall Street, Dead, 213 Days Old. At the University of North Carolina, The Daily Tar Heel recently observed, “Occupy Chapel Hill-Carrboro meeting attendees once packed a plaza, but these days they barely surround a coffee table.

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Faux pluralism at UNC for Muslim prayer room

Anthony Dent - University of North Carolina — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:01:56 +0000

An editorial in today’s Daily Tar Heel lauds a recent decision by the Union Board of Directors at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to create a “meditation room” almost solely due to lobbying efforts by Muslim students. This is a decision I don’t particularly disagree with — the editorial does mention the fact that, since Muslims pray five times a day, it’s harder to be able to…

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De-funding North Carolina's Governor's School is as easy as 1-2-3

Anthony Dent - University of North Carolina — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:48:19 +0000

The budget proposed by Republican leadership in the N.C. General Assembly has come under attack recently because it reduces the allocation to Governor’s School by 100 percent — completely cutting its public support. For the uninitiated, Governor’s School is a six-week, summer enrichment program for academically gifted public school students. Under Democratic leadership…

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Snoop Dogg is coming to UNC and the feminists want to ban his concert

Anthony Dent - University of North Carolina — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:19:31 +0000

Snoop Dogg is coming to UNC and the feminists are up in arms. (Although when are they not up in arms?) Apparently basing their event on the little known addendum to “Deeds, Not Words” — “Say No to Snoop Dogg!”– feminists are trying to get the university to ban Snoop Dogg’s concert (background on the concert itself here). The feminists are arguing that Snoop Dogg’s lyrics are sexist…

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