Technology magazine Wired in the last issue publishes exclusive report on the biggest spy center that U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is building in the desert in Utah. Once built, it will be more than five times the size of the US Capitol. “ Under construction by contractors with top-secret clearances, the blandly named Utah […]
“Hunger Games” and hunger in WNC
March 13, 2012 by
Mallory McDuff, professor at Warren Wilson College, makes an interesting parallel between the movie “Hunger games” and the real-life hunger that families in Western North Carolina are facing. In her opinion published in Asheville Citizen Times on March 9 she writes: “The movie’s trailer features this foreboding line: “Happy Hunger Games.” But on the screen […]
No excuses for using handicapped parking
March 12, 2012 by
by Betty Dishman Apparently many in the public do not realize that it’s not ok to park in a handicapped parking space if unauthorized to do so, even for a minute. Some are so disrespectful and lazy that they will borrow someone else’s permit so they won’t have to walk two additional steps! Still others […]
UNC Board of Governors votes today on average 8.8% tuition hike
February 10, 2012 by
Charlotte Observer reports that students at UNC Chapel Hill campus are expected to turn out in force today as the full UNC Board of Governors votes on a plan to increase tuition and fees an average of 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across North Carolina’s public universities next year. On Thursday, the board’s budget and […]
