NEW YORK (May 9, 2022) â With the selection of Susan Jaffe as the new artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre, Jaffeâs career with the prestigious company has come full circle. Weâre just glad eight years of that circle were spent as Dean of the School of Dance at the UNC School of the… READ MORE
Linda Garrou: âA woman who lived for othersâ
WINSTON-SALEM (March 25, 2022) â Linda Garrou was one of the boys. But then again, she wasnât. Garrou, who died suddenly last week at 79,1 was first and foremost an advocate for children. âA woman who lived for others,â her obituary proclaimed.2 âWe pray for children,â said the prayer on the program for her memorial… READ MORE
Our hopes for 2022
RALEIGH (January 6, 2022) â North Carolina heaved a collective sigh of relief in 2021 with approval of the first state budget in three years. But enormous issues remain to be resolved in 2022. We hope, of course, that we at least reach sufficient herd immunity and vaccines for North Carolinians to live with the… READ MORE
Leandro: A quarter-century of bickering
RALEIGH (November 15, 2021) â Robb Leandro was an 8th-grader at West Hoke Middle School in 1994, when the lawsuit over funding for poor North Carolina school districts that bears his name was filed. Twenty-seven years later, heâs 42 years old, with a family and children of his own, and practices law in Raleigh.1 Burley… READ MORE
John Sanders: Giant of NC civic life
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (October 14, 2021) â I donât remember what first prompted John Sanders to come looking for me in The Daily Tar Heel office, but I know he was carrying a book. He was always carrying a book, usually with a type-written note paper-clipped to the front, directing wayward undergrads to… READ MORE
Basnight: âThat bridge for all of usâ
RALEIGH (Sept. 22, 2021) â State senators from both parties paid tribute yesterday to Marc Basnight, who led the NC Senate for 18 years and directed billions in state support to North Carolinaâs university and transportation systems. âMarc came from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential leaders in our stateâs history,â said… READ MORE
Mandate vaccines at NCâs public universities
CHAPEL HILL (August 10, 2021) â âPretty pleaseâ wonât cut it anymore. With COVID-19 cases rapidly on the rise, itâs time for UNC campuses to require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the virus. The UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee adopted a resolution last week that seeks a delegation of authority from… READ MORE
Higher ed must get better at second chances
By Eric Johnson North Carolina is entering a strange economic moment. Less than a year after the sharpest recession in modern history, the state is poised for a booming recovery. After peaking at 13.5% in May of last year, state unemployment now stands at 5.2%. But thatâs not the whole story. There are two ways… READ MORE
Legislators on the UNC Board of Governors?
RALEIGH (April 9, 2021) â A proposal that surfaced last week to name state legislators to the UNC Board of Governors would further politicize a board thatâs already overly politicized. Itâs not a good idea. HB455 would allow each house of the NC General Assembly to appoint two of its own members to the Board… READ MORE
Cooperâs proposed budget: Long-overdue investments
RALEIGH (March 31, 2021) â Gov. Roy Cooperâs proposed state budget for 2021-23 would award long-overdue raises to educators and put a $4.7 billion bond issue on the ballot to pay for capital projects across North Carolinaâs education systems. As State Budget Director Charles Perusse noted, the governorâs proposal is just the first inning in… READ MORE
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