Franklin Street to gain new tenants
Franklin Street patrons have seen the balance between new development and business closures tip heavily toward empty storefronts in recent months, but new renovations to the former site of Kerr Drug are sparks of progress for Chapel Hill's most famous street.
Speed racers
ROUGEMONT - Judy Rhyne laughed and shook her head as two of the competing Carolina Speedway Series cyclists zoomed past her on the track. "They're just so competitive, no matter what," she said. Rhyne served as one of the two USA Cycling officials during the third and final races of the Twilight Points Race Series on July 15 at the Orange County Speedway.
Kidzu unveils original exhibit
The growing pains are finished for Franklin Street's Kidzu Children's Museum. After two years of renting other children's museums' exhibits while raising the money to create its own, Kidzu unveiled its first original exhibit July 11.
Play like a girl
From the Carrboro ArtsCenter's main stage, a drummer counts off, pounding her sticks together and calling out cues to her band mates, who respond in time with a heavy bass line and lyrics about an unrequited love. So what if there are also mentions of school lockers and the band is made up of girls between the ages of 10 and 12? Good songs know nothing of age or gender.
Trustees send Innovation Center back to the drawing board
WEDNESDAY - The UNC Board of Trustees reviewed a design for Carolina North's first building, again deciding that the building needed to be bolder before they would approve it.
UNC report shows successful faculty retention
THURSDAY - UNC was largely successful in retaining faculty during the 2007-08 academic year, holding on to 68 percent of the faculty members to whom they made a counter offer, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bernadette Gray-Little told the UNC Board of Trustees on Wednesday at a university affairs committee meeting. In the past year, 51 faculty members received offers from another university. Of those 51, the University made counter offers to 26 faculty members and successfully retained 18 of them.
Easley pay raise brings scrutiny
N.C. first lady Mary Easley's recent salary hike of nearly $80,000 for her post in the provost's office at N.C. State University brought scrutiny which has led to the discovery that the raise violated UNC-system policy. NCSU officials said that the violation was simply due to a long-standing misinterpretation of the salary raise policy, and that there are several other employees whose raises also might violate the policy.
