Carolina Journal
Volume 17, Number 8 - August 2008

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Paying with plastic: N.C. lawmakers approve $875 million in debt unapproved by voters
  • Environmental agenda gives dark green hue to K-12 instruction

North Carolina:

  • NCSU provost says he acted alone in hiring of Mary Easely, page 4
  • Drought regulations trouble property-rights advocates, page 5
  • Lawmakers dilute new 'devastating' stormwater rules, page 6

Education:

  • Teachers rack up extra personal day plus raise, page 9
  • Terry Stoops commentary: A cacophony of coaches, page 9
  • Program excludes nonpublic students, page 10
  • Definitions stall school bullying bill in General Assembly, page 11

Higher Education:

  • Panel's focus: Lack of black males on campus, page 12
  • Pope Center proposes move to transparency, page 13
  • Jay Schalin commentary: Brady won't rock UNC-G ideological boat, page 13
  • Jon Sanders commentary: First ladies cost what first ladies cost, page 14
  • Lawmakers lavish money on state's universities, page 14
  • Issues in Higher Education: Wake Forest's decision on SATs presages class warfare, page 15

Local Government:

  • Slope ordinances used to curb development, page 16
  • Fuel-price woes have put regional jets in jeopardy, page 17
  • Chad Adams commentary: Include full spectrum of economic interests, page 17
  • Local Innovation Bulletin Board, page 18
  • From Cherokee to Currituck, page 18
  • Greensboro City Council approves $200M bond vote, page 19

The Learning Curve:

  • Book Review: Bruce Chadwick's 1858, page 20
  • Troy Kickler commentary: Returning students have great resource in N.C. History site, page 21
  • Short Takes on Culture, page 22
  • Movie Review: "WALL-e", page 22
  • Book Review: Tony Horwitz's A Voyage Long and Strange, page 23

Opinion:

  • Letter to the editor, page 24
  • Editorial: Sometimes it's better to be sick than dead, page 24
  • Editorial: An ill-used tax, page 25
  • Editorial: Medicaid in Florida, page 25
  • John Hood commentary: Legislation seeks to bully employees, page 25
  • Mike Walden commentary: If it can be done, should it? page 26
  • Becki Gray commentary: State budget gets nearly everything wrong, page 27
  • Marc Rotterman commentary: Sen. Jesse Helms — An American hero, page 27

Parting Shot:

  • All aboard! More N.C. State contracts released (a CJ parody), page 28

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