Summer in North Carolina brings a surge in water activities. As an advocate for water safety, it’s concerning to know that 18.2% of adults in North Carolina can’t swim, putting the state in the 38th position for swimming proficiency. This isn’t just a statistic — it represents a significant risk every summer. But there’s a...
The Physical Safety and Security working group — a subset of the House Select Committee on Safer Schools — met briefly Wednesday, May 2 to approve recommendations on improving school security. Seven recommendations — from more money for school resource officers to vulnerability assessments of school facilities — will go to the full committee for...
The terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent U.S. war on terrorism were the subjects of a recent teach-in at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and were also referenced by North Carolina State University students during two recent campus events focusing on an entirely different subject, the racial climate.
