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27858
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NC State University assistant professor of journalism Dick J. Reavis shares his story of working as a day laborer. The story comes from Chapter 2 of his book Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers. Reavis spent a day working a digger, digging up a tree and digging a trench with a homeless, blind, mentally challenged colleague. Reavis details the struggles for day laborers and the challenges to making a living doing this type of work .
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 7, February 2010,
p16-19
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27860
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The first ever CHAT Festival was held on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The title stands for Collaborations: Humanities, Arts, and Technology. The gather features four full days of performances, hands-on workshops, interactive software exhibits, and panel discussions with nationally recognized designers, entrepreneurs, artists, and scholars. This group uses, develops, and markets the technology on display at the festival.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 7, February 2010,
p29
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27861
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Carboro drummer Lee Waters is working on scoring music for Andy Warhol’s silent films. Waters tells the story of how he became involved in the project and his group’s journey to Paris to record for the project. Waters career as a drummer and his bandmates careers are also detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 7, February 2010,
p40
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27863
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Many people with eating disorders are exhausting their savings for treatment and some are dying from a lack of insurance coverage. Insurers often do not cover treatment for eating disorders. Area resident Amy Lambert details her struggle with the disorder and its financial burden. Chase Bannister who directs the Carolina House in Durham explains what his treatment facility does to help and Tori Toles of UNC’s Eating Disorder Program also discusses the problems for those wanting treatment.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010,
p5-7
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27864
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Through a loophole in a recently passed law, internet gambling is legal. Since then, sweepstakes cafes have been popping up in low-income areas across the Triangle. They most often open where minorities make up the majority of the population and are near places such as pawn shops and check-cashing businesses. Many are concerned about this loophole and the group these businesses target. A map is included showing all of the locations in the Triangle area where these cafes are located with census statistics on the population in each area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010,
p9-10
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27867
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The winners of the annual IndyWeek poetry contest are announced. The topic that unites this year’s winners is nostalgia and regret. Winners include: first place, Robin Kirk’s “Carolina Parrot; second place, Julia Greenberg’s “Cross-section of a Hayfield;” third place, David D. Marshall’s “The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island;” and honorable mention, James A. Hawley’s “Lump.” The winner’s poems, their meanings explained by the poet, and a short biography of each poet is included.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010,
p16-21
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27868
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Members of the Triangle Curling Club educate area residents interested in trying the sport. The history of the five-hundred year old sport is explored. The basic objectives of curling are explained and its presence as a sport in the Triangle area is detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010,
p31
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27869
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A recent press conference held by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP expresses the feelings of many in the community. The issue of falling test scores for low-income and minority students and the lack of minorities enrolled in honors courses were the subject of the press conference. Scores were initially rising until new standards were implemented over the past five years. A change in mindset and new leadership is needed to reduce the gap according to some observers.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 9, March 2010,
p5, 9
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27870
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The Wake County School system is in crisis. Many are worried that the new conservative members of the school board will have a negative effective on the system. Superintendent Del Burns has resigned and the new majority is planning to eliminate diversity as a factor in student assignments, adopting a strict neighborhood schools approach. This would be a change in philosophy that started in 1976 and might increase segregation by race and class in Wake County Schools.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 9, March 2010,
p5-7
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27871
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The political views of Republican Representative Sue Myrick of Charlotte are explored. Myrick has made comments that were offensive to many Muslims about their religion. Also examined is her advisory board membership on The National Council on bible Curriculum in Public Schools. Her support of an organization that is seen as a religious extremist group, but her offensive remarks about religious extremism suggest a double standard held by Myrick between Islam and Christianity.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 9, March 2010,
p11
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27872
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Carrboro resident Bruce Thomas is known as the soul of Weaver Street. Thomas is known for exploring spirituality though movement and meditation and he does this on the street. The former inmates life was changed by mediation and his journey to spirituality is documented. Friends and locals talk about the impact he has on the community and hi place in it.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 9, March 2010,
p16-19
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27873
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A new plan for rail transit in the Triangle is experiencing some difficulties. The old plan for light-rail transit between Raleigh and Durham has been shelved. Currently, each county in the Triangle area is coming up with their own plan for light rail transit. Raleigh officials believe light-rail between Raleigh and Durham does not make sense, but Durham Mayor Bill Bell believes that it does. Local leaders talk about their plans and how the rail system will be funded.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 10, March 2010,
p7
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27875
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Area towns and cities are working hard to attract Google’s attention. Google has offered to install its fiber network for free which will reduce the cost of high-speed internet for communities and citizens. Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Raleigh are all working on applications. Google Fiber would benefit low-income residents, start-up businesses, entrepreneurs, local businesses and students be more competitive and increase their access to information. Google's plan and local efforts are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 10, March 2010,
p14-17
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27878
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North Carolina residents gather at the weekly Picking & Grinning at Schley Grange Hall outside Hillsborough. The two-hour gathering has been going on for ten years and brings residents together to hear, sing, and play gospel and country music. The gatherings sometimes have as many as two hundred attend and all are invited to participate. The sessions are important to members of the community, especially older individuals and celebrate their musical heritage.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 10, March 2010,
p22-23
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27881
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The Triangle area has experienced bigger crowds at music venues lately. The Greer club in Durham is hoping that continues . The new club will be the fourth largest rock club in the Triangle. Two more clubs may open next year in Raleigh and possibly another in Durham. The growing rock club scene is detailed with owners, musicians, and booking agents discussing the trend.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 10, March 2010,
p33
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