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1259
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Banks make billions loaning students money to attend trade schools - like Raleigh's Hardbarger Junior College or Durham's Rutledge College - even when the schools' programs turn out to be deceptive and fraudulent.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 41, Oct 1993,
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1266
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Lawrence offers a glimpse into the life of a prisoner on death row in North Carolina.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 42, Oct 1993,
p9, por
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1267
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Sexual assault victims in North Carolina discuss their traumatic experiences and how they coped with the subsequent anguish and depression. Floren questions the legal system's handling of sexual offenders.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 42, Oct 1993,
p11-15, il
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1268
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The author questions the courting of Mercedes-Benz by North Carolina and other southern states when that company announced plans to build a car plant in the United States.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 43, Oct 1993,
p5, por
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1269
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Yeoman offers an in-depth critical examination of Raleigh mayoral candidate and front-runner Tom Fetzer.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 43, Oct 1993,
p7-8, por
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1270
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The publication offers its endorsements of political candidates in the Research Triangle for the 1993 elections in Wake, Durham, and Orange Counties, and confirms its support of the state bond referendums.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 43, Oct 1993,
p10-19, por
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1280
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Yeoman argues that public radio was created as a tax-supported forum for controversy and diversity, but that WUNC-FM rarely profiles its diverse community, airs voices of dissent, or explores alternative types of programming.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 44, Nov 1993,
p6-9, por
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1288
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This week's groundbreaking for N.C. State's new basketball arena, the Entertainment and Sports Arena, is only the latest example of the power wielded by Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball within the Triangle and the state.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 45, Nov 1993,
p13, por
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1289
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Last week Durham played host to the Creating Change Conference, the country's largest gay political gathering, whose attendants urged the gay movement to link itself to the struggle of other minority groups.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 46, Nov 1993,
p10, por
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1305
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Durham mayor-elect Sylvia Kerckhoff and Raleigh mayor-elect Tom Fetzer will have to tackle some tough issues, including economic development, crime, and taxes.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 45, Nov 1993,
p11, por
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1308
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Local governments in Chapel Hill and Durham are debating proposed gun-control ordinances that would prohibit the display and discharge of guns within city limits.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 49, Dec 1993,
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1309
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North Carolina is following other states in offering big incentives to lure private industries, which will provide more jobs and a greater tax base.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 50, Dec 1993,
p11-14, il, por
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1310
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Michael Seagroves, a Durham resident who shot and killed a teenager who broke into his garage, was the beneficiary of a mistrial when the jury deadlocked. The state is expected to drop the charges against Seagroves rather than bring him to trial again.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 51, Dec 1993,
p8-11, por
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1323
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Across North Carolina, anxiety about crime has put the state's prison cap, created in the late 1980s to limit prison populations, under fire.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 46, Nov 1993,
p13-15, por
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1329
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Middle-class tenants often have no protection from the whims of their landlords, who often evict long-term tenants to squeeze more money out of an apartment building. The article discusses two such cases in Raleigh.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 48, Dec 1993,
p7-11, por
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