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29294
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A kind of financial censorship is beginning to restrict access to materials that libraries in North Carolina can no longer afford to buy. Academic libraries, which must buy costly research materials and journals, are particularly threatened by inflated prices. Libraries in the University of North Carolina system have had to cancel subscriptions to academic journals, or request funds from other institutions.
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29295
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As North Carolina’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball teams gear up for postseason play, success or failure will depend largely on four key players. Each of the four players have been pivotal in helping their team reach the finals of the Big Four Tournament.
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29296
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On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina was lost by Americans to the British. Despite the British victory, the battle ultimately weakened the British Army and led to General Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown.
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29297
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Three North Carolina ski instructors were selected to attend a week-long skiing event in the Austrian Tyrol. Austrians helped to develop the first American ski resorts and schools, including several in western North Carolina. The point of the event was a reaffirmation of the Austrian roots of American skiing.
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29298
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Julie Shea is a track and cross-country running star for North Carolina State University. She has broken multiple records and received several honors, including the first woman to win the Atlantic Coast Conference athlete of the year award. Upon graduation, Shea plans to expand her talents to running marathons and attending graduate school.
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29315
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Doug Marlette, a political cartoonist for The Charlotte Observer, will be working on a strip and editorial cartoon called Kudzu. Kudzu is a caricature of the South, representing a dogged, determined innocent whose dreams of love and glory keep ramming into reality.
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29316
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In North Carolina, a wide range of festivals take place to celebrate seasons, agricultural cycles, and traditions that enrich our lives. Spring starts off by celebrating specific kinds of fish, leading into seafood festivals held throughout the summer. This is a guide to some of those upcoming festivals, beginning with the Shad Festival in Grifton.
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29317
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Joe Wright was part of the Wilmington Ten, a group of activists convicted of criminal charges stemming from racially charged demonstrations February 5-6, 1971 in Wilmington, North Carolina. With the case legally behind him, Wright reflected on the past nine years during a recent interview at his lawyer’s office in Washington D.C.
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29318
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Squid, a seafood high in protein and considered a delicacy in other countries, is in abundant supply off the North Carolina coast four to five months of the year. North Americans tend to overlook the value of squid as seafood, but state programs are underway to acquaint the public with its taste.
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29319
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Each summer, thousands of Tar Heel children converge on North Carolina’s one-hundred-plus camps for a hands-on experience with nature. A directory of North Carolina camps has information compiled by geographic areas. It also includes articles on camping and a guide for parents.
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29320
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Peanut farmers in Virginia and North Carolina have experienced rough seasons of uncertain weather and uncertain prices. North Carolina is a top peanut-producing state, but its peanut harvest fell by about forty-percent in 1980. After last fall’s drought, farmers are also short on seeds and continue the struggle to stay in business.
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29321
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Once considered a poor man’s food, the peanut has become a scarce and precious commodity in North Carolina. Since December, supermarket shelves usually stocked with peanut butter have stood nearly bare. Some peanut snacks have vanished or doubled and tripled in price, and civic groups have begun looking for other foods to sell as fundraisers.
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29322
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Images of mountain living in western North Carolina were depicted in Margaret Morley’s 1913 book, The Carolina Mountains. The image Morley conveyed to her readers was of a vanishing Golden Age in the Southern Appalachians. She wrote about the distinct folk life of the mountaineers, and how they may be the last link between the present and the past.
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29338
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Anti-tobacco sentiment has risen since cigarette smoking was blamed for thousands of deaths each year. This year the federal government made substantive reductions in its support for tobacco, which has had tremendous economic, political, and cultural importance in North Carolina. Despite this, state politicians and tobacco spokesmen have responded with little protest.
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29340
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Franc White is best known as The Southern Sportsman. Since 1968, he has appeared on North Carolina television spouting sports tips, and has built a mini-empire out of revealing secrets for outwitting the likes of large-mouth bass and marsh hens. His reputation as an authority rests on his writing as well as his broadcasting skills.
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