UNC SAFE Escort Service: (919) 962-7233 Duke Van Service: (919) 684-2020 NCSU Safety Escort Service (919) 515-3000 NCCU Escort Service: (919) 530-6106 Part of collegeand part of being on your own for the first timeis learning how to take care of yourself. But for those of us who’ve never even done a load of laundry […]
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What Thirteen Months Hiding from Immigration Officials Inside a Durham Religious Facility Has Taught Jose Chicas
For Jose and Sandra Chicas, a year in sanctuary has provided a front-row seat to President Trump’s strict immigration policies. But it’s also taught them that a sense of security comes from more than just a locked door. When Jose Chicas first sought sanctuary from deportation in June 2017 at the School for Conversion, a […]
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Got Questions About College? Seven Current and Recent N.C. Students Have Answers.
Times have changed since our parents went to college, and their “back in my day” stories can get old fast. So what’s it actually like being on campus in the twenty-first century? Because nothing beats advice from fellow millennials who’ve been there, we asked seven current or recent students for the 411 on doing college […]
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Five Quick Tips for Pulling All-Nighters
We’ve all been there: the lab report left until the last minute, the paper due at 8:00 a.m., the exam that seemed so far away on the calendar but then suddenly is tomorrow. While a little planning goes a long way, all-nighters are inevitable. Don’t fret; here are five tips for doing ’em right. REST […]
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Durham Gets Grant to Combat Childhood Hunger Through Summer and After-School Meals
The city of Durham recently received a $125,000 grant to help address childhood hunger as part of a nationwide initiative known as Cities Combating Hunger Through After-school and Summer Meal Programs (CHAMPS). According to press release from the city, the grant will expand local summer and after-school meal sites, and will serve an additional 14,850 […]
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A Raleigh Man Died of an Apparent Suicide While in Solitary Confinement at a For-Profit Immigration Prison in Georgia
A Raleigh man died from an apparent suicide late Tuesday night while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a private prison in Lumpkin, Georgia. He’s the third person to die at the detention center in a little over a year. While in solitary confinement at the Stewart Detention Center—which the INDY has […]
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On a Mission from God: A Wilmington Man Is Threatening to Sue if Orange County Doesn’t Remove Gay Pride Symbols from the Courthouse
If you asked Wilmington real estate developer Napier Fuller to describe himself, he’d tell you he’s a modern-day Martin Luther King Jr.—an activist fighting a corrupt system trying to censor him. Not everyone would see the likeness. While King was a civil rights leader beloved by millions, Fuller sent a series of emails to faculty […]
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Pissed Off About the Kids the Trump Administration Ripped From Their Parents? Get to Downtown Raleigh Tomorrow Morning.
There’s no need here to relitigate the abject cruelty that the Trump administration’s recent immigration policy changes represent. But it’s worth pointing out that, though the president backed down under immense pressure and has seen his efforts to crack down on refugees blocked by the courts and Congress, thousands of migrant children are still being […]