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Despite the misty, water-colored memories of old people, college was never all fun and frat parties

Ah yes, college. Four years of fun, frat parties, freedom and, oh yeah, some classes sprinkled in, right? It’s a time and place where...

More love letters to the editor

Dear Editor, I read your little story criticizing Bruce Springsteen for the price of his concert tickets. The last time I looked, it was...

Mayor refuses to let city be dragged down by hate

When Lindsey Knapp held her first Halloween Drag Brunch fundraiser in June, there wasn’t much opposition. She recalled that “a couple of...

A pedestrian encounter leaves me "shook" after Raleigh shooting

An hour or so after hearing about the massacre of five innocent people in a Raleigh neighborhood on October 13, I left my hotel in...

Is a minute out of your life too much to show respect for someone else's?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Or just slow down and pull over to the side of the road. Recently while driving down Roxboro...

Sisters, want to live long and well? Be in the seats at NCCU Oct. 15

Like a lot of people, it was a wedding that brought Benita Perkins to Durham. But it wasn’t her own. No, Perkins was already married when...

Silky DeSantis' Plan to expose liberal hypocrisy fails spectacularly

Drats! Foiled again! Wanna bet that’s what Snidely Whiplash – aka Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - is saying after his latest stunt didn’t...

Why, yes, the Queen did call former UNC cheerleader "Peaches."

We were unable to reach Peaches for this story. With all that's going on in Great Britain right now following the death of Queen...

Don’t knock a “bucket o’ bones,” but kids shouldn’t have to depend on it.

Get most college graduates together 20 years after turning the tassel and the talk will invariably turn to memories of a favorite...