Jim Jenkins
Jenkins: Gordon Gee, relatively speaking
Ohio State President Gordon Gee has a trademark bow tie, a reputation for being a big money-raiser, a resume with multiple university presidencies on it...and a big mouth. The latter has now forced his early retirement.
Jim Jenkins
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: NC's connection to Watergate
The N.C. Museum of History offers a rich look back at the Watergate scandal that changed America, and the North Carolinians who played major roles.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: A heart still beating after 200 years
A young man named Daniel White was converted at a Baptist revival in Scotland somewhere around 1800, and it took. White became a minister, and married another convert, Catherine Campbell. It was Daniel White’s wish to minister to those from his country who had migrated to America.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: Russell Allen was a real pro doing a good job for Raleigh
The firing of Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen might have been inevitable, but the city is losing a highly competent professional.
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JIM JENKINS
An Alzheimer’s story, and a love story
Sue Scoggins’ husband was young when he developed Alzheimer’s, which changed her life, but she found a new one in a way while caring for him and, through a blog, is helping other families facing the challenge.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: Should the chancellor punt on athletics?
Holden Thorp, whose departure from the chancellor’s post at UNC-Chapel Hill was in part prompted by scandal in athletics and academics, now says perhaps a chancellor should not be responsible for oversight of an athletics program. In fact, a lack of oversight from the top has been the problem...
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JIM JENKINS
Comfortable with an open door at UNC-CH?
UNC-Chapel Hill’s new chancellor could help herself immediately by pledging and demonstrating absolute openness in her administration, from top to bottom.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: GOP can’t build a legacy by tearing down
These days on Jones Street, the Republicans in Charge too often justify the fears that arise in moderates (and even in some Republicans) when they commence to law-make. Thus far, theirs has been a session obsessed, it seems, with making up for lost time.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: Documentary celebrates Valvano, 1983 championship
It was the flash of light that has flickered over NC State basketball for 30 years now. The light has a name, Jim Valvano. He was the coach who hurled that meteor of a 1983 national championship basketball team across the skies, and made stars of unknowns and champions of a group of players who&#...
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: He could look the whole world in the face
Larry Ellis thankfully had many rewards in his generous life.
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JIM JENKINS
Jenkins: The 'last bastion' standing for us?
A humdinger of a pro-gun resolution comes out of a state House committee in the name of protecting all North Carolinians. But do we really need it?


