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October 10, 2009

UNCG police try to curb alcohol use

GREENSBORO — UNCG campus police appear to be making a concerted effort to curb illegal alcohol use around the university, according to a new safety report. The number of arrests for liquor-law violations totaled 189 last year, up from 150 in 2007. I... Read More

Student housing plans hinge on property owners

GREENSBORO — Mark Lindsey has been busy lately. The commercial broker for High Point’s Skeen Group has been hustling to put together a deal for a student housing development in the Glenwood neighborhood — and do it on a tight deadline. W... Read More

October 8, 2009

Guilford school enrollment dips slightly

GREENSBORO — Enrollment in Guilford County Schools dipped slightly this year, but it remains ahead of projections.The county school system had 71,464 students as of Sept. 22, the 20th day of the academic year.A year ago, the district had 71,652 stud... Read More

October 7, 2009

A&T refuses to back concert

GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T has removed its name and financial support from the university’s annual homecoming concert after complaints about hiring a gang-affiliated rapper. With recent controversy about rapper Gucci Mane performing as the conc... Read More

Gang threat in schools overstated, group says

GREENSBORO — The issue of gangs in schools may be less of a threat than some people believe, according to one group’s findings. The School Safety Committee, formed and led by Guilford County Board of Education member Deena Hayes, has spent th... Read More

Oak Ridge repair may cost more

GREENSBORO — Air-quality work at one elementary school likely will dip into funds set aside for other projects. School district officials told the Guilford County Board of Education on Tuesday night that work being done at Oak Ridge Elementary likel... Read More

October 6, 2009

Budget approval on school board agenda

What: Guilford County Board of Education meeting When: 6 p.m. today Where: Board Room of the administrative office, 712 N. Eugene St., Greensboro. On TV: Guilford County Schools Board of Education meetings are broadcast live on GCS Cable Channel 2 with re... Read More

October 4, 2009

A&T flap spotlights hip-hop’s message

GREENSBORO — As N.C. A&T’s administration decides whether to replace a gang-affiliated rapper at this year’s homecoming concert, a heated debate continues among students on campus.The argument over rapper Gucci Mane — that his... Read More

Residents fear UNCG will change Glenwood

GREENSBORO — Teresa Eagle and her family have lived on Portland Street in the Glenwood neighborhood for 25 years . The area has changed a lot in that time — mostly going downhill from its beginnings as an ambitious turn-of-the-century experi... Read More

October 2, 2009

Guilford College sets enrollment records

GREENSBORO — Guilford College has 2,833 students this fall, a record that exceeds the previous mark by 5.5 percentThat number exceeds the previous record set in fall 2007 by 145 students.Included in the record-setting headcount is a record number of... Read More

$1.5 million to fund local research

Roughly $1.5 million worth of federal stimulus funding will be coming to Greensboro as part of 556 National Institutes of Health grants handed out across the state this week. Nationwide, more than 12,000 such grants were given out under one slice of a $78... Read More

October 1, 2009

Triad will benefit from research grants

Researchers at universities in the region will receive $23.1 million in federal funding as part of a national stimulus initiative to promote medical research that was announced by the White House Wednesday.President Barack Obama announced the $5 billion i... Read More

A&T may drop rapper from homecoming concert

GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T is considering replacing a gang-affiliated rapper who is headlining the school’s homecoming event, Chancellor Harold Martin said Wednesday. “We are reviewing our options right now,” Martin said. “We... Read More

September 30, 2009

Two GOP lawmakers to challenge enrollment change

GASTONIA (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers say they'll attempt to overturn a new admissions policy that allows illegal immigrants to attend North Carolina's community colleges, arguing it's unfair to legal residents in a tough economy.Reps. Wil... Read More

Growth plan for High Point University moves forward

HIGH POINT (MCT) — The High Point Planning and Zoning Commission amended a portion of the University Area Plan before unanimously approving the plan at its meeting Tuesday night.The sole change was amending the wording of the plan to say development... Read More

N.C. A&T headliner drawing criticism

GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T’s Homecoming celebration draws thousands to Greensboro every year — students, alumni, families and music fans who want to see the hottest names in R&B, hip-hop and rap. But this year’s celebration is a... Read More

September 29, 2009

Proposed elementary school hot topic at forum

A proposed elementary school was the hot topic of a Southeast Guilford community education forum held last night. The location of a proposed Southeast area elementary school was foremost on the minds of the hundred or so people who turned out for th... Read More

Taser used on Reidsville High student

REIDSVILLE — A school resource officer used a Taser on a Reidsville High School student Monday, according to a news release from the Reidsville Police Department. The officer observed an assault in progress and gave commands for the suspect to stop...... Read More

Study: High school students don't get enough fruits and veggies

ATLANTA (AP) — Less than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesda... Read More

Guilford County's top principal, teacher named

GREENSBORO — When a student asked a classmate what a principal does, the girl replied: “She just runs the school and goes 'La dee da’ through the halls.” Everyone laughed at the student’s answer in a special video for the nin... Read More

Looking through a teen’s viewfinder

GREENSBORO - The photos are telling. Look at them and you’ll see things you’ll recognize around our city. There’s the familiar, like the frozen figures of Bicentennial Gardens. But there’s also the vice and violence of any city, an... Read More

September 28, 2009

UNCG plans to use debt for projects

GREENSBORO — Last month, UNCG announced the renovation of its historic quad buildings and a new dormitory — first steps in its plan to have more students live on campus. The projected cost for the projects: more than $85 million. But as state... Read More

UNCG police station moves closer to activity

GREENSBORO — After months of pining for more space, UNCG police are finally moving into a new substation at 1409 W. Lee St., the former location of Two Men and a Truck. Officers were the movers last week as they moved desks, computers and files into... Read More

September 27, 2009

Rowe: Gardening project gives kids healthy beginning

GREENSBORO — In this half-acre garden, surrounded by our city of concrete, you’ll find just about everything. Tomatoes and eggplant. Sweet potatoes and squash. Cantaloupes and okra. And some leafy thing called stevia that you can slip between... Read More

September 25, 2009

Hacker hits UNC-Chapel Hill study data on 236,000 women

CHAPEL HILL (MCT) — A hacker has infiltrated a computer server housing the personal data of 236,000 women enrolled in a UNC-Chapel Hill research study.Among the information exposed: the Social Security numbers of 163,000 study participants.Though th... Read More