University Day rolls around next week with a big to-do celebrating Lux Libertas and all that. The speeches are usually inspiring – and the various congratulations of the stalwarts and the bright young minds that follow in their footsteps, equally so. This year, the university could use a good bit of another rhetorical spice, one…
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UNC to not pursue airport authority
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp announced Friday that the school will not ask the UNC Board of Governors to form an airport authority. [Text via the chancellor’s blog] The authority was to begin work as early as this spring to find a an alternative to Horace Williams airport in Orange County.
Chancellor’s letter on the airport
Editor’s note: Following is a response from UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp regarding questions from the county on a proposed airport authority. Dear Chair Foushee: Congratulations on your election as chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. We look forward to working with you in your new role. I am writing to respond to…