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With back-to-school time just around the corner, UNC officials are saying the so-called “freshman 15” is just a myth. Contrary to popular belief, there’s no real evidence that students gain 15 pounds in their first year of college. But the issue still hits home for at least one Tar Heel, who’s urging everyone to take it very seriously. So, here with us ONCE AGAIN in the studio is UNC basketball star, John Henson.
Molly Buckley, Aaron Keck, and Kit FitzSimons bring you today’s top headlines.
This past weekend, local residents showed off their baking skills at the South Estes Farmer’s Market as they held their first-ever Pie Cook-Off. Three judges were on hand to decide the winner, but a fourth judge showed up at the last minute to serve as the, quote, “deciding factor, man.” Here with us today to share her experiences is self-proclaimed pie connoisseur and Carrboro citizen extraordinaire, Ms. Aurora Joplin.
Molly and Aaron are confessing their sins to the Reverend Ron Stutts.
AARON: It’s another edition of DSI Witness News. I’m Aaron Keck.
MOLLY: I’m Molly Buckley. Last Sunday at Top of the Hill, Ryan and Celeste Evans were married as part of WCHL’s Marry Me Ron Stutts contest, a 30,000-dollar wedding ceremony that included over a dozen area businesses and took nearly a year to plan.
AARON: And the DSI Witness News writing staff was thrilled and honored to have been able to participate.
MOLLY: Or at least we would have been.
AARON: If we’d been invited.
MOLLY: But we weren’t.
AARON: No hard feelings, though.
MOLLY: No, none at all.
AARON: But you may be wondering out there: what’s next? What could WCHL possibly do to top a massive event like THAT?
MOLLY: Well, we’ve managed to obtain an internal document here at the WCHL office with a list of some of the alternative promotions that WCHL has considered, to follow up on the success—
AARON: —of Marry Me Ron Stutts.
A recent performance audit from the state suggests UNC needs to beef up its information security.Conrad says UNC Information Technology Services is working to implement a series of new policies aimed at protecting passwords, health information and other sensitive data. But not everyone agrees. Here to tell us his theory on how to catch the hackers is UNC professor of Information Technologies, Dr. Thomas Halloway.
Molly Buckley and Aaron Keck read today’s headlines.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro school superintendent Neil Pedersen will be retiring at the end of this school year, and the search is already on for his replacement. We here at DSI Witness News thought we’d help out by asking what YOU want in your next superintendent—and so, we go live to Kit FitzSimons on the street in downtown Chapel Hill. Kit, what’s going on?
UNC’s football team has been at the center of a NCAA investigation this past week, as officials have tried to determine if any rules have been broken by agents giving inappropriate giftsto select members of the team. This investigation could have a huge impact on future UNC sports players. With us to comment is UNC hopeful, Chapel Hill High School sophomore, and possible illegitimate son of a famous sports star himself, Andy Savage.
For the last year, Lee Menius of China Grove has been operating a MOBILE POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSE for farmers on a trailer he pulls behind his pickup truck. Unfortunately, notoriety comes with a price, and Menius has attracted some unwanted attention for his ingenuity. Joining us to talk about his anti-slaughterhouse protest movement, is the president of the Carrboro Militant Vegan Society–uh, Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Is that your real name?
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