Posts tagged ‘Molly Buckley’

What do YOU want in a Superintendent?

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?

Andy Savage: NCAA Investigation

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.

SunTrusts of ADVENTURE!

Durham City officials are considering chipping in more business incentives to help Greenfire Development convert downtown Durham’s historic SunTrust tower into a 165-room boutique hotel. With us today to discuss the proposal is DSI Witness News’ own construction expert, Gino Fontinelli.

What’s an Uptick?

Kit FitzSimons and Molly Buckley bring you today’s top headlines.

Molly would like to apologize for her inability to speak the English language.

Robert Bapst Themed Headlines

AARON: It’s the final edition of DSI Witness News: Robert Bapst Tribute Week. I’m Aaron Keck.

MOLLY: I’m Molly Buckley.

ZACH: I’m Zach Ward. And with us once again is our soon-to-be-departed writer, Robert Bapst.

ROBERT: Hey everybody.

ZACH: It’s been a fun and bittersweet week here at DSI Witness News, but the time has come to send Robert off for real.

MOLLY: And we thought, what better way to do it than by having Ron Stutts sing his own karaoke version of Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye?

AARON: But unfortunately, Ron wouldn’t go for it. So we’re doing headline jokes instead.

ZACH: So without further ado—

ROBERT: Here are your Robert Bapst-themed top headlines.

Mr. Wifflefizz the Baby Lemur

Two young lemurs made international news last week when they escaped from a zoo in Salzburg, Austria, only to be recaptured days later–in a hotel bar. Joining us today to shed some light on all this is a very special guest from Duke University’s Lemur Center–Mr. Wifflefizz.

Robert Bapst Tribute Week

It’s the first day of Robert Bapst tribute week – a week where every piece is dedicated to Robert Bapst.

Aurora Joplin: Quidditch Player Extraordinaire

Harry Potter-mania is sweeping the nation yet again, and Chapel Hill is not immune: as WCHL reported last weekend, a group of UNC students have started their own Quidditch team. For those of you who don’t know, Quidditch is a soccer-style game played on flying broomsticks–and given that fact, we were not surprised to learn that one of our own commentators is a founding member of the UNC Quidditch Club. And so, joining us again today, is local Quidditch sensation–and Carrboronian extraordinaire–Ms. Aurora Joplin.

The Fuuuuture of Chapel Hill

World Cup season has come to an end, and in case you were wondering: we didn’t win. But the big winner at this year’s World Cup wasn’t a team at all—but an octopus. Yes, Paul the Octopus, the world-famous tentacled seer who successfully called the outcome of every single World Cup game. And we thought, hey, since he’s so great at predicting soccer matches, why not ask him to predict the fuuuture of Chapel Hill!

We’re gonna see Joe Biden!

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