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Statement on BOT’s Decision Regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Appointment As members of the faculty of the Department of English and Comparative Literature, we write to express our alarm about the recent denial of tenure of Nikole Hannah-Jones for an endowed Knight professorship at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Should the UNC Board of Trustees’ decision stand, it has implications that extend far beyond the facts of this case. We address three of those issues below. Our fir...

Tim Sloan enrolled at Carolina after a career in the Marine Corps and multiple years overseas, thinking he’d earn a degree and either return to the military as an officer or rejoin the government in some other capacity. The Carolina experience, however, was different than what he expected and it fostered a sense of curiosity that led to new experiences and simply “seeing what happens.” His philosophy led him to compete in his first boxing match for Carolina Boxing, running marathons with ...

sujhelyi@reviewonline.com Daniel Wallace has been an officer with the Wellsville Police Department for three years. (Photo by Stephanie Ujhelyi) WELLSVILLE – Generally when he was growing up, Daniel Wallace admits that he watched a lot of “Cops” while visiting his grandmother. “She always made me watch ‘Cops’ when I would visit her,” the Wellsville full-time patrolman admits, adding he also watched a lot of Mayberry and her soap operas. After graduating in 2017 from Southern Loc...

4K Ultra HD Review – Big Fish (2003) Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito. SYNOPSIS: Tim Burton’s underrated Big Fish arrives in 4K with a remastered picture that’s a marginal step up over the 2012 Blu-ray. However, it makes big gains over its predecessor by porting over the original bonus features from the 2004 DVD, which the Blu-ray...

MSRP: $30.99 It is rather odd that Sony decided to release Tim Burton’s Big Fish on UHD in early May, as I often think of this film, along side Field of Dreams, as terrific Father’s Day movies. Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) loves to tell tall tales about himself, so much so that at his son Will (Billy Crudup) is but a footnote in the story Edward tells on Will’s wedding day of how he caught a rather large and uncatchable fish with his wedding ring on the day Will was born. That ...

Promotions, new hire brings Southington fire department to full strength- SOUTHINGTON — The Fire Department has a full slate of officers following a flurry of career and volunteer promotions.The Board of Fire Commissioners promoted James Paul from assistant fire chief to the department’s leader last month. That kicked off a...

NACC (Northeast Alabama Community College) Artist and Art Instructor Barbara Kilgore visited Craig Wedderspoon’s Sculpture Studio at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa over the weekend. She is working in part with University of Alabama Artist and Instructor Katie Adams on a model for the future statue. A concept developed by NACC President Dr. David Campbell, the statue will honor NACC mascots Trouper the Mustang and Roscoe the Campus Dog. Both Trouper and Roscoe have important fixtur...

New book gives behind-the-scenes look at making of King Kong vs. Godzilla Kurt Anthony Krug  When it comes to rooting for King Kong or Godzilla, author Daniel Wallace is torn. “They’re the most famous giant monsters in movie history. Who can choose?” said Wallace, who became a fan of both when watching 1962’s “King Kong vs. Godzilla” as a kid. Wallace’s latest book is “Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall: The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale” (Insight Editions, $45), giving rea...

Feb 27, 2021 LISBON — A March 8 preliminary hearing was set in county Municipal Court for Ryan W. Virden, 32, Jennings Avenue, Salem, charged with having weapons while under disability, a third-degree felony, for allegedly having a nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol in his bedrooms when the county drug task force searched his home Thursday. Virden reportedly has multiple felony convictions including ones involving drugs and weapons. Chad M. Collins, 35, last known address McCracken Road, S...

On Monday night, Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina’s first African American and third woman poet laureate, spoke at the first of this week’s Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence events, “A Reading, Conversation, and Q&amp&#x3B;A with Jaki Shelton Green.”