University of North Carolina Academic Scandal Many colleges are known for their prestigious academics or sports teams; University of North Carolina was known for both. Five years ago a sandal arose that changed the University of North Carolina reputation immensely. A report came out that said the university was offering courses that were so incredibly easy that students were allowed to pass with flying colors without even showing up to class or turning anything in. In the article by CNN‚ “UNC report
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The day of the surgery finally arrived. My husband and I were back in North Carolina after a two month stay with my daughter‚ but all our thoughts were centered in that New York hospital. Our optimism was perforated as fear started to creep in. The waiting had to be the worst of it‚ we thought. After thirteen hours in the operating room‚ the surgery was a success. There were smiles and collective sighs of relief‚ both here and there. Our little girl was going to be all right. The reprieve lasted
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I went to the North Carolina Museum of Art on April 8th‚ a beautiful and sunny day. Being around the museum conjured a sense of nostalgia to my middle school days when I took a field trip to the museum. Since that last visit I have gained a better understanding about art and what goes into every piece of work. I have also gained more experience‚ back then I did not know how to shade properly and did not know a thing about composition. Now‚ I have a greater appreciation for every stroke of a brush
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poverty in North Carolina now!!!!! More than 17% of people that live in North Carolina are in poverty or Homeless. Can you really help them get off the streets? Because of the Brunswick family organization‚ people are getting off the streets. In 2010 the Organization took 1006 people off the streets.There are 4% of families that cannot afford children so they were adopted or given away. As these years come on poverty is keep getting doubled. Around 1.4 percent of Families that live in north Carolina
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Air pollution is a huge problem in North Carolina. We know this is a problem because “in 2012‚ North Carolina ranked 8th in the country for our high levels of toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants” (“NC’s Air Quality”). Besides coal-fired power plants‚ transportation‚ paper mills‚ and industrial facilities also play a part in our air pollution (“NC’s Air Quality”). “North Carolina was a leader in protecting public health by establishing air toxics rules in the early 1980’s prior to federal
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North Carolina We finally moved to North Carolina and I was devastated. I felt like I had to leave behind all of the friends I had just started formulating deeper bonds with. I felt like I had to start over from scratch with making friends and I missed Khalif; and finding out that he contacted me the night before we moved and I missed his call‚ didn’t make things any easier. I never told him I was moving when I found out. I figured since we wasn’t together anymore‚ why bother. He found
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Key Questions Calculate the mean monthly returns and return standard deviations for each of the 30 stocks in the tab "Tbill‚ S&P‚ Dow 30 mo retns" of the Capital Market Returns Data spreadsheet. A) Create a column of monthly returns for a portfolio that each month was invested equally across the 30 stocks. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of returns of this portfolio and explain how they relate to the mean returns and standard deviations of return of the 30 stocks individually. B)
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that should be operating in North Carolina is an open primary not a closed primary. The reasons North Carolina should operate on an open primary is to enable voters in both parties to vote whoever they favored the most‚ allowing voters to vote in opposite parties‚ and reduces stress when going through the voting process since most of the voter ballots will include both parties’ leaders instead having leaders assigned to the voter party. On the side note‚ North Carolina should not have a law that requires
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In the state of North Carolina‚ the statistics for teacher pay and student spending is lagging with being 42nd for the highest paid in the nation and 46th for highest per-pupil spending (Teaching in North Carolina). Also‚ it has been made known that UNC systems enrollment in education programs is down roughly thirty percent since 2010 (Teaching in North Carolina). With all mentioned‚ North Carolina teachers are being down-graded and undervalued. Their lack of being down-graded and undervalued will
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Act on North Carolina’s Uninsured Population The American people like to think that they have the best health care system in the world. Unfortunately‚ the majority of the evidence does not support that view. According to the RAND Corporation and the Institute of Medicine‚ Americans receive the proper treatment only 50% of the time for their condition (2006‚ 2013). When compared to other countries‚ the Americans pay far more for their health care (Laureate Education‚ 2012a). United States (US) per
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