Selling public health, community wellness or even health insurance as sexy topics for college students is akin to offering spinach and Brussels sprouts sandwiches at a Super Bowl party. There usually aren’t many takers. So it wasn’t a huge surprise Tuesday night that attendance at our third and final Community Connections forum for this school … Continue reading Poignant moment: ‘What is the county doing?’ about health issues
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Living in the red-meaty part of the health curve
A lot of people in Alamance County are fat, drink too much, don’t get all the exercise they should, actively ignore healthy foods and have bad mental health days. On more occasions than they can count, many just don’t feel good. I know, join the club, right? Zack’s hot dogs with Cheerwine taste good. Who … Continue reading Living in the red-meaty part of the health curve
A former editor photo bomb
Oops. That's the first thing I thought Wednesday morning when I got a first look at the Burlington Times-News print edition. There I was, the former executive editor on the front page and I wasn't in jail or anything. I wound up in a secondary photo on page A1 from the newspaper's coverage of the … Continue reading A former editor photo bomb
How we got here on our next Community Connections
What: Community Connections forum Where: Elon University’s Moseley Center When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 Topic: The future role of government and the two-party system Bottom line: Community Connections is panel discussion series co-sponsored by Elon University and the Burlington Times News. The audience is encouraged to participate by asking questions of the panelists. To … Continue reading How we got here on our next Community Connections
Coffee, community and football on Tuesday at Elon
College Coffee is an Elon University tradition that goes back a couple of decades at least. Until Tuesday I had never attended one. It's my fourth week working at Elon as a development writer. It's a good gig so far and I don't expect that to change. It's hard to beat the surroundings or the … Continue reading Coffee, community and football on Tuesday at Elon
The future roles of government, politics at the next Community Connections
When planning began for this year’s schedule of Community Connections forums I was very much still entrenched in newspapers and the Burlington Times-News, where I was executive editor for almost 10 years. A lot can change in a few weeks and months. That first meeting to plot our fourth year of public conversations about issues … Continue reading The future roles of government, politics at the next Community Connections
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