Ruby Sinreich's blog

There's a new sheriff at the Indy

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 23, 2007 - 1:39am

Congrats to Lisa Sorg who recently became the newest editor of the Independent Weekly!

I met her by phone shortly after she moved here to work for the Indy about a year ago. She called me to discuss Orange County's district voting proposal. We ended up talking quite a while about many aspects of local politics. She seems really sharp and interested in the important issues. She also won awards as the editor of the weekly San Antonio Current. I look forward to her tenure at the Indy.

Anyone know what Richard Hart is up to now? I missed this brief mention in the N&O that he had resigned last month.

Welcome back to Chapel Hill, y'all

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 20, 2007 - 3:22pm

Welcome back students, and welcome back Daily Tar Heel. Today's city desk is jam-packed with updates about Carolina North, the Bolin Creek Greenway extension, the Town of Chapel Hill's wifi pilot and staffing issues, the location of early-voting sites, and Katrina Ryan's new restaurant in downtown Chapel Hill.

Wait, what?

A new bakery and gelato shop will create a sweet spot in downtown Chapel Hill where Julian's clothing store once stood.

The shop, called Sugarland, might open for the Oct. 6 football game against Miami, owner Katrina Ryan said.

Ryan is the pastry chef at La Residence and also a candidate for a spot on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen.

Carrying a grudge

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 16, 2007 - 1:29pm

Maybe this is why local politics has so many personality problems:

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to forget your most embarrassing and most painful memories?

It's not just your imagination -- UNC psychology professor Keith Payne says those memories really do seem to be harder to forget.
- WCHL 1360 - UNC study finds bad memories do last

Actually, I am starting to forget some of those crazy things the Indy said about me in 1999, so maybe there's hope yet. ;-)

Help me understand

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 14, 2007 - 2:26pm

Did anyone else try to read the editorial by John Rhodes called "Campus censorship is alive and well at UNC" in the Chapel Hill News this weekend? It sounded important, but so much was based on literary and historical references and previous letters to the editor, none of which I am conversant in. I really wanted to, but I literally could not understand the information being conveyed in this column.

So, I'm sure one of you smart readers understands this issue. Care to explain? Or is this a conversation between UNC staff and the administration that the rest of us should stay out of?

Change is comin'

Submitted by Ruby Sinreich on August 14, 2007 - 12:23am

What's everyone up to?

I've been thinking a lot about blog/community software, specifically a new one for OP. Here are some that I know, please suggest other sites or platforms that you like.

http://www.soapblox.net
http://scoop.kuro5hin.org
http://drupal.org / http://civicspacelabs.org / http://bryght.org
http://ning.com
http://mu.wordpress.org or http://lyceum.ibiblio.org
or just updating and souping up our current platform: http://wordpress.org

Migrating this site to another platform isn't anything I have time to work on in the next month or so, but we might was well start talking about it.

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