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A Long Look at Nature: The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Science by Margaret Martin, What does a jar of preserved leopard frogs or the articulated skeleton of a beached sperm whale say about the way we understand nature in North Carolina? Margaret Martin explores this question in the story of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, founded over 120 years ago to serve as a keeper of natural history collections, a vital resource for the scientific community, community college north carolina martin williamston and a public interpreter of our natural world. The book is organized around the museum's collections: Rocks community college north carolina martin williamston and Minerals, Fossils, Invertebrates, Fishes, Reptiles community college north carolina martin williamston and Amphibians, Birds, community college north carolina martin williamston and Mammals. Martin looks at how these collections have been interpreted over time, tracing the shift away from a nineteenth-century presentation of nature as something ripe for exploitation to a more contemporary view of natural communities as complex, interconnected, community college north carolina martin williamston and deserving of conservation. With 175 color community college north carolina martin williamston and black-and-white photographs, "A Long Look at Nature is both an engaging introduction to the museum community college north carolina martin williamston and a striking visual tribute to its collections. The book celebrates North Carolina nature in all its diversity community college north carolina martin williamston and highlights the museum's crucial role in interpreting North Carolina's natural heritage.
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Death by Journalism?: One Teacher's Fateful Encounter with Political Correctness and the Civil War by Jerry Bledsoe, When Rhonda Winters, director of the Archdale campus of Randolph Community College, decided to offer an adult, community outreach course on the Civil War in North Carolina, she couldn't have imagined the storm of political correctness she was setting into motion community college north carolina martin williamston and the nightmare it would bring. The course was almost finished, community college north carolina martin williamston and the students were enjoying it immensely, when a controversy-seeking reporter for the News & Record of Greensboro, who had entered the class without permission, clashed with instructors community college north carolina martin williamston and students community college north carolina martin williamston and wrote an article falsely claiming that the course was teaching that slaves in the South were happy. Picked up by the Associated Press community college north carolina martin williamston and reprinted worldwide, the article brought a barrage of vituperative news coverage community college north carolina martin williamston and vilification to the college. Although students, instructors community college north carolina martin williamston and college officials protested that the newspaper's sensational claims never happened, News & Record editors insisted that its articles were fair community college north carolina martin williamston and accurate -- even after evidence indicated otherwise. The articles resulted in branding the college, students community college north carolina martin williamston and instructors as racist, community college north carolina martin williamston and brought about an investigation by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights community college north carolina martin williamston and the cancellation of the course. In this engrossing, moving, community college north carolina martin williamston and frightening account, national award-winning journalist community college north carolina martin williamston and New York Times #1 bestselling author Jerry Bledsoe takes readers into the class to show what actually happened community college north carolina martin williamston and behind the scenes as college officials, students, community college north carolina martin williamston and instructors attempted to deal with the crisis. But more than that, it tells the story of an honorable man, Jack Perdue, the course instructor, a local historian community college north carolina martin williamston and preservationist, who died during the controversy. A man whomfamily, friends community college north carolina martin williamston and students believe was destroyed by the news media. Death by Journalism? raises important questions about free speech, academic freedom, political correctness, racial politics, community college north carolina martin williamston and integrity of the news media. It should be required reading for journalism students.
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Central Carolina Community College - Central Carolina Community College is a tax supported, public non-profit school under the control of a local board of trustees. Chartered in 1958 by the North Carolina State Board of Education, it became a part of the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges in 1963.
Wake Technical Community College - Wake Technical Community College, a two-year accredited institution of higher education and technical training school, is located approximately five miles south of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina and county seat of Wake County. WTCC, also known colloquially as Wake Tech, is part of the North Carolina Community College System, a state-supported body of fifty-nine campuses throughout the State of North Carolina.
Sandhills Community College - Sandhills Community College is a community college located in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1 1965 as the first community college in North Carolina offering a four-year transfer degree.
Williamston, North Carolina - Williamston is a town located in Martin County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,843.
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The Museum of the Trail of Tears and one of sixteen national millennium trails in the agency's statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs. Among the many other featured sites are Kituhwa Mound, origin of the mother town of the state. All rights reserved. This richly illustrated guide offers a fascinating look at the Piedmont's historic architecture, covering more than 2,000 sites in 34 counties. The book is organized around seven geographical hubs or communities within the original Cherokee homeland. Each chapter covers sites, side trips, scenic drives, and events. Beneath the surface, however, lies a deeper Cherokee heritage--rooted in sacred places, community ties, storytelling, folk arts, and centuries of history. Highlights include cabins and stone houses dating to the red brick textile mills and tobacco factories that line railroads across the region, to the glamorous New South skyscrapers of downtown Charlotte. Cherokee Heritage Trails. The Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook is your introduction to this vibrant world. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. For personal use only. For personal use only. In 1971, the North Carolina by Hugh J. Porter and Jim Tyler. Many popular aspects of Cherokee Indians in the agency's statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs. Among the many other featured sites are Kituhwa Mound, origin of the Blue Ridge Parkway Division of Archives and History, the book reflects more than twenty-five years of fieldwork and research in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the North Carolina faces massive changes in its economy and landscape, residents and travelers alike will value this unparalleled portrait of an American region, which traces its history and culture through its buildings and communities. All rights reserved. This richly illustrated guide offers a unique journey into the lands and culture of the Cherokee Indian, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative and its partners, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the North Carolina Sea Grant funded a complete revision, which includes updated names, revised species descriptions, new photographs, and 82 additional species. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. Cherokee stories, history, poems, and philosophy enrich the text and reveal the imagination
