Higher education reporter @TheAssemblyNC. Previously @newsobserver. @UNC + @UNCHussman alum. Reach me at korie@theassemblync.com.
Raleigh, NC
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At a fundraiser event tonight, Walz said of his Cook Out experience: “My team thought that that was like a photo op shake. I ate the whole damn thing.”
Happening now: Democratic VP candidate Gov. Tim Walz and NC Gov. Roy Cooper are making a stop at Cook Out ahead of an afternoon with a campaign event and political reception in Raleigh
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Happening now: Democratic VP candidate Gov. Tim Walz and NC Gov. Roy Cooper are making a stop at Cook Out ahead of an afternoon with a campaign event and political reception in Raleigh
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UNC interim Chancellor Lee Roberts’ comments earlier this afternoon from the steps of South Building after he led police in restoring the American flag to the campus flagpole
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Starting this fall, @DukeU will offer free tuition — almost $64,000 per year — to students from NC and SC whose families make $150,000 or less.
More @newsobserver: newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Some students are standing on the steps of South Building at #UNC holding American and Israeli flags and singing the national anthem.
The main campus American flag has not yet been restored after it was removed a second time.
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⬇️ Local NC news orgs are covering the hell out of Helene’s impacts. Huge props to those directly impacted by the storm — @BlueRidgePublic, @asheville & more — who are doing this work w/ limited resources.
Qualms about lack of coverage should be directed nationally, not locally.
If you are a journalist, now is the time to send all the love we can to our colleagues in western NC. Call out the amazing work they’re doing, like at @BlueRidgePublic. Recognize what they’re going through. Help how you can. Stay safe, y’all. NC journos are so proud of you.
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NEW: UNC System President Peter Hans says the UNC-Chapel Hill trustees’ move last week to divert DEI funds to campus safety does not follow the system’s new policy.
The trustees also did not have the authority to amend the university’s budget, he said. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Walz and Cooper are now at a local campaign office, interacting with volunteers. They both spoke on the phone with a voter.
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“It’s great to be in a room full of people who put North Carolina in play,” Walz said. He added that the campaign “expects to win here.”
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NEW: UNC basketball player Zayden High was suspended last semester after the university found him responsible for sexual exploitation.
Despite sanctions barring him from athletics, he kept access to facilities & has been around the team at least once. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Walz, the governor of Minnesota, said it was his first time at Cook Out, but Cooper said it was the place to go for shakes.
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🧵: For @newsobserver, I’m at the @NCStateFair for the weigh-in of the giant pumpkins and watermelons!
Follow along as we see which gourds will come out on top. Will we see any records broken today? 🎃🍉🏆
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Gov. Walz is speaking at a fundraiser event now, and immediately addressed an elephant in the room: UNC is playing Minnesota in football tonight, in Minneapolis.
“Look, a lot of places you can be tonight, like watching that football game.”
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Some news: Next month I’ll officially become the new higher education reporter @newsobserver, covering colleges and universities in the Triangle and across NC.
I’m really grateful for this opportunity and am excited to get started!
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NC has the 4th most Dollar Generals in the country. This could be a game changer for our rural communities
The CDC is exploring a partnership with Dollar General to distribute the COVID vaccine.
Y’all know I don’t believe in Dollar Generals as grocery stores, but you better believe I’m behind this one. This would reach a lot of WV-ians without transportation.
usatoday.com/story/money/202…
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Can somebody tell me if K-12 teachers these days still play the ACC tournament in class? Concerned for the state of our youth if not
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NEW: Following the US Supreme Court striking down its race-conscious admissions policy last week, #UNC announced it will begin offering free tuition to incoming NC undergrads whose families make less than $80,000 per year newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Some personal news: I’m excited to announce that I’m joining @newsobserver as a service journalism reporter!
I’ll be helping to bring readers the info they want and need to navigate life in and around the Triangle.
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The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted in a special meeting to redirect its $2.3 million in annual DEI-related spending to public safety in its upcoming budget.
Story from @kyle_ingram11 and me: newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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I got a follow up audition for jeopardy?????? I have been dreaming of this moment my entire life this is not a drill
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For @newsobserver, I’m on the Halifax Mall in downtown Raleigh for the local March for Our Lives rally.
The rally is one of hundreds taking place across the country today to protest the recent mass shootings and gun violence in the US, including in Uvalde, Texas.
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NEW: The visas of six international students at UNC-Chapel Hill have been terminated by the Trump administration, according to the university's media relations office.
Follows previous news of revocations at NC State, Duke and around the country.
Story to come @newsobserver
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First year covering higher ed @newsobserver treated me pretty well!
Honored to receive the Duke University/Green-Rossiter Award for higher education reporting from @TheNCPress.
And always grateful to work with this 1st place General Excellence staff 📰❤️
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Came to Chapel Hill to watch the game without a reservation. Somehow ended up 1st in line for walk-in space (“there’s lots available,” the hostess told me) at one of my favorite spots. This is good energy #GoHeels
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Updates from home: my mom got a tent for her elderly chicken so it can be shielded from the brutal NC heat
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In the past 18 months, I’ve:
- Lost a former colleague to gun violence
- Covered a mass shooting in the city where I live
- Lost my best friend to an act of violence
- Covered a shooting on my former college campus
I am so tired.
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Inbox: The UNC fraternity brothers who held up the American flag during a pro-Palestinian campus protest will speak at the Republican National Convention next week #ncpol
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Pauli Murray, the groundbreaking human rights activist who grew up in Durham, will be featured on U.S. quarters next year.
More on Murray and the honor: newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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NEW: The committee just passed this policy with no discussion. It now goes to the full board for a vote via the consent agenda in May, which likely means there will be no further discussion there, either.
BREAKING: A committee of the UNC System Board of Governors is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a policy appearing to target DEI at NC’s public universities, potentially eliminating related jobs #ncpol #nced newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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"Tonight, terror has reached our doorstep. The nightmare of every community has come to Raleigh," Gov. Roy Cooper said at a press conference moments ago.
Updates to come @newsobserver
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UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts just announced at a Board of Trustees meeting that alumna Mia Hamm will serve as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2025.
The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 10, at 7 p.m. — the second year in a row with an evening ceremony.
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So is anyone ready to discuss how Ted Lasso told the team in the finale to “play hard, play smart, play together” aka the Carolina Way … and then Trent’s book was titled “The Richmond Way”
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Not to be bitter or overdramatic but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch a UNC v. Duke game again without being genuinely upset that I never got to go as a student
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Remarks from coach Hubert Davis. Davis started to apologize to fans for the team not bringing home the national title, but fans quickly interjected with applause and cheers instead.
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A group just came to place flowers at the sign of Caudill Labs, where yesterday’s fatal shooting at UNC took place.
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Yesterday and today, I’ve helped cover a mass shooting event in the city where I work and live.
I can mark the years of my life, almost from the very start, by mass shootings and acts of gun violence.
I’m not sure if it will ever end.
And I am so tired.
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They… didn’t even give UNC to Orange County
#MarchMadness Map 🗺
Each county is assigned to the closest team in the bracket!
(via @jloose128, @redditCBB)
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Reporting for @newsobserver from the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill as the #UNC men’s basketball team is set to arrive back on campus from the NCAA championship in New Orleans.
A “TAR! HEELS!” chant broke out a few minutes ago as fans get excited for the team’s arrival.
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*turns on today show*
*all of the anchors say they’re rooting for coach k on saturday*
*turns off today show*
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Me at OHS: god I hate this school
Me anywhere else: OHS home of the mighty panthers gotta get on the twitter where's smokin okun? how bout lil yarbie? 2016 softball state champs go pan pans!!! AG DAY = BEST DAY I love each and every one of you, have a great panther day
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Things are getting underway at Flagstock, with the playing of the national anthem.
Organizers said today they expected about 1,000 to attend. Don’t have an official count, but doesn’t look like quite that many
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BREAKING: A committee of the UNC System Board of Governors is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a policy appearing to target DEI at NC’s public universities, potentially eliminating related jobs #ncpol #nced newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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My grandma died of COVID this morning. She had been in the ICU for two weeks.
I have mixed emotions but I mourn her life and the memories we shared over the past 21 years.
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Five years ago today, the day after the Heels won the 2017 national championship, I officially decided to attend UNC and accepted my admission. Tonight, UNC plays for another one.
Yesterday, today, forever. It’s always a great day to be a Tar Heel. #GoHeels
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Let’s be clear @WRAL: UNC did not “announce” the settlement with Yan’s family.
@VirginiaBridges worked for months to get the documents showing the settlement existed. Then UNC acknowledged the agreement today after we contacted them about it.
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This effectively means the trustees' decision to move the funds is nullified.
Meeting materials considered by a Board of Governors committee yesterday contained a spending plan labeled as the chancellor’s budget. Plans for all campuses were presented for information, not votes.
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Just a reminder that if you are a public employee emailing another public employee and you write that it’s only for the other employee’s eyes to see…
It’s still a public record and other people aka reporters can see it ✨
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The UNC game tonight is actually my personal birthday party. Roy did me the honor of accepting my invitation
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NEW: UNC-Chapel Hill students say they were kept out of not only the meeting room at today’s Board of Governors meeting on DEI, but also not allowed to enter the building where the meeting was held.
System says the room was full. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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when this reader emailed me “who’s a good journalist” I imagined her patting me on the head like a dog
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Ahead of Wednesday’s #AmazingRace finale, I talked with @KimDHolderness & @pennholderness about their journey on a season unlike any other.
See what they said about their kids’ support, mental health, preparing for the race and more: newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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NEW: UNC’s new class — the first in decades to be admitted without consideration of race — includes a lower proportion of Black students than last year.
This comes as the university considers DEI changes and potentially raising out-of-state enrollment: newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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Some news! Really grateful to be part of this group and looking forward to growing and learning over the next year. poynter.org/from-the-institu…
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Some unsolicited advice: reporting rumors of a story is not the same as actually breaking said story
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The #UNC Faculty Executive Committee is holding an emergency meeting now with a stated purpose of discussing “events related to the protests on campus.”
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It’s official: Paul Newton, the Republican majority leader who retired from the state Senate yesterday, will be UNC-Chapel Hill’s next general counsel and vice chancellor. #ncpol
Message from Chancellor Lee Roberts:
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BREAKING @newsobserver: NC Speaker of the House Destin Hall is asking UNC for extensive records related to coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric's work as part of a "fact-finding mission."
Exclusive with @dawnbvaughan: newsobserver.com/news/politi…
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It’s been a long time coming, but @newsobserver is excited to launch Dean’s List in inboxes today!
The inimitable @koriedean started her brilliantly-titled newsletter, "Dean's List," today. If you want all the latest scoops and in-depth analyses on higher education in the Tar Heel State, I recommend y'all sign up here: newsobserver.com/newsletters
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Roy continues to live his best retirement life
We’re off to a great start with former @UNC_Basketball coach and legend Roy Williams! These sports journalism campers asked great questions for their first interview. #CSJC2022
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Without consent, High filmed another student during a sexual encounter last year, according to the student and others who confirmed her story.
She spoke exclusively to @newsobserver about the incident & her concerns that High’s sanctions have not been properly enforced.
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Been sitting on this news for a bit... so thrilled to be supported by @DJNF for my internship @virginianpilot!
Huge shoutout to so many @UNCHussman (like @rtburg, who first hooked me on data journalism) for all of the support along the way.
Meet the @DJNF Class of 2021 – 86 exceptional journalists ready to embark on a week of learning and growing, before heading to work for the nation’s top media companies.
dowjonesnewsfund.org/news/dj…
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This year’s winning pumpkin is 1461 pounds! Grown by Chris Rodebaugh of West Virginia and his daughter Stella. He said the pumpkin’s name is Ruby.
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I’m devastated to hear this news. Sierra was one of the brightest lights during my time at the Pilot. Her reporting made a difference in the community, and she did it with such grace.
Holding her family, friends and all those in the @virginianpilot newsroom in love.
We are devastated to report that Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press reporter Sierra Jenkins was among the victims of an overnight shooting in downtown Norfolk. She was 24. pilotonline.com/news/crime/v…
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I haven’t posted about this here, but my best friend died tragically and unexpectedly two weeks ago.
Today she was honored in Congress. ❤️
Today, I honored the life of Emma Shafer on the House floor.
As we mourn her loss, we also celebrate her life by striving to create a world she dreamt of—one filled with love, equality and opportunity for all.
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I used to think the Chapel Hill Trader Joe’s on Sundays was bad. The one in Raleigh will haunt me in my nightmares for the foreseeable future
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Are you a UNC student whose professor continued to teach, or attempted to hold class in some way, during Monday's lockdown?
Or a faculty member who felt unprepared by the university to handle the emergency?
I cover higher ed @newsobserver and would appreciate hearing from you.
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Kevin Howell was NC State's first Black student body president. Now, he'll be the university's first Black chancellor.
Howell is "the personification of what makes NC State an extraordinary institution," UNC System President Peter Hans said. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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For @newsobserver, I’m at the Peace & Justice Plaza on Franklin St. in Chapel Hill, where the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP has organized a rally to “protect women’s rights” after the Supreme Court overturned #RoeVWade.
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12 weeks with @virginianpilot and @DJNF have come and gone — but I’m not going anywhere quite yet! I’m excited to announce that I’ll be staying on as an intern through the fall, starting after Labor Day.
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Took a little @newsobserver field trip to see some cool documents on display @NCmuseumhistory for one day only
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Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR album: great for teenagers going through breakups and also 24-year-olds having a crappy Monday
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Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz echoed Meekins' sentiments.
"Every student at Carolina has earned their way to Carolina. I struggle with the assertion that administrators are admitting students who are ill-prepared to succeed here."
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My favorite part of being a journalist is how I feel like I'm going to throw up before, during and after every interview without fail
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And if this was a marketing ploy for Zaxby’s, all I’ll say is it worked because I did indeed stop in for some chicken tenders before leaving
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Everybody who was up in arms about the ferry to Chapel Hill on Outer Banks needs to bring the same energy to Ugliest House in America on HGTV
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