Author Archives: Harold
Daily Triangle college football preview
By Harold For most Duke fans, the opening weekend for college football is a big one — it means only 10 more weeks until basketball season starts! UNC fans are slightly more interested. As in, is Harrison Barnes limping? No? … Continue reading
Filed under Tardevil Sports & Fitness
Duke Canine Cognition Center
by Noodle So today my vast intelligence was finally properly recognized, as I was admitted to Duke University (or at least the Canine Cognition Center). And after my first day, I can see why my parents speak so glowingly about … Continue reading
Filed under The Occasional Noodle
American Tobacco Trail: Bike Edition
by Harold The American Tobacco Trail, built over the former railroad lines that connected tobacco farms to the American Tobacco Company, goes over 23 miles across Durham, Wake and Chatham Counties. The rails-to-trails project offers some of the best biking … Continue reading
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Eno River State Park — Cox Mountain Trail
by Harold Triangle Naturalist called it “challenging.” The Raleigh Outdoors meet-up group called it “strenuous.” John Takes a Hike calls it “Easy.” So which is it? We decided to find out for ourselves. The Cox Mountain trail at Eno River … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, Tardevil Sports & Fitness
Red Classics and Stadium Franks
By Harold You shouldn’t need a reason to go a Durham Bulls game, especially in May before it gets super muggy. But here’s one: Thursdays are dollar nights — hot dogs, fries and popcorn are $1 each. They actually have … Continue reading
How scientists can doubt the science
By Harold After seeing speakers Al Gore and James Hanson come to campus to talk about climate change, I almost skipped the latest environmental talk at UNC by UC-San Diego professor Naomi Oreskes. Fortunately I didn’t (the magic words “reception … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, Music & Events, The Daily Harold
Occoneechee Mountain Trail: Highest point and biggest warning sign in the county
by Harold We decided to hike to the highest point in Orange County this past weekend — the summit of Occoneechee Mountain. Fortunately we don’t live in a very elevated region (the biggest towns in the county are Chapel Hill … Continue reading
Filed under Community News
“Ridiculous violations, allegations, and conduct”: UNC elects a student body president
By Harold The UNC Student Body President race is full of lawsuits, delayed results and trash-talking, as summed up from the quote in the headline, which came from an editorial in the student newspaper. Here’s all you need to know … Continue reading
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Afganistan War
By Harold It’s amazing how little attention gets paid to the war in Afghanistan, considering we have 100,000 troops there, it’s the longest war in our history and it’s costing billions of dollars at the same time states are announcing … Continue reading
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Duke/UNC rivalry hits lecture circuit
By Harold One of the benefits of being next to Duke and UNC is the chance to see great speakers — or even the same great speaker, twice. New York Times columnist David Brooks came to Duke and UNC this … Continue reading
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The NY Times loves Durham
By Harold When we lived in Sunnyside, Queens, I don’t remember reading a single article about our neighborhood in the New York Times. So after we moved 500 miles south (or, as Google Maps puts it so exactly, 10 hours … Continue reading
Filed under Community News, The Daily Harold
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