University of North Carolina 2013 Forum

[TornadoTarHeel]

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[manceia]

First off, good luck to everyone still waiting!

About this police issue...

I've lived in NC since 1999. Seven years in Boone, the rest in Raleigh and now Durham. I've also worked at the state ACLU for five years, and we work on police corruption issues on a daily basis. We have the added perspective of having sister affiliates in all of the 50 states who work on the same issues we do (brutality/profiling/forfeiture/searches). Knowing what I do about them, I wouldn't say we're above average in terms of police corruption/harassment. I think we've got our share, certainly, particularly in some of the mountain counties mentioned, where sheriffs have a uniquely different idea of what that role entails. But that mentality persists throughout the southeast; it's definitely not unique to North Carolina.

Boone certainly has a rep, and well deserved, for aggressive drug enforcement. In 2002, the D.A. there tried to prosecute 7 meth cooks under federal anti-terrorism statutes (passed after 9/11) on the theory that they were "manufacturing chemical weapons." The old sheriff from that era, Mark Shook, had a bad rep as well for his anti-drug campaigns. It is also true that we are probably above the national average for sheriffs convicted of felonies while in office. Just do a google search and you will see many have gone to jail just in the past decade. But I also think we do a better job than most when it comes to cleaning up our messes. This past year, we had an entire police department fired (Spring Lake) and numerous corruption prosecutions. The state troopers have fired many troopers after an internal audit revealed some shady business. We also established the nation's first innocence commission to address wrongful convictions often resulting from police misconduct.

That said, police still shoot people with impunity in this state. The SBI definitely has a rep for rubberstamping any in custody death, as they've done on over a hundred in the past 10 years. I can only think of one case in that period where an officer was convicted for an in custody death, and he only got 2 years in prison. And we've definitely taken a step backwards in the past 3 years with the 287g immigration enforcement program that's been adopted in a number of counties, which has resulted in widespread profiling of hispanics and an enormous uptick in petty police harassment. I know for a fact that's caused real quality of life issues for hispanic Americans in certain communities. I get calls all the time from people who get stopped and asked to produce their papers.

[traehekat]

Waitlisted.

If I had received this notice 6 weeks ago, I might have been more broken up over it. Now, I am almost indifferent. I won't be staying on the list, but good luck to those of you who choose to fight it out.

I'll pop in every now and then to smack talk UNC a little more with you guys.

[as stars burn]

Waitlisted.

If I had received this notice 6 weeks ago, I might have been more broken up over it. Now, I am almost indifferent. I won't be staying on the list, but good luck to those of you who choose to fight it out.

I'll pop in every now and then to smack talk UNC a little more with you guys.

+1

[jerzgrl630]

omg i just feel like i'm the last person waiting. time to prepare for my rejection letter

[insertclevernamehere]

omg i just feel like i'm the last person waiting. time to prepare for my rejection letter

goshhh me too. are we alone?

[jerzgrl630]

probably. now that i've been rejected by UGA after sitting on their waitlist for a month, i've given up all hope. even if i didn't attend a school in the top 50, i just wanted to get into one! ugh.

ps- i am buzzed and mopey. please excuse me.

[seanbickford]

Right there waiting with you. My facade of not worrying about UNC is crumbling.

traehekat, sorry to hear it. When did you get your waitlist notification?

[traehekat]

Right there waiting with you. My facade of not worrying about UNC is crumbling.

traehekat, sorry to hear it. When did you get your waitlist notification?

Around 8:00 PM CT.

[jerzgrl630]

Right there waiting with you. My facade of not worrying about UNC is crumbling.

traehekat, sorry to hear it. When did you get your waitlist notification?

Around 8:00 PM CT.

i'm sorry dude. you seem pretty cool, i harbored some hopes of us being classmates one day!

[traehekat]

Right there waiting with you. My facade of not worrying about UNC is crumbling.

traehekat, sorry to hear it. When did you get your waitlist notification?

Around 8:00 PM CT.

i'm sorry dude. you seem pretty cool, i harbored some hopes of us being classmates one day!

No worries - I'm pretty happy with my other options, so I guess that softens the blow.

Total shame we won't be classmates, though. One thing UNC has going for it is a bunch of awesome applicants. Everyone in this thread has been pretty cool, whether or not they were accepted, and I'm sure it'll be a good class for UNC.

[meggers88]

i'm still waiting too....i feel there are a fair number of us who are

[Dr. Review]

i feel a little old when i see screen names with stuff like '88' on it. i know i'm only two years older, but it's enough.

[meggers88]

i feel a little old when i see screen names with stuff like '88' on it. i know i'm only two years older, but it's enough.

haha well just consider me young i guess, im even young to be graduating this year.

[Dr. Review]

i feel a little old when i see screen names with stuff like '88' on it. i know i'm only two years older, but it's enough.

haha well just consider me young i guess, im even young to be graduating this year.

I'll just commit suicide when I see a sn with '90' in it. Problem solved.

[tstyler98]

I'm still waiting. Applied back in October shortly after the application was available. I figured I would have heard by now. I'm in-state, 164/3.7 with 7 years work experience. Like many others, I'm pretty much indifferent by now, and plan to attend Wake. But it's just annoying that so many of us, especially those of us that applied back in October, are still waiting.

[jlnoa0915]

i'm still waiting too....i feel there are a fair number of us who are

+1, have been complete since 1/27. Meh

[Scribbly]

i'm still waiting too....i feel there are a fair number of us who are

+1, have been complete since 1/27. Meh

+2 and I've been complete since 1/10. *Headdesk*

My uncle got off the waitlist at UNC the day he moved into his apartment to go to Campbell. He didn't go.

[Dr. Review]

i'm still waiting too....i feel there are a fair number of us who are

+1, have been complete since 1/27. Meh

+2 and I've been complete since 1/10. *Headdesk*

My uncle got off the waitlist at UNC the day he moved into his apartment to go to Campbell. He didn't go.

I would assume this was back when he was moving to Buies Creek, and not Raleigh?

[viro8]

also waiting, been complete since 11/20

[brittainyb]

also waiting, been complete since 11/20

me too. been complete since early december.

[Scribbly]

i'm still waiting too....i feel there are a fair number of us who are

+1, have been complete since 1/27. Meh

+2 and I've been complete since 1/10. *Headdesk*

My uncle got off the waitlist at UNC the day he moved into his apartment to go to Campbell. He didn't go.

I would assume this was back when he was moving to Buies Creek, and not Raleigh?

I'm not sure, but he's in his 50s, so probably. My aunt (his wife) told me that to make me feel better... It didn't work.

[TarHeel11]

+2 and I've been complete since 1/10. *Headdesk*

My uncle got off the waitlist at UNC the day he moved into his apartment to go to Campbell. He didn't go.

I would assume this was back when he was moving to Buies Creek, and not Raleigh?

I'm not sure, but he's in his 50s, so probably. My aunt (his wife) told me that to make me feel better... It didn't work.

Campbell just moved to Raleigh last fall.

[Scribbly]

+2 and I've been complete since 1/10. *Headdesk*

My uncle got off the waitlist at UNC the day he moved into his apartment to go to Campbell. He didn't go.

I would assume this was back when he was moving to Buies Creek, and not Raleigh?

I'm not sure, but he's in his 50s, so probably. My aunt (his wife) told me that to make me feel better... It didn't work.

Campbell just moved to Raleigh last fall.

Ah, got it. I don't know too much about NC. My parents moved there while I was in college.

[makingasnack]

Waitlist via e-mail 10:28 p.m. Central.
161/3.5x, if anyone is curious.

Not one bit surprised, but I will definitely be riding this one out.