Archive for February 19, 2013

From The Wilson Times (2/19/13): Names of North Carolina concealed handgun owners would be kept confidential under a bill that state Sen. Buck Newton is backing.

From the Winston-Salem Journal (2/18/13): A case that started with the arrest of a 19-year-old Elon University student in 2010 for underage drinking and resisting an officer is forcing the N.C. Supreme Court to decide whether campus police at private colleges must be as transparent as their municipal law-enforcement peers.

From the Winston-Salem Journal (2/14/13): State legislators began debating Thursday whether there's a legitimate interest in the public having access to names, addresses and other identifying information of people purchasing pistols or who've obtained concealed weapons permits.

From WRAL.com (2/14/13): A state Senate panel debated legislation Thursday that would make gun permits in North Carolina confidential records, available only through a court order.

Participants in the program will discuss the relationship between leadership, diversity and social justice.

Elon University School of Communications junior broadcast journalism major Joe Bruno was awarded a John R. Bittner Scholarship from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas at the organization's annual student workshop Feb. 16 in Charlotte, N.C.