Month: January 2014

Durham school leaders grapple with troubling statistics

January 7, 2014 Brody No Comments

This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in March 2013:

DURHAM — While the state’s rate of reportable crimes in schools dropped slightly last year, the rate in Durham Public Schools took an unpleasant climb – especially when it comes to alcohol, drugs and weapons.

Overall, reported crimes in grades K-12 for DPS jumped from 277 in 2010-11 to 333 in 2011-12. Local high schools, grades 9-12, accounted for 183 of those acts, up from 153 the year before.

“Most of the increase is in controlled substances,” said Tina Ingram, DPS security director, in a presentation to Board of Education members during Tuesday’s support services committee meeting. “We know Durham followed a statewide trend.”

Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sample News Articles

Sometimes luck trumps preparation

January 3, 2014 Brody No Comments

Nearly a year ago, Rachel Raney showed me the perils facing pedestrians around Trinity Park, Duke University’s East Campus and Durham School of the Arts. She worried about motorists speeding through crosswalk zones, endangering adults and children alike trying to make safe crossings. She was concerned not just about her son, Leo Bortiri, who loved…

Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sample Columns

Player builders retired

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 Brody No Comments

With the advent of Operation Sandbox and the ability of all players to build on the MUSH, we no longer need the handful of special builder characters that were made available to a handful of players. As of today, those characters have been retired and their rooms and objects have been assigned to actual player…

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MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace