🌱 How UNC students will turn Appalachian artifacts into research projects
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- How UNC students will turn Appalachian artifacts into research projects
- How a Chapel Hill heartbreaker is pushing USC baseball forward
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📰 News we're reading
• LibGuides at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (unc.edu) — If you’re studying or teaching at UNC-Chapel Hill, this LibGuide outlines Part One of a class project using Appalachian primary sources. Students must pick an item from themed galleries, research its historical context, and write a detailed Primary Source Summary that sets up their later research topic. 
• USC Trojans Add to Pitching Staff With Indiana Transfer (macon.com) — Chapel Hill baseball fans will recognize Boshamer Stadium throughout this look at USC’s postseason run that went through the Tar Heels. The piece mainly tracks Indiana pitcher Anthony Gubitosi’s transfer to USC and how he might bolster a Trojans program that was heartbreakingly eliminated in Chapel Hill after blowing a ninth-inning lead to North Carolina.
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