CAPSULES OF COMMENTARY

“I believe education is the next civil right. Technology could fill the achievement gap.”

— Soledad O’Brien, speaking at the International Society of Technology in Education conference attended by about 200 Rowan educators

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“Because of this senseless act of crime, a mother had to bury a second child and a daughter will grow up without a father.”

— ShaRhoda Feamster-Steele, mother of Marquis Feamster, whose murder last summer is one of 12 local unsolved murders

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“No one has ever proved that any kind of voter fraud occurs at the sort of magnitude that would require all of this.”

— Geoffrey Hoy, chair, Rowan Democratic Party, on changes in N.C. voting laws

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“Watching them play with so much heart puts a smile on your face.”

—  Karen Greene, member, Enon Baptist Church, on the disabled children who play in the annual Challenger ball game

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“I was about as sharp as a wooden spoon.”

— Justin Lefler, on his play in the final round of the Rowan Masters Golf Tournament

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