Other colleges still smoker friendly

By William R. Toler
Despite Craven Community College’s heavy handed campus-wide smoking ban, there are two local community colleges that are somewhat smoker friendly…for now.
The Jacksonville Daily News reports that Coastal Carolina Community College and Carteret Community College will still allow smoking, albeit in designated areas.
Coastal CCC, in Jacksonville, posted signs that read “Please refrain from [...]

Reporter arrested at wreck site

By William R. Toler
Darren Hunt, a reporter from KVIA, the local ABC affiliate in El Paso, Texas and photographer Ric DuPont were arrested by a police officer for trying to get interviews after a wreck .
The video speaks for itself.

CCC to go smoke-free

By William R. Toler
Officials at Craven Community College gave the greenlight to a campus-wide smoking ban to take effect next fall.
The ban is the result of a survey from earlier this year that found most students and staff favored the action.
However, the Independent Register has learned that the survey may not have been completely legit.

School strip-search in Supreme Court

By William R. Toler
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday for a case involving a strip-search of a student.
In 2003, Savana Redding was forced to take off all her clothes by school officials at Safford Middle School. The reason…400 mg ibuprofen.
Redding, an honor student, was called into the office and strip-searched after being named by a fellow student [...]

Branching out

Readers of the Independent Register will soon have a new medium to receive information.
In an effort to combine different media formats,  Managing Editor William R. Toler has decided to start making documentaries. Independent Register films will be a collaboration between the I.R. and Media Blitzkrieg bringing the topics covered by the Independent Register to an audio/visual medium.
The first [...]

Power grid power grab

By William R. Toler
A former government official announced today that power grids across the country have been infiltrated by hackers. Intelligence officials are saying these cyberspies are from Russia and China among other places.  Officials also claim that programs installed by the hackers could have devistating effects on a multitude of systems from sewer to financial.
Could [...]

History repeats itself

By William R. Toler
On April 15, a grassroots effort to protest taxation and government spending will be taking place in the form of tea parties all across America.
So far there are 15 Tax Day Tea Parties scheduled in North Carolina. One of those will be historically significant, because it happened 235 years ago.
In 1774, [...]