The N C Department of Transportation believes enough people will want to pay apiece for pedestrian-only access to Ocracoke Island to justify a million passenger ferry program Carolina Journal's latest cover story examines the DOT Ferry Division's plan Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson discusses the proposal and its potential impact Like it or not popularity plays a key role in our lives Mitch Prinstein professor of psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill explores that role in the book Popular The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World Prinstein distinguishes between two different types of popularity He explains why it's better for us to person [... more]