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Matthew Sasser | Fascination, fear, joy, animosity — AI raises questions and emotions
“ChatGPT stands as a powerful and versatile language model, offering users assistance and information on a myriad of topics. However, beneath its seemingly benign surface lies a landscape fraught with potential pitfalls and risks that demand our attention. As we embrace the capabilities of ChatGPT, it becomes imperative to explore the shadows cast by this sophisticated AI tool.”
St. Andrews hunter seat team wins High Point Team in final regular-season show
LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews hunter seat team won the High Point Team for its final regular-season show at the St. Andrews Equestrian Center Saturday. St. Andrews’ Natalie Bailey was the High Point Rider, Savannah Hutto was the Reserve High Point Rider and Cacchione Cup Regional Champion, Peter Pan was Horse of the Year and St. Andrews was the regional champion team.
SAU roundup: Men’s volleyball loses home heartbreaker against Webber
LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews Knights men’s volleyball team suffered a heartbreaking 3-1 loss at home against the Webber University Warriors Friday night. St. Andrews’ lone set win came with a 26-24 result in the second; Webber won the other three 25-14, 25-12 and 25-22. Hazem Abdelghafar...
Rockingham felon charged with fleeing officers, illegal firearm possession
ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Rockingham felon with firing a handgun and fleeing in a car chase. On Saturday, Feb. 24, deputies were dispatched to the area of Ninth Avenue in East Rockingham in reference to a loud argument that involving the firing of a handgun.
14-game win streak continues for Raiders
The Richmond Raiders Varsity Basketball Team defeated the Southern Lee Cavaliers 87-46 on Thursday. The Raiders took East Chapel Hill on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The Raiders are 21-5 on the season and 14-0 in their conference.
RCC expands 911 telecommunicators degree program to Rockingham County
Rockingham Community College located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina is the latest school to partner with Richmond Community College on its 911 telecommunications program. Dr. Dale McInnis, president of RichmondCC, and Dr. Mark Kinlaw, president of Rockingham Community College, signed an agreement on Monday that will allow students...
‘My time is valuable’: Local advocates for proposed rule on overtime pay
LAURINBURG — For many people, getting compensated for overtime pay could mean extra money for a vacation or a splurge on a night out in town. For Shenna, a local single mother who did not wish to disclose her last name, it would mean financial security and coming face-to-face with her daughter, whom she hasn’t seen in years.
Two bloodhounds join RCSO
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank True Blue Bloodhounds for the recent donation of two bloodhounds to the sheriff’s office. True Blue Bloodhounds is a non-profit organization that trains bloodhounds for law enforcement, as well as for search & rescue teams. Bloodhounds, Taurus and Poseidon, are both fully certified. Poseidon has already began working and Taurus will be on patrol soon. “Thank you to Mike & Deb for their time and dedication to help law enforcement and search teams to make not just our community, but so many more communities safer” said Sheriff Mark Gulledge. The Campbell’s are from New Jersey and both work with the Middlesex County, N.J. Prosecutors Office. Pictured are Sheriff Gulledge, Mike Campbell, Sgt. Dustin Cain with K-9 Taurus, Deputy Paul McDole and Deb Campbell.
SAU roundup: Men’s basketball falls at Truett McConnell
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The St. Andrews Knights men’s basketball team went through first-half shooting woes and was unable to shake them enough to come back in the second half, falling 94-75 against the Truett McConnell Bears inside Benjamin F. Brady Arena Wednesday night. St. Andrews (5-20, 3-20 Appalachian...
New SAU golf coach Englund hopeful for successful season with young team
LAURINBURG — First-year St. Andrews head golf coach Greg Englund knows the mental fortitude and persistence needed to play the game of golf. As a former amateur player in Portland, Oregon, he knows the toll it can take on one’s confidence. “Golf is really hard,” Englund said. “Kids...
Richard Hudson | Holding the administration accountable and protecting our energy security
Across our region, prices are up nearly 10 cents a gallon. This is the last thing families need who are already struggling to make ends meet. Unfortunately, President Biden and extreme Washington Democrats have continued to pursue an America-last energy policy. Under Biden’s presidency, we have seen how our national...
American Legion Ellerbe Post 73 donates to Mineral Springs
American Legion-Ellerbe Post 73 donated three tablets with headphones and protection plans to Mineral Springs Elementary School in January 2024. Tablets were presented to student with a great school attendance for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Nine Weeks. All student names who had great attendance were placed in a drawing. Pictured here is Post Cdr JoAnn Blyther and Assist. Principle Rebecca Cagle.
Richmond County WIC program finds reason to celebrate
ROCKINGHAM — The National WIC Association is celebrating 50 years of service as well as observing National Nutrition Month in March. Since it’s inception, 89 USDA State WIC Agencies have been created including, 50 state health departments, 33 Indian Tribal Organizations, the District of Columbia, and 5 territories. In commemoration of 5 decades of service a 25-recipe cookbook has been developed using products provided through the WIC Program.
Rob Schofield | The grim future for K-12 education in a post-Leandro North Carolina
By all indications, North Carolina’s public education system will soon be dealt a massive, devastating and world-altering blow. The windup for the expected haymaker commences this week when the state Supreme Court again hears arguments in the 30-year-old Leandro school funding case. The actual delivery of the punch will likely take place sometime in the weeks to come when, barring a remarkable and unexpected turnaround in the attitudes and philosophies of its conservative Republican justices, the court will reverse its previous holding and rule that it has no constitutional authority to order the legislature to adequately fund the state’s K-12 schools.
Let’s not forget our Past
As time marches on, people seem to forget the memories and stories of the past. For a lack of better words, we get too caught up in our day to day lives to remember the past. History and the lives of our ancestors are all but forgotten except for a few grave markers and stones that mark the past. New technology such as computers, T.V.s and cell phones are the norm now- a- days. Unless you are a storyteller or a history buff such as I am, these stories and places will be lost forever unless they are told or recorded. This would be a shame because our ancestors were for the most part, God fearing and hardworking people who only wanted to carve out a living for themselves and their children.
John Richard Schrock | A “small language model”
In this last year, AI or artificial intelligence has become major media hype. Despite artificial intelligence having been discussed as machine intelligence by Turing in the WWII era and entered into academics as a course in the mid-1950s, the recent flurry of concern over AI is based upon large language models and the recent complex programming that allows computers to appear to imitate humans in writing supposedly “original” papers.
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