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UNC grad’s ‘Magic Tree House’ travels to screen

By Katie Williams | March 3

For decades, UNC Class of 1971 graduate Mary Pope Osborne’s “Magic Tree House” series has captured the imagination of children everywhere, teaching ...

VICE correspondent gives UNC students sneak peek at next season

By Ziyad Habash | March 3

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CUAB to host Chapel Thrill Music Festival Friday

By Rebekah Cockram | March 3

Local bands, many UNC student led, will perform in the West Lounge of the Student Union today from 3:00pm-9:00pm as part of the first Chapel Thrill Music ...

UNC Urban Gaming Club's 'Room Escape' fosters teamwork

By Zoe Hazerjian | March 3

What sounds more enjoyable than getting locked in a room with five of your friends for 35 minutes as you try to solve puzzles and codes to escape?

Is cereal on the decline for millennials?

By Peggy Mullin | March 2

Last week, The New York Times published a report stating that cereal sales have fallen by nearly $4 billion since the year 2000.

We love the Clef Hangers, and they are truly part of UNC. However, sometimes you just need to drink to "Carolina on my Mind."

Clef Hangers’ history highlighted in new ﬁlm

By Maggie Mouat | March 1

Being the oldest a cappella group at UNC can only mean one thing: There’s a lot of history.

Column: If Leo can, we can

By Sarah Vassello | March 1

I know I’m supposed to use this space to talk about the Oscars.

Q&A with Duke graduate, author John Feinstein

By Paige Connelly | February 29

John Feinstein, a Duke graduate, a New York Times’ best-selling author and a columnist for the Washington Post, knows the intensity of North Carolina ...

First-year student Nora Knapp has created an original language called Arithian all by herself.

First year creates new language, Arithian

By Jenni Ciesielski | February 29

While many students struggle to get through their foreign language requirements, first-year Nora Knapp is ahead of the game. The linguistics major has ...

The legacy of Virgins Family Band lives on in Dad & Dad

By Paige Connelly | February 29

Everyone on campus has noticed, at some point or another, the strategically placed “Virgins” stickers on trashcans, electrical boxes and light polls, ...

UNC prof. of English Connie Eble studies linguistics and slang, and is credited with having the earliest documentation of the phrase "shit happens". The phrase was submitted on one of the many notecards which the professor asks her students to submit definitions of current popular slang. Here prof. Eble is posing with the earliest notecard describing "shit happens".

UNC professor credited with ﬁrst use of ‘shit happens’

By Erin Wygant | February 25

A small index card from 1983 has made English professor Connie Eble famous.

Q&A with stress management specialist William Frey

By Krupa Kaneria | February 25

William A. Frey currently works at UNC as an organization and professional development specialist and has been trained in a variety of stress management ...

Caroline Ririe, Timmy Cooper, McKinley Pollock, members of a southern rock, alternative country band called Below the Line, share a laugh.

Below the Line couples music with friendship

By Peggy Mullin | February 25

Friends tend to come and go, but for sophomores Timmy Cooper, McKinley Pollock and Caroline Ririe, a five-year friendship gives them an edge as musicians. ...

UNC graduate wins College, Newspaper Photographer of the Year in same year

By Megan Cross | February 24

The project starts with a picture of a woman standing among piles of waterlogged family belongings, looking out the back door of her living room.

Q&A with poet Greg Pardlo

By Madeline Rael | February 24

Greg Pardlo is a successful poet by anyone’s standards. In 2015, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection of poems, “Digest,”, which ...

Alumni and students alike gather at the 2016 Oscars Preview night held at the Varsity Theatre on Tuesday February 23rd. The UNC General Alumni Association hosts this Oscars preview night with film exerts Scott Myers (left) and Dana Coen (right) of UNC's writing for the stage and screen program in order to explore this year in film.

Chapel Hill becomes Hollywood Hills in Academy Awards preview

By Jenni Ciesielski | February 23

On Tuesday night, Chapel Hill became Hollywood Hills. The UNC Program in the Humanities and the General Alumni Association hosted “A 2016 Oscars Preview: ...

PlayMakers' brings race to forefront in latest play

By Carina McDermed | February 23

Art imitates life — sometimes in more ways than one. PlayMakers Repertory Company will open a new production tonight that forces audiences to face societally ...

NC rapper wrote on ‘To Pimp a Butterﬂy’

By Jenni Ciesielski | February 23

In 2005, N.C. State University student Marlanna Evans helped form a hip-hop organization. Ten years later, she became a Grammy-nominated artist — Rapsody. ...

Dan Cefalo, chairperson of the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, takes suggestions for how to improve the arts in Chapel Hill at the FRANK Gallery on Tuesday.

First Chapel Hill art forum fosters ideas for the future

By Zoe Hazerjian | February 23

The FRANK Gallery and the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission held the first of its three public forum meetings on Tuesday. For the Chapel Hill 2020 Comprehensive ...

PlayMakers' new season: A new director, new theme

By Audrey Leynaud | February 23

PlayMakers Repertory Company is taking audiences on a journey of transformation with its 2016-17 season.