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Department of Education revisits student loan forgiveness policy

By John Edmonds | February 26

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking public comment on how to assess if student loan borrowers meet the undue hardship standard for loan forgiveness. ...

Chapel Hill high school students are organizing a walkout to protest gun violence

By Marin Wolf | February 26

Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools community met Sunday to organize a walkout protesting gun violence on March 14 at 9:55 a.m. The walkout ...

OWASA to begin disinfecting water with chlorine, still safe to drink

By Drew Wayland | February 26

The water in Orange County will undergo its annual deep cleaning beginning in March, which may cause water to have slight discoloration. The cleaning ...

'Pride and Prejudice' meets 'Frankenstein': NC State's John Kessel talks new book

By Allie Todd | February 26

Author and N.C. State professor John Kessel discusses his new book and career as an author. Kessel will be at Flyleaf Books Wednesday at 7 p.m. to talk ...

Drag queen Shangela spreads 'positive messages about self-worth' with CUAB

By Maya Jarrell | February 26

If you're looking for unique entertainment Wednesday, head over to the Student Union to see current "Rupaul's Drag Race: All Stars" contestant slay the ...

In its closest match of the year, No. 1 UNC women's tennis falls to No. 7 Vanderbilt

By Tommy Fradenburg | February 26

Sophomore Sara Daavettila said she started out well, but by the time the third set started, she had errors and was getting impatient. It was that moment ...

U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., addressed members of the UNC Young Democrats and UNC students on Monday in Gardner Hall. He spoke about the state of American politics and the future of the Democratic Party.

House Democrats push for Dickey Amendment repeal, gun violence research

By Blake Weaver | February 25

U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., and six other House Democrats are asking House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to allow for debate to repeal Dickey Amendment ...

Editorial: Tucker Carlson is not a journalist

February 25

The Triad Foundation gave over $56,000 that year to the Media Research Center, a nonprofit whose self-proclaimed sole mission is “To expose and ...

Prisoners, puppies and a purpose: N.C. inmates train service dogs

Column: The DTH is expanding its visual story telling

By Nathan Klima | February 25

There are times when words alone don’t suffice in evoking emotion from an audience. Visual storytelling, in all of its forms, is an effective medium ...

Crucial moments made all the difference in UNC baseball's 5-4 win over ECU on Saturday

By Jack Frederick | February 25

The No. 8 North Carolina baseball team made up for their Friday loss against the East Carolina University Pirates with big plays on Saturday night. The ...

'We need to listen to different communities': UNC Health Conference talks health disparities

By Hannah McClellan | February 25

The 39th annual Minority Health Conference used various perspectives to tackle the relationship between false narratives and public health on Friday. ...

Nature Conservancy encourages community involvement with 'Chasing Coral' screening

By Carlyann Edwards | February 25

“Chasing Coral,” a Sundance award-winning feature, powerfully amplifies the stress signal that the planet emits with coral bleaching. The film was ...

UNC women's tennis loses first match of season to Vanderbilt, 4-3

By Torre Netkovick | February 25

The No. 1 North Carolina women’s tennis team lost a close 4-3 match against No.7 Vanderbilt on Sunday at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center for its first ...

Third quarter drowns UNC women's basketball team against No. 20 Duke

By Jordanna Clark | February 25

The UNC women's basketball team had their ninth consecutive loss after falling 70-54 against Duke, which powered ahead by outscoring the Tar Heels in ...

Wilson Caldwell Day bridges history and conversations about race relations at UNC

By Jessica Snouwaert | February 25

“What is going on with Silent Sam, what is going on this political and social climate, it is a lot of polarization and isolation,” said Sloan ...

McCool and Ortega shine for UNC women’s lacrosse in OT win over No. 1 Maryland

By Jordanna Clark | February 25

One of the top rivalries in college women’s lacrosse, between the two teams that have won the last five national championships, came down to a first-year ...

Georgina Summers propels North Carolina fencing to its first women's ACC Championship

By Megan Dennehy | February 25

“Right now I feel absolutely amazing," said sophomore Georgina Summers after helping her team earn a championship title. "(I'm) on top of the world.” ...

North Carolina baseball's struggles continue in 12-0 home loss to ECU

By Michael Magnuson | February 25

Sunday's loss marks North Carolina baseball's fourth defeat of the week and its first 0-3 home start since 1962. Control, pitching and slippery hands ...

A Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus drives toward Chapel Hill High School.

Chapel Hill principal to retire: CHCCS sees change in leadership

By Michael Taffe | February 25

Personnel changes are being finalized as the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District gets into the second half of the 2017-18 school year.

Column: Whose election was it anyway?

By Claude Wilson | February 25

A proper democracy means that all citizens should have equal political power. Our current system of campaign finance results, instead, in a plutocracy ...