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Aldermen try to preserve town feel through zoning

By MEGHAN DAVIS | August 30

As residents walk through Carrboro, town officials hope they’ll notice shop fronts and nice homes, not out-of-place monoliths. To preserve the ...

Construction projects engross system schools

By India Autry | August 30

UNC-Chapel Hill isn’t the only campus in the state with bulldozers and piles of dirt gracing its quads. Most UNC-system schools have reached ...

Stone Center features author

By TANNER SLAYDEN | August 30

History’s depiction of the civil rights movement is sugarcoated, and the South has become one of the most important arenas for race and national ...

Defense tries to replace injured stars

By DANIEL MALLOY | August 30

At the start of last year’s season the North Carolina women’s soccer team knew it would have holes to fill on the back line. With Catherine ...

State health plan gauges options

By ERIC JOHNSON | August 30

The N.C. State Health Plan has begun an ambitious effort to explore new coverage options for state employees, potentially undercutting the UNC system’s ...

Candidates' perspectives enliven race

By TED STRONG | August 30

This year’s Town Council election is shaping up to be all about unique perspectives. A number of candidates are looking to fill demographics ...

Honor Court set to change

By LINDSAY MICHEL | August 30

A whirlwind of cases behind them, Student Attorney General Matt McDowell and his team have survived a summer of changes and now are preparing for more. Dave ...

Bill extends drug exclusivity

By KAVITA PILLAI | August 30

North Carolina’s newest U.S. senator is set to introduce controversial legislation next month that could lure major drug companies to the bioterrorism ...

Private funds fuel progress

By Brian Hudson | August 30

The Carolina First campaign, UNC’s multi-billion dollar fundraising effort, is bounding toward its ultimate goal and in doing so has lighted the ...

School board race entices only four to run

August 30

Less than a year ago, a vacancy on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education drew a pool of 10 applicants. But this fall’s open election for ...

Towns' mayoral races promise distinct tones

By TED STRONG | August 30

The top-dog positions in both Chapel Hill and Carrboro are up for grabs this year, and neither will go uncontested. The races, though, are fundamentally ...

Leaders won't push for dorm-storming this fall

By Brian Hudson | August 30

As November’s municipal elections approach, last year’s controversies surrounding dorm-storming threaten to re-emerge. But student leaders ...

Researchers battle HIV/AIDS

By JENNY RUBY | August 30

Nearly 40 million people are living with HIV or AIDS worldwide, and the rate of new infections exceeds 13,000 per day, according to the Joint United Nations ...

Town races attract challengers

By MEGHAN DAVIS | August 30

In the upcoming town elections, two challengers hope to bring new direction to growth in Hillsborough. Paul Newton and Tom Stevens, running for Town ...

District alters office makeup

August 30

Each year, students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools make the transition from one grade to the next. But this fall, changes also are being made behind ...

Community calendar

By Staff Editor | August 30

Tori Ralston is the featured artist at The ArtsCenter gallery exhibit that runs though Aug. 31. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and admission ...

Food, fun mark Fall Fest

By KATIE HOFFMANN | August 30

Music blaring from speakers, thousands cramming onto one road and students riding an inflatable tiger — all the unmistakable signs of the beginning ...

Downtown stores rise, fall with on-campus population

By MEREDITH LEE MILLER | August 30

For the ever-shifting lineup of locally owned businesses downtown, summertime is a parched time in more ways than one. Most downtown merchants see ...

Higher tuition waived for few

By KAVITA PILLAI | August 30

Enrollment of out-of-state students could rise at UNC-system schools next year, despite fierce opposition in 2003 to changing the 18 percent nonresident ...

ALE keeps close watch on weekend activities

By ERIN GIBSON | August 30

As college campuses fill up with wide-eyed freshmen free of parental supervision, Alcohol Law Enforcement officers across the state are stepping up their ...