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Offense wakes up as UNC sweeps Deacons

By DANIEL MALLOY | March 28

On March 19, Daniel Bard was hammered for seven runs in only 5 1/3 innings in a 9-1 North Carolina loss to Clemson. Then on Saturday, Wake Forest’s ...

Education funding in flux

By JOE NGAN | March 28

Contrasting versions of bills that would fund student scholarships and other university programs now lie before the two houses of Congress, and discussions ...

Group dissects UNC's faculty

By RACHEL BROCK | March 28

A recent University survey shows that UNC lags behind in minority hiring — and members of a campus task force charged with examining faculty diversity ...

Steel directs staff with dedication, optimism

March 28

When Emily Steel first began her career at The Daily Tar Heel, she was mesmerized by the dedication and work ethic of the older staff. Now, Steel is the ...

Week to bring string of human rights speakers

By STACEY CARLESS | March 28

The Campus Y’s Advocates for Human Rights Committee is bringing such issues closer to home this week as it presents its annual Human Rights Week. “We ...

Sun Devils burned

By Jacob Karabell | March 28

Facing an early 10-point road deficit, top-seeded North Carolina needed an offensive spark to quiet Arizona State’s yellow-clad crowd and bring ...

Achievement gap persists

March 28

For almost five years, city school officials compiled stacks of data to figure out how to close the district’s minority student achievement gap ...

Resurrection

By Brian MacPherson | March 28

Raymond Felton clutched the ball to his chest as he unleashed a scream into the Carrier Dome air, a team and a legion of blue-clad fans in a frenzy behind ...

Softball struggles in Classic

By RACHEL SODER | March 28

The picnic tables next to the field at the UNC Softball Complex were decorated with powder-blue bunnies and individual bags of candy eagerly awaiting ...

Freelon adds touch of jazz

By SALEM NEFF | March 28

After a long delay dating back to October, Nnenna Freelon and her ensemble opened the new Cobb Theatre in style on Thursday night. The 5-time Grammy-nominated ...

Commissioners review shelter progress

By EREN TATARAGASI | March 28

A six-month progress report suggests that the county’s animal shelter is taking every step to better care for the animals that wind up on its doorstep. The ...

Campus briefs

By Staff Editor | March 28

Hyde named new member of University governing board The UNC system’s Board of Governors recently appointed Barbara Rosser Hyde of Memphis, Tenn., ...

Fans wait for the real celebration

By Staff Editor | March 28

There were no bonfires on Franklin Street. There was no drunken, riotous mayhem spreading through downtown Chapel Hill. Sure, there was a celebration ...

Lacrosse falls to 0-2 in the ACC

By DAN SCHWIND | March 28

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — When members of the North Carolina’s men’s lacrosse team took the field Saturday, they were hoping to re-create ...

3rd starter critical to success

By DAVID MOSES | March 28

After the 2001 World Series, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling became household names to every baseball fan across the country. But not many people ...

UNC soars to EAGL title

March 28

RALEIGH — When North Carolina gymnast Courtney Bumpers finished her floor routine at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championship Friday, she ...

Reliability, camaraderie mark Tuck's leadership

March 28

Ryan Tuck is many things, but shy isn’t one of them. Still a high school student at the time, the now-junior journalism and political science ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | March 28

Education board to examine schools budget for next year The Orange County Board of Education will discuss next fiscal year’s budget from 5 to ...

Black edges lottery vote toward floor

By Laura Youngs | March 28

Prospects for a state lottery moved forward Thursday as the leader of the state House called for the formation of a legislative panel designed to put ...

Budget cuts would slash UNC's faculty, classes

By Emily Steel | March 28

They’ve embarked on an extensive capital fund-raising campaign and tried their hand at hiking tuition. But in the puzzle of working out the University’s ...