School board hopefuls get grilled

Candidates for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education presented their cases for why they would complement the school board at a forum Monday. The ...

2 found dead at UNC building

An ongoing domestic dispute between a UNC Health Care employee and her estranged husband climaxed early Monday morning in what police are calling an apparent ...

Gell set to speak about serving time on death row for murder he didn't commit

TO THE EDITOR: Since 1977, at least six people have been wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder in North Carolina. That means that for every seven ...

Stone to sign off after years at UNC

One of the University's most honored professors, who created a legacy through his involvement in the civil rights movement and his tenure at UNC, announced ...

Future fashion is an especially tricky trend for me to predict

I think fashion is fascinating. New fashions are always a complete surprise to me. I never even have a vague idea of what they are going to be. I could ...

Cartoon for 11/30/2004

Sports briefs

Women's basketball team vaults to No. 2 in AP poll For the first time in the history of UNC women's basketball, the Tar Heels (5-0) have risen as high ...

TTA, town snag $23M transit grant

Transportation in the Triangle will receive a face lift in the next few years thanks to a $23 million grant from the federal government to be used specifically ...

Awards policies frustrate faculty

University faculty members have expressed heated concerns about a policy they say discourages them from applying for prestigious awards, such as the Fulbright ...

System could handle change

The federal government has put forth a proposal to collect individual college students' records into a nationwide database, and UNC-system officials say ...

Students see Moeser up close

Despite the lofted ceiling and grand chandelier, the atmosphere in the lounge of Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence remained informal as students ...

Welch, 23, '04 UNC graduate

UNC alumnus Edward Kent Welch died Nov. 23 after sustaining serious injuries in an automobile accident in Prague, Czech Republic. Welch, whom family ...

Student records may be released

The federal government is considering a sweeping change in the way it collects and manages data about college students. If implemented, the modifications ...

Women's athletics need the UNC student body's support

TO THE EDITOR: We both recall the early days of Title IX. One of us, as a field hockey official, had to threaten a forfeit when encountering an unsafe, ...

Administration blocks out the challenges to its beliefs

It finally got cold enough here last week that I had to bring in the last of my pepper plants. I'm always amazed by the difference between the frail seedlings ...

Ambiguity denes secretary position

After a four-year education agenda centered on the K-12 No Child Left Behind Act, analysts say new U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' involvement ...

No more frivolity

Americans live in a litigious society. In one sense, this is a good thing - if people believe they have been wronged or mistreated, they can bring their ...

A smooth ride home

A tenacious defensive effort propelled North Carolina to an early insurmountable lead against Southern California, and as halftime neared, UNC was looking ...

The final stretch

Thanksgiving Break's come and gone, and we've come upon the last week of classes. This last stretch might seem hopeless for some and tantalizingly close ...