City briefs

Town Council names 3 to Airport Road committee Chapel Hill Town Council members named Wednesday three new members to its Special Committee to Consider ...

Japanese horror flick like others, only worse

More startling than scary, Japan's "Ju-on: The Grudge" follows too closely in the footsteps of its predecessors. The film effectively uses all of the ...

Dive recommends

"The Battle of Algiers" - A country is occupied by an imperialistic superpower seeking to maintain its indigenous population as second-class citizens. ...

Monsters of rock

Lurch forward. Form the claws. Shimmy to the left. Clap. To the right. Clap. No one's going to save you from the beast about to strike. Because, friends, ...

Law panel explores Supreme Court appointments

Americans are carefully considering candidates during the 2004 election for positions in both the legislative and executive branches. But for members ...

Easley for Governor

North Carolinians sent Mike Easley to the governor's mansion four years ago. He became the chief executive of a state that needed major fiscal damage ...

October Report released

He promised to fight unreasonable tuition increases. He promised to activate the student voice. He even promised free music. And now that Matt Calabria ...

Posthumous Smith LP unearths new stylings

By sheer coincidence, this review was written on Oct. 21, 2004. On this day one year ago, Elliott Smith stabbed himself in the heart. He was 34 years ...

Spoofing the WTO? Just say 'Yes'

"The Yes Men" is a bold documentary cataloguing a group of political and social dissidents that is taking over the World Trade Organization's identity, ...

Many vie for court positions

When voters enter their polling place Tuesday, they will be met with the usual array of partisan races. Stuffed toward the end of the ballot, however, ...

Congress frustrated by tough issues

After spending several hours disputing controversial resolutions Tuesday night, members of Student Congress have expressed discontent with what they called ...

Hopefuls promise to improve schools

The superintendent of public instruction is held accountable for the education of 1.3 million children in North Carolina. On Nov. 2, Democrat June Atkinson ...

Dolls impress packed house

You know a band is progressive when members have to make up a genre to describe themselves. As peculiar punk duo The Dresden Dolls proved Friday at Cat's ...

Cartoon for 10/28/2004

Halloween on Franklin Street would be great campaign stop

George W. Bush and John Kerry are undoubtedly missing out on the greatest campaign opportunity of the election season. On Sunday, just a little after ...

Sellers ignored student's right to stand by his flag

TO THE EDITOR: Kevin Sellers' most recent letter, which asserts his right to burn a "desecrated" flag, struck me as a hypocritical attempt to justify ...

Committee mulls changes to Code

The Finance Committee of Student Congress held a public hearing Wednesday evening to discuss possible amendments to Title V of the Student Code - the ...

Leader strikes delicate balance

Gov. Mike Easley is not the typical leader of a Southern state in crisis - both Democrats and Republicans can agree on that. While other states have ...

Tar Heels earn 6th shutout in 2004

North Carolina men's soccer forward Marcus Storey's artful, bending shot over the outstretched hands of the William & Mary goalkeeper put the Tar Heels ...