Cybrary takes look at banned books

The Carrboro Cybrary is recognizing this week as the 23rd anniversary of Banned Books Week. Co-sponsored by the American Library Association and the ...

Campus briefs

Lemonade cart stolen from Kenan Stadium on Saturday A lemonade cart valued at $1,200 was stolen at 12:16 p.m. Saturday from Kenan Stadium, according ...

Sales of caffeine see major boost among students

Coffee soon might become so pass

Professor apologizes for his posture regarding shoot

TO THE EDITOR: I apologize to the UNC and Chapel Hill communities for my involvement in a Playboy photo shoot last April and for my previously defensive ...

Counterpoint: Mandatory Voting?

Voting can be a beautiful thing. It allows citizens to do their part to bring about change or to affirm their faith in the status quo. But voting isn't ...

Cartoon for 9/29/2004

City briefs

Local teacher charged with driving while intoxicated A teacher at North Chatham School was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with driving while intoxicated ...

Speaker maligns cutthroat culture

David Callahan added a broader perspective to Honor and Integrity Week on Tuesday when he spoke about the decline of ethics in America. "To quote a famous ...

DNA backlog comes under scrutiny

The number of innocent people who have been wrongly accused of crimes might decrease under an act that was first introduced in Congress in 2003. The ...

State & Nation briefs

N.Y. county bans use of alcohol-inhaling machine HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved what could be the first law in ...

DTH coverage misses point about Crystall controversy

TO THE EDITOR: You missed the point not once, but twice. In the Thursday article, "Civil rights controversy closes," and again in Monday's opinion piece, ...

Town officials back bond proposal

Despite some opposition, most local officials say they support an amendment to the state constitution that would give them more flexibility in local development. North ...

Tour guides mold face of UNC

When Maggie Kao walks through UNC's campus, she can talk about the history of the Davie Poplar and the fact that parts of "Patch Adams" were filmed on ...

Calendar

Today - The Self Knowledge Symposium will present a lecture titled "Einstein, Bill Gates and the Buddha" by entrepreneur Ken Felder at 7:30 p.m. in 116 ...

UNC welcomes new vice chancellor

Provost Robert Shelton climbed onto a coffee table Tuesday afternoon to invite faculty, staff and students gathered in the Student Union to welcome Margaret ...

Don't flip out at football quirks

Saturday's football game wasn't pretty. When a team lets down its fans the way North Carolina did against Louisville, those fans might stumble through ...

Hospital receives $200K grant

With the recent acquisition of a coveted grant, UNC Hospitals now will research how better-organized health care providers can benefit chronically ill ...

Council eyes methods to improve Cameron

Although problems with parking and biker safety along Cameron Avenue are not a new issue, the Chapel Hill Town Council now is examining ways to rectify ...

Moeser readies annual speech

After putting the finishing touches on his State of the University address Wednesday afternoon, Chancellor James Moeser summed it up with one word: dynamic. That ...