Car-Free Day boosts local transit

Chapel Hill and Carrboro joined more than 1,400 towns and cities across the nation and 37 countries worldwide to celebrate Wednesday as Car-Free Day. The ...

Cartoon for 9/24/2004

Generalization concerning liberals was unwarranted

TO THE EDITOR: After reading the letter to the editor about the Missile Dick Chicks by Billy Constangy, I was left feeling very angry. It was not his ...

Marriott opens new hotel in Chapel Hill

The Courtyard by Marriott opened a new hotel in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, providing another option for area visitors. The hotel, located at 100 Marriott ...

Dalzell faces new charges

Andrew Douglas Dalzell was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday at the Orange County District Court in Hillsborough. But Dalzell, who ...

Tar Heels attempt to rebound against UVa.

If preseason polls were any indication, the North Carolina men's soccer game Sunday against Virginia would have been the best matchup the ACC has to offer. UNC's ...

Covenant students hit stride

When Renatta Craven was young, she hoped to attend UNC, though she never thought that dream could become reality. But Craven is now a month into her ...

Professor's hosting of shoot should have been criticized

TO THE EDITOR: We learned last semester that Playboy magazine was recruiting young women on UNC's campus for its "Girls of the ACC" special issue. We ...

Commissioners, schools consider efficiency study

Monday's joint meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the two county school boards could mark the next step in discussions about educational ...

State & Nation briefs

Aftermath of Jeanne creates chaotic atmosphere in Haiti GONAIVES, Haiti - Hungry, thirsty and increasingly desperate residents attacked each other in ...

Class remarks, not e-mail, were actual verbal assaults

TO THE EDITOR: I find it very unfortunate that a lecturer's e-mail aimed at preventing further anti-gay hate speech in the classroom has been labeled ...

Survey gives praise to MBA program

The job market for business students is competitive throughout the state, but a release of recent rankings should put UNC graduates at the top of their ...

UNC tops sales list for 4th year

For the fourth consecutive year, UNC has ranked as the Collegiate Licensing Co.'s strongest performer, with its trademark licensing revenue totaling $3.7 ...

UNC aims to ease construction burden

With construction on campus in full swing and new projects just months away, the Department of Housing and Residential Education is putting into action ...

Superintendent hopefuls debate teacher pay, sex ed

N.C. Teaching Fellows and a few interested residents filled the auditorium in Peabody Hall on Thursday night for a debate between the candidates for state ...

Campus briefs

Student Affairs Committee approves government posts The Student Affairs Committee of Student Congress approved 64 student appointments to various committees ...

New voters are young, minorities

In what many are calling a politically charged election year, organizations from all over the county are scrambling to convince minority voters that their ...

Damaged drive-in gets help from bands, locals

Many wish to raise money, but few are willing to resort to rock 'n' roll to do it. But on Sunday, more than a month after fire destroyed its historic ...

24 hours of improv starts tomorrow

University students, members of the community and volunteers from as far away as Utah will come together tonight to bring a few laughs to the campus and ...