UNC Exudes Confidence In Season-Opening Win

Perhaps the start of it all came before they hit the court, a bit before they even got on the floor. On the first day of practice, former North Carolina ...

Students Encourage Quitting Smoking

Dozens of students sat scattered around the Pit on Monday afternoon, smoking. Just a few feet away, members of the Carolina Cancer Focus offered them ...

University Kicks Off International Education Week

The University kicked off its International Education Week on Monday with a private reception for applicants and past recipients of the prestigious Fulbright ...

Research Doctoral Degrees Decline

The number of research doctoral degrees awarded in 2001 declined to a level not seen since 1993, according to the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates. ...

Court Dismisses Charges Against UNC Protesters

HILLSBOROUGH -- Sascha Bollag and Anna DeWitt, two UNC freshmen arrested a month ago for refusing to leave a U.S. congressman's office, arrived at court ...

Freshmen Impress With Record-Setting Debut

Matt Doherty admitted he was especially anxious before the game. Fortunately for the North Carolina men's basketball team, three freshmen weren't worried ...

Student Leaders Address Concerns at Fall Forum

Campus safety, high textbook prices and Honor Court concerns headlined Monday night's Fall Forum. More than 40 student government representatives, organization ...

Executive Branch Posts to Be Filled

Student government's executive branch will conclude the process of filling six vacancies in the Cabinet at the end of this week. "We want to get (the ...

Work Begins on Charlotte-D.C. High-Speed Rail

The N.C. Department of Transportation has begun work on the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor, chosen out of nine possible routes to provide timely and ...

Habitat Proposal Concerns Residents

A preliminary development plan that would add up to 100 units of low-income housing in northeast Chapel Hill already has sparked opposition from some ...

Jumping Into the Wild Blue Yonder

Less than a minute after the warning "jumpers away" sounded, the sky was filled with 11 bright spots gliding to the ground. And somewhere up there, ...

Cartoon

Basketball Sales Dropped Because of Price Hike, Team Record -- Not Age

TO THE EDITOR: I find it quite funny and yet offensive that (UNC Director of Ticket Operations) Clint Gwaltney would find the public so stupid. I am ...

UNC's Attitude Toward Salaries Builds Case for More Oversight

The issue of faculty salaries has been debated ever since I came here as a freshman two years ago. And every time I open The Daily Tar Heel to yet another ...

Remodeled 'Star' Ready For Morehead Premiere

From Venus to meteor to comet to supernova -- to miracle. The origin of the "Star of Bethlehem" has been debated for centuries, and it is unlikely that ...

Campus Calendar

Today 10 a.m. -- The Campus Y Health Focus will be holding a Bone Marrow Registry Drive until 4 p.m. in the ground floor of the new Student Union. Minorities ...

Hashagen Proposes Honor Code Reform

One student leader has created the first concrete student-drafted list of changes for the honor system since the chancellor-appointed task force reviewed ...

Local Currency Now Used at 100 Locations

The PLENTY, the local currency made for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, Hillsborough and Pittsboro, is now accepted at 100 locations, which, proponents ...

Police Roundup

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