Schmidt Keeps `Perfect Balance'

After talking with Alice Schmidt, you would have never believed that gray clouds hung over North Carolina for much of the week.Rather, everything seemed ...

Columnist's Viewpoint On Racism Clouded by Being Atop `Ivory Tower'

TO THE EDITOR:My knee-jerk reaction upon reading Linda Chupkowski's column in The Daily Tar Heel ("Racism Can Be Difficult to Notice," Feb. ...

BOT to Vote on Master Plan Despite Council Concerns

The fate of the Master Plan is in the hands of the UNC Board of Trustees today as the group votes on whether to approve the blueprint for campus development.Developed ...

Texas Legislators Question Value of Standardized Tests

Signaling a growing concern over the fairness of university admissions criteria, Texas lawmakers recently proposed a bill that aims to reduce the importance ...

Aldermen Approve Carr Mill Mall Courtyard, ATM

CARRBORO -- At its meeting Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a request granting the owners of Carr Mill Mall a permit to expand the ...

Duke Staves Off Tar Heel Comeback

Throughout the season, the North Carolina men's lacrosse team has used its resiliency to battle back from deficits.The Tar Heels again displayed that ...

Chapel Hill Police Work to Serve Hispanics

Year-round cultural diversity classes, four Spanish-speaking officers and community support are helping the Chapel Hill Police Department better serve ...

Match Day Hands Future To Med School Graduates

There was so much excitement in the air, Clinic Auditorium was about to pop.And Georgette Dent, associate dean of the School of Medicine, had not even ...

Congress Member Gives Explanation of Censure Resolutions Against CAA\

TO THE EDITOR:The controversy over allegations of corruption and misdeeds within the Carolina Athletic Association has come into Student Congress' court ...

When a Tree Falls

The mountains of North Carolina have beckoned hikers, campers and touring motorists for generations with the promise of natural beauty unequaled east ...

Moscow: Bolshoi Brings On Ballet Revelation

The last thing I expected -- or wanted -- was to like it. That would be degrading to my manliness, wouldn't it? All those jokes about guys in tights kept ...

Caribbean Cruise Provides On-Board Art Experience

The kind of entertainment provided on cruise ships is usually assumed to involve one too many cocktails and spangled Vegas-type showgirls. While there ...

Dilbert 03/22/01

Volunteers' Rally Sinks Tennis

When the North Carolina women's tennis team rallied, Tennessee rallied harder.After coming back to win the doubles point and the first singles match, ...

N.C.'s Diversity Evident in 2000 Census Results

Results from the 2000 U.S. census report show that North Carolina's population is becoming more culturally diverse, largely because of a rapidly increasing ...

Melodramatic `Enemy at the Gates' Tanks

Enemy of the Gates2 StarsHollywood tends to imagine the World War II as a two-sided battle between the Western Allies and the Germans."Enemy at the ...

New Study States Higher Education Not Affordable for Low-income Students

A recent study released by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance states that lower-class college students are now paying a greater percentage ...

Residents Express Ire, Pessimism

Local residents are critical of the UNC Board of Trustees' decision Thursday to approve the campus Master Plan, which could threaten neighborhoods near ...

DMB, Ashley Stove Offer Borderline Discs

Dave Matthews BandEveryday2 1/2 StarsIn the recent Rolling Stone profile of the Dave Matthews Band, there's a picture of Matthews with Midas-touch producer ...