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Yalu Rivas tosses pizza dough at Friday's training night. "I think it's one of the best pizzas," she said.

Mellow Mushroom takes Franklin Street back to the 1970s with opening today

By Jasmin Singh | March 3

When Mellow Mushroom opens on Franklin Street today, Chapel Hill will be taken back to the early 1970s.

Faculty ready to propose series of athletic reforms

By Nicole Comparato | March 1

More than 100 faculty want the University to know the last thing on their minds is NCAA rules and eligibility. Instead, they say its focus should be on ...

Dexter Strickland dribbles away from his defender against Clemson. Strickland finished with 16 points.

UNC men's basketball uses first-half run to top Tigers 68-59

By Marilyn Payne | March 1

North Carolina’s men’s basketball team started faster than usual on its way to beating Clemson 68-59 Thursday night. Sophomore James Michael McAdoo ...

Landen Gambill at fault, lawyer says

By Caitlin McCabe | February 28

An attorney representing sophomore Landen Gambill’s ex-boyfriend says her public accusations — including that the man raped her — have been inaccurate ...

Provost requests audit of classes

By Megan Cassella | February 28

With a visit from an outside academic review team looming, UNC is working to prepare — by dropping in on classes unannounced.

The Vagina Monologues was a female cast that portrayed a variety of different characters who relayed information based on over 200 interviews. It touched on the subjects of sex, rape, love, masturbation, orgasm, birth, and more. Carolina Company partnered with V-Day to present this play.

Izzy Francke Junior Drama/German

‘Los monólogos de la vagina’

By Breanna Kerr | February 28

Estudiantes del teatro estan tratando construir una obra con un mensaje universal — sobre las vaginas de mujeres — más extensiva. For English, click ...

Cause of nausea outbreak among students unknown

By Emily Overcarsh | February 28

University officials still have not identified the cause of an outbreak of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that had sent more than 30 students to Campus ...

Campus Health investigating spike in vomiting, diarrhea cases

By Emily Overcarsh | February 28

More than 30 students have been to Campus Health Services today with symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in an outbreak that UNC officials are still ...

Former UNC student dies in car accident

By From staff and wire reports | February 28

Jacquelyn Renee Taft, a Chapel Hill resident and former UNC student, died early this morning in a car accident on Old N.C. 86.

Tar Heel Rifle and Pistol Club says it’s targeted by Student Congress bill

By Randy Short | February 27

A proposed bill that would make it more difficult to request funding for ammunition from Student Congress has triggered calls of discrimination by the ...

Renovations may come to Smith Center

By Melvin Backman | February 27

Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham has expressed interest in polishing UNC’s biggest monument to the now 82-year-old former basketball coach Dean Smith. ...

Damian Staemer
Arts Q&A
At his gallery at the Hanes Art Center

Q&A with artist Damian Stamer

By Elizabeth Baker | February 27

As part of the UNC art department’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition series, “Your Turn to Burn,” graduate student Damian Stamer’s paintings are ...

Carrboro parking deck construction to close parts of East Main Street

By Paige Ladisic | February 27

The construction of Carrboro’s first parking deck will close down parts of East Main Street starting Friday — but local businesses are welcoming the ...

Vandalism at 201 N. Greensboro Street, the possible future home of CVS.

CVS Pharmacy opts to pursue a smaller facility

By Sam Fletcher | February 27

A controversial proposal to build a CVS Pharmacy in Carrboro will undergo drastic changes after the pharmacy opted to withdraw its rezoning request and ...

Gambill wants charge dropped

By Liz Crampton | February 27

Students rallied Tuesday to demand an Honor Court charge against sophomore Landen Gambill, which she has called retaliation for publicizing her sexual ...

Stephen Shannon, David's brother; Charles Clapp, David's grandfather and UNC Class of

David Shannon’s family looks to keep his name alive

By Katie Reilly | February 26

When David Shannon was in sixth grade, he wrote an essay about losing a loved one. “You never think of the bad times — only the good ones,” he wrote. ...

Proposed tax increase to fund library expansion

By Caroline Hudson | February 26

The Chapel Hill Town Council is considering a penny tax increase to fund the Chapel Hill Public Library expansion, in light of widespread public outcry ...

Mary Karr, the writer-in-residence for the English and Comparative Literature Department, will be giving a reading on Wednesday.

Q&A with writer-in-residence Mary Karr

By Carson Blackwelder | February 26

Memoirist and poet Mary Karr is visiting UNC this week as the distinguished writer-in-residence for the English and Comparative Literature Department. ...

Landen Gambill says Honor Court charge is retaliatory

By Caitlin McCabe and Paula Seligson | February 26

After months of speaking out about the University’s handling of sexual assault cases, sophomore Landen Gambill said the system she has tried to change ...

The Chapel Hill Museum closed for lack of funding in 2009. Since then, the Chapel Hill Historical Society has housed many of its archived materials in its downstairs location underneath the old museum at 523 E. Franklin St.

Susan Newrock, office assistant for the society, said the society is in a precarious position as the town decides whether to renovate the sub-standard building or sell it.

523 E. Franklin St. renovations may cost taxpayers

By Julia Craven | February 25

Since 1966, the Chapel Hill Museum building at 523 E. Franklin St. has served as a historic landmark for the town. The museum closed in July 2010, and ...