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Dick Baddour reflects on hiring at UNC

By Michael Lananna | October 18

Dick Baddour still remembers the phone call quite vividly. It was June 25, 1997 — the day of his wedding anniversary — and at the time, Baddour and ...

Threat puts two Orange County schools on lock down

By Chelsey Dulaney | October 18

Two Orange County schools were locked down Tuesday afternoon after a threat was made against a Hillsborough middle school, said schools Spokesman Michael ...

Housekeeping advisory committee aims to ease tension in department

By John Rusnak | October 18

The University remains in the planning stages of reform in the housekeeping department. Positions of membership in the employee advisory committee, which ...

NC State investigates homophobic vandalism at GLBT Center

By Isabella Cochrane | October 18

An act of homophobic vandalism has put administrators and students at N.C. State University on edge. Campus police are investigating derogatory comments ...

UNC makes good choice in athletic director hire

By Jonathan Jones | October 18

Possibly no other athletics department in the nation can match North Carolina in homegrown talent.

ITS could begin charging for Internet use as early as July

By Katharine McAnarney | October 17

Students will likely be charged for using the UNC network as early as July as part of a new communication funding system implemented by Information Technology ...

UNC’s student One Cards get redesigned

By Grace Raynor | October 17

The card every UNC student carries in his or her pocket got a makeover Monday.

UNC system’s plans to cut unnecessary degree programs could threaten UNC-CH applied sciences initiative

By Daniel Wiser | October 17

Although a concrete plan to eliminate redundant degree programs at UNC-system schools has still not been established, a new initiative by UNC-CH has raised ...

Chapel Hill will consider loosening its food truck regulations

By Ana Rocha | October 17

The half-renovated 1976 Airstream trailer that sits in Steve and Nancy Williams’ driveway in Carrboro represents their plan to make some extra money ...

Bubba Cunningham to lead UNC athletics

By Kelly Parsons | October 16

After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference ...

UNC basketball team readies for the season

By Kelly Parsons | October 16

The 2011-12 North Carolina men’s basketball team was unveiled to the public for the first time Friday at the Dean Smith Center. But now that the fun ...

Faculty Council divided over Honor Court

By Caitlin McCabe | October 16

Reform of the University’s honor system is still in its early stages, and it has become clear that faculty in charge of the effort have their work cut ...

Athletic fee increase vote postponed

By Nicole Comparato | October 16

The student fee advisory subcommittee postponed a vote on the revised $45 athletic fee increase Friday, with members saying the athletic department misread ...

Gay couples protest for marriage

By Estes Gould | October 16

Cartledge and Eve were one of 20 same-sex couples participating in a campaign against laws in North Carolina and across the South that ban same-sex marriage. ...

Vote on athletic fee postponed for changes

By Nicole Comparato and Andy Thomason | October 14

The student fee advisory subcommittee postponed Friday a vote on a $45 increase to the athletic fee, citing a desire for the increase’s revenue ...

Bubba Cunningham approved as North Carolina's next athletic director

By Kelly Parsons | October 14

Former University of Tulsa athletic director Lawrence “Bubba” Cunningham has been selected as North Carolina’s next athletic director, University ...

UNC’s Carolina Counts faculty initiative tells Board of Visitors it’s on target to meet 5-year goals

By Edward Pickup | October 13

After two years of striving to streamline the University’s administration, members of Carolina Counts initiative told the Board of Visitors Thursday ...

Chapel Hill Town Council candidate Augustus Cho cast in G.I. Joe 2

By Jeanna Smialek | October 13

On the silver screen, Augustus Cho plays a North Korean leader facing off against Bruce Willis and team in “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation.” But in Chapel ...

Chapel Hill’s Project Connect brings together community resources

By Chelsey Dulaney | October 13

Crystal Martinez-Ramos sat in the Hargraves Community Center Thursday afternoon, receiving her first haircut in nearly two years. “It’s a new me,” ...

Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro to stage protest

By Meredith Burns | October 13

An “occupation” will take place Saturday morning at the Peace and Justice Plaza — but no one, from organizers to local police, knows exactly what ...