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County searches for mental health ally

By Chelsey Dulaney | February 22

After rejecting a merger with the mental health management system in Alamance and Caswell counties, Orange County’s provider is searching for other ...

Nursing programs face cuts despite statewide need for nurses

By Elise Young | February 22

The statewide demand for nurses is growing, but budget cuts are forcing UNC-system universities to limit opportunities for undergraduate nursing students. ...

Carrboro ArtsCenter looks to reform

By Nick Andersen | February 22

After eliminating its executive director and youth performing arts conservatory director positions last Friday, Carrboro’s ArtsCenter is trying to change ...

Poll shows public approval of $1 cigarette tax hike

By Matt Steyl | February 22

A majority of North Carolinians support raising the cigarette tax to help offset the state budget deficit, according to the results of a poll released ...

UNC men's basketball set for Wolfpack

By Aaron Taube | February 22

For the past eight years, the North Carolina men’s basketball team has been the hammer to N.C. State’s nail.

NCSSM food drive tries to break record

By Viviana Bonilla Lopez | February 21

Students at the N.C. School of Science and Math will combat hunger one Guinness World Record at a time.On March 5 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., the school will ...

In ugly election, write-ins reign

By Paula Seligson | February 21

Amid a particularly venomous election season, disenchanted voters turned to the write-in vote. More than 4 percent of students cast write-in votes, marking ...

'Kind of Blue' is the first play of its kind

By Britton Alexander | February 21

In a first for UNC, a play written by a black undergraduate student will premiere on a main campus stage. Senior Kuamel Stewart’s piece, “Kind of ...

Fired Chapel Hill town workers win Sheldon Award

By Michelle Zayed | February 21

In a mix of politically inspired poetry, music and awards, Chapel Hill residents remembered Bob Sheldon on Monday night. Sheldon was the owner of Internationalist ...

SBP candidates pledge a drama-free runoff

By Deborah Strange | February 20

With an election marred by complaints, hearings and injunctions behind them, the candidates for student body president said they are looking forward to ...

Hillsborough chef is semifinalist for national honors

By Lindsay Pope | February 20

While earning an economics degree from Emory University in Atlanta, local chef Aaron Vandemark balanced spreadsheets in the financial sector by day and ...

Union renovation doesn’t pass

By Katia Martinez | February 20

Mired by complaints and critics, the UCommons referendum to renovate the bottom floor of the Student Union was voted down Feb. 8 with about 54 percent ...

UNC Dance Marathon breaks fundraising record

By Olivia Barrow | February 20

UNC Dance Marathon leaves my head spinning from the power of a simple act — standing. A blue chair in the middle of my committee’s small workroom ...

Offense struggles, defense rolls in UNC win

By Mark Thompson | February 20

The Smith Center opened in 1986 and has hosted hundreds of games, but on Saturday North Carolina did what no UNC team had done before. Against Boston ...

Tar Heels edge Eagles, 48-46

By Aaron Taube | February 19

After pasting Boston College by 32 points in Chestnut Hill three weeks ago, the North Carolina men’s basketball team got everything they could handle ...

Professor will advise Egypt

By Chloe Pinner | February 17

A UNC professor will have a hand in shaping election laws for what could be the first truly democratic elections in the history of Egypt and Tunisia.

Cooper and Lee in runoff election

By Daniel Wiser | February 17

Ending a litigious campaign that left candidates battered and frustrated by complaints, the Board of Elections announced late Thursday night that juniors ...

Governor Purdue proposes more layoffs, program reductions

By Isabella Cochrane | February 17

N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue proposed more layoffs, program eliminations and retirement incentives for faculty as a part of a 9.5 percent budget reduction for ...

UNC Printing Services downsizes

By Caroline Corrigan | February 17

Six and a half years ago, Bernie Oakley thought he had his dream job. But on Feb. 11, that job became a nightmare for Oakley, who was one of nine printing ...

Borders to close 5 NC book stores after announcing bankruptcy

By Olivia Barrow | February 16

Chapel Hill will lose one of its biggest national brand stores when Borders closes in the coming weeks.