UNC's Nelson to Head Chamber of Commerce

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce has hired a new executive director, filling a spot that has been vacant since last fall.The Board of Directors ...

Group to Audit NCSU Budget Policy

Last summer's financial fiasco in the N.C. State University Public Safety Department has prompted the hiring of a Washington, D.C. research firm that ...

Plan Colombia: Let's Just Say `No'

The poisonous rain enveloping Sen. Paul Wellstone was highly embarrassing to his military guides.As the helicopters approached, Lt. Col. Marcos Pedreros ...

Police Roundup 02/13/01

UniversitySaturday, Feb. 10A freshman student reported that someone broke into his locker in Woollen Gym during the junior varsity basketball game and ...

Candidates Strive for Last-Minute Support

The cold and rainy weather might have left the Pit unusually vacant of student body president campaigns, but under the shelter of residence halls, dining ...

Eric Johnson Will Work To Prevent Sexual Assault On UNC's Campus as SBP

TO THE EDITOR:I wasn't raped. But it was still the scare of my life. A man attacked me last year, throwing me on the ground and trying to kiss me. He ...

Bond May Help Sell Tract Expansion

With local school boards facing an increase in student population, the passage of the school bond could not only help ease inevitable overcrowding but ...

Rape Leads to Removal of Pictures From Web Site

The possibility that a suspected rapist chose his victims from UNC Web sites has left University professors wary about the use of students' pictures online.While ...

Matthews Endorses Newcomb For Student Attorney General

Student Body President Brad Matthews has recommended sophomore Brad Newcomb for the position of student attorney general, citing his commitment to the ...

Tennis Match Delayed Until Early Evening

The North Carolina men's tennis match against Furman has been moved to 6 p.m. today. The match will be held at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.Both the ...

DNA Tests Bring Man Full Pardon

RALEIGH - Just days after receiving a pardon from N.C. Gov. Mike Easley, Lesly Jean, a man who spent nine years in prison for a rape he did not commit, ...

Forte, Haywood Named Finalists for Naismith

The Associated PressATLANTA -- North Carolina's Joseph Forte and Brendan Haywood are among the finalists for the 2001 Naismith college basketball player ...

SBP Candidates Aim to Bring Back Course Reviews

Several student body president candidates are making an effort to reinstate a tool for students to view course and professor evaluations.The Carolina ...

Locals React to Sharon Victory

Amid the uncertainty created by the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, members of local Jewish and Muslim communities look for signs of ...

2 UNC Athletes Throw Their Support Behind Michael Songer

TO THE EDITOR:This year students who care about Carolina athletics and the organization that promotes them get to make a very easy choice -- vote Michael ...

Budget Can Affect UNC System

Despite recent efforts by lawmakers to squeeze every dollar out of the state budget, UNC-system officials say they will lobby the state legislature in ...

ASG Prepares for Student Day at the Capitol

RALEIGH -- The UNC Association of Student Governments met Saturday to put the final touches on plans for a legislative lobbying day scheduled for Feb. ...

Student Groups Aim for Fare-Free Transit

Student organizations are driving a quiet campaign to pass next Tuesday's referendum for fare-free transit in Chapel Hill.Student government officials ...

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