Dilbert 01/31/01

Candidates Cater to Potential New Voters

Anticipating a growing pool of likely voters because of online voting, candidates in this year's student elections are working to expand their campaigns ...

Pool Requests Extend Beyond Town Budget

The Chapel Hill Town Council members are diving into a project that doesn't yet hold water for the area.Residents voiced their desire for a community ...

BOG Uncertain On System School Tuition Increases

More than a month before the Board of Governors votes on more tuition increase proposals, board members have split opinions on the issue.Several schools, ...

Possible Plan for Fields Causes Student Concern

Some students have recently raised concerns that Ehringhaus Fields could be used as a staging site for a major construction project.The Ramshead Parking ...

Bush's Faith-Based Plan Draws Local Objections

President Bush's newly proposed faith-based initiative is raising questions among some local organizations.The proposal, announced on Monday, calls for ...

Commission Proposes Tobacco Quota Buyout

In a preliminary report issued Friday, a presidential tobacco-policy commission recommended that President Bush and Congress explore the possibility of ...

Scare Tactics Cloud Biotech Crops' Benefits

Just imagine: Using biotechnology, scientists can produce crops that will grow in drought conditions and therefore help alleviate the world's food shortages. ...

Retired Teachers May Return

Teacher shortages have plagued North Carolina school districts and prompted concern from Orange County school officials, though the area has yet to feel ...

Policy in Works to Regulate Use of Campuswide E-mails

Concerned faculty, students and staff have begun an attempt to battle unnecessary mass e-mails that clutter inboxes.Marian Moore, vice chancellor for ...

Equality Means No Special Rights

When John Ashcroft testified in Congress last week, he claimed not to favor making government hiring decisions based on sexual preference. Ashcroft, who ...

Orange County Seeks New Head Of Social Services

The Orange County Board of Social Services is searching for a leader to fill its director position by this summer. The Board of Social Services held a ...

SBP Candidates Fire Off 1st Shots

A Monday night forum provided nearly 100 students the chance to hear nine candidates for student body president present their campaign platforms and voice ...

Milking Rural Life For All It's Worth

You could say dairy farming is in Bob Nutter's blood.His grandfather had some of the first registered Holstein cows in the United States. His father was ...

Duke Considers Mandatory Computer Program

In an effort to integrate technology into the classroom, Duke University is considering implementing a program similar to UNC's Carolina Computing Initiative.Duke ...

Interim Provost to Retire but Stay at UNC

As UNC's new administrative leadership takes shape, one figure who has aided in the transition, Dean Richard Edwards, is preparing to step down.Edwards ...

Elections Rules Hold Candidates To Tight Budgets

Amid the hustle and bustle of student elections campaigns, some voters might not realize the financial measures taken to win their votes.Running for a ...

Ellis Looks to Take Running to Extreme

After talking to him for a while, you think he's destined for the X-Games rather than the Olympic Games.Highlights coloring his hair and sunglasses resting ...

Student Judicial System Needs a Tuneup - And Your Help

When it rains, it pours -- especially if your storm cloud is the student judicial system at UNC. Mike Trinh could use an umbrella.Trinh, the computer ...