Social Security Fails to Meet All Needs of Elderly Citizens

America needs to take better care of its elderly. Yes, America needs to take better care of a lot of groups, but especially senior citizens. Next to children, ...

Op-Ed Cartoon

Politicians Should Legalize Drugs To Lower Crime Rate, Decrease Nation's Imprisoned Population

TO THE EDITOR: I'm in agreement with the Monday (column) by Joseph Rauch. It is time to legalize drugs. While the obvious effect would be that drug users ...

Professor a Key Player in Music Department

Many people take piano lessons and progress quite nicely, maybe even performing in a few local recitals. Others can never quite make it past pounding ...

Web Cast Gives Library Groundbreaking More Viewers

While the groundbreaking ceremony officially commenced the renovation of UNC's Health Sciences Library on Thursday, spectators took advantage of the medium ...

Students Not Properly Educated About Restrictions, Impact of Proposed Development Ordinance

TO THE EDITOR: The editorial "Unexcused Absence" refers to the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting and the possibility of changing land-use ordinance. It ...

Keep Parties In Judiciary For Voters

A point of order -- when ideas don't work on paper or in theory, they won't work in the N.C. judiciary. This week the Democratic politicos passed with ...

Tri-County Health Plan Approved By Commissioners

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to support a resolution creating a tri-county plan for providing mental health, substance ...

Crime Stoppers Offers Reward For Information

The Carrboro-Chapel Hill-UNC Crime Stoppers announced Thursday that it is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of two suspects ...

Center Funds Cut as Session Ends

RALEIGH -- Legislators on Thursday shot down UNC Hospitals' last chance to receive funds for a new cancer treatment center this session. Both chambers ...

DTH Picks of the Week

Today, Mara Adams, a bartender at Four Peaks -- a hoppin' brewery in Tempe -- joined the DTHers to pour in her own predictions. In honor of Tempe's Oktoberfest ...

Early Book Orders Could Lower Prices

Many professors have responded to a recent proposal to submit textbook request forms to Student Stores more than two months earlier than in years past. The ...

Legislators Betrayed State by Opposing Lottery Referendum

In the interest of full disclosure, you should know I'm addicted to the lottery. Every time I drive to Virginia, I buy a ticket -- actually more like ...

N.C. Gets 'C' Mark In College Pricing

A report released by a higher education group Tuesday states that N.C.

Lax Player Kicked Off Team After Arrest

Edward Fitzgerald Hayes has been dismissed from the North Carolina men's lacrosse team after a Sept. 24 incident that resulted in his arrest. Chapel ...

Gran Turino Explores Genres in New Album

Gran Turino The One And Only

Spoon Proves It's All About the Music

Spoon Cat's Cradle Sept. 25, 2002

Aldermen Discuss Road Expansion

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to support a specific alternative detailing development on Homestead Road. The options for Homestead Road ...

No More Reruns

The new fall television lineup can delight and disappoint, excite and deflate. Watch some of these new shows -- or watch out for them. The Diversions ...