Hearings Spur Court Review

When Professor James Coggins turned over 24 of his Computer Science 120 students to the student attorney general's office last spring, he didn't realize ...

Promise of Fall Crumbled in Spring for Tar Heels

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.With apologies to Charles Dickens, his opening lines of "A Tale of Two Cities" aptly apply to North ...

UNC Changes Food Providers

Carolina Dining Services has signed a new contract to provide food and service for the University's dining halls and cafes.UNC officials have forged a ...

Man Arrested for Shooting Parents in Family Home

Orange County police arrested a man Tuesday morning in connection with shooting his mother and his stepfather in the head at the home the three people ...

Farewell, Freshmen

The goal was to bring all of the fresh perspectives together last week -- for the first and last time as freshmen. In August, The Daily Tar Heel set out ...

Time Will Tell Staying Power of Bunting, Doherty

Brendan Haywood sat at the table, still in shock that he had played his final college basketball game.Haywood and North Carolina had just been eliminated ...

Happiness Is Leaving Something Better Than You Found It

I'm a happy guy.As my year as editor draws to a close with this issue, I look back at the last nine months with a smile, my heart warmed by the incredible ...

State Welcomes in New Generation of Politics

For nearly a decade, the face of state politics in North Carolina has been changing, slowly but surely. But in the last 12 months, the floodgates opened.Gone ...

Master Plan Continues on Track Despite Numerous Revisions

A half-century of campus growth began with a single jackhammer.With the blaring sounds of construction equipment in the background, the Master Plan was ...

The `Wild Ride' Ends, but Work Isn't Finished

t's been a wild ride over the last four years here at UNC.We have seen the rise and fall of the stock market and the nation's economy, Monica Lewinsky ...

Computing Initiative Completes Freshman Year

As this year's freshmen pack up their IBM Thinkpads, they will be taking home what UNC officials hope to be a symbol of innovation and experimentation.By ...

CP&L, Local Governments Battle Over Nuclear Waste

When is it time to call it quits?Local activists and officials say not until their concerns about the expansion at an area nuclear plant are answered ...

Walking Off With a Final Column

Sitting in the hot seat while donning a nervous smile and my best suit (which, coincidentally, also doubles as my only suit), I was beginning to wonder ...

CAA Works to Eradicate Effects of Turbulent Year

As UNC students close out the remainder of the academic year, Carolina Athletic Association officials hope to close a tumultuous chapter in the organization's ...

System Touts Victories, Fights Cuts

Against a backdrop of colorful posters, supporters held rallies to attract voters to their cause -- a $3.1 billion higher education bond referendum to ...

2000 Election Irks, But Reform Unlikely

Chads were on almost everyone's mind about seven months ago, especially after political pundits said those tiny pieces of paper in Florida would have ...

Dilbert 05/02/01

Town, UNC Join Up on Plan's Issues

Bullying tactics will get you nowhere in preschool.And Diana Steele, owner of Willow Hill Preschool, should know. But Steele, who lives in the threatened ...

Bond Passage Secures Music Library Plans

Parts of the arts community at UNC will be affected by the changes the Master Plan will bring to the University campus, albeit at different paces.The ...