"The Last Samurai" - Tom Cruise delivers an amazing performance in this film as a haunted Civil War veteran whose experience slaughtering Native Americans qualifies him to do the same to the ancient samurai culture in Japan. But when he's captured by the enemy in the effort to do so, he develops respect for the Samurai tradition. The shell of a man quits drowning himself in the bottle in favor of structured combat as an outlet for his tortured soul.
Committee of diversity panel drafts list of 30 questions The Task Force on Diversity's staff subcommittee met Wednesday to draft 30 tentative questions that will be used to gain insight into diversity among UNC employees. The questions will be derived from five broad research questions including how the University publicly embraces and expresses its commitment to diversity and what kinds of opportunities exist on campus for communication.
Town Council names 3 to Airport Road committee Chapel Hill Town Council members named Wednesday three new members to its Special Committee to Consider Renaming Airport Road. Catherine Holland, Stephen Largent and Yonni Chapman will round out the committee that will consider whether to rename Airport Road in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The three new members were named after three others had to drop out due to conflicts with the committee's schedule. Local police seek assistance in locating missing man
