Trees are a quintessential element of Christmas but thousands of Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina are threatened each year by a root-rotting pest. With North Carolina's Christmas tree business the second largest in the nation various researchers at N.C. State University have committed the years to finding a cure for Phytophthora.
The oldest population presence in state history is today struggling with some very contemporary challenges. November is American Indian Heritage Month in North Carolina and President Bush declared Friday Native American Heritage Day.
The morning after Barack Obama was declared president four students spray-painted death threats on the walls of N.C. State University's Free Expression Tunnel. The campus held a rally Thursday afternoon and a speak- out that night to address the hate messages which were covered with white paint shortly after they were discovered.
The morning after Barack Obama was declared president four students spray-painted death threats on the walls of N.C. State University's Free Expression Tunnel. The campus held a rally Thursday afternoon and a speak- out that night to address the hate messages which were covered with white paint shortly after they were discovered.
UNC Young Democrats threw an early voting party Thursday with music face painting" ""cookies for change"" pumpkin painting, a doughnut-eating contest and celebrities. Students gathered at Morehead Planetarium for Baracktoberfest"" a celebration of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the last days of early voting.
People interviewed after voting at Morehead Planetarium on Tuesday said they had no trouble understanding how to vote a straight party ticket but that it could be confusing nonetheless. Some voters received ballot instructions while others had to request them.
UNC-Charlotte has begun efforts to revitalize the teaching of culture and arts and the role they play in the community. The university will unveil its new College of Arts and Architecture today with presentations by the departments brought together in the new school.
The 65th annual N.C. NAACP convention begins today in Raleigh with an eye turned toward Nov. 4. Entitled ""Engaging in the Methods of Change: Power" Justice Freedom and the Vote Then and Now" the convention aims to highlight N.C. NAACP's 14-point agenda, as well as the importance of the upcoming election.
When Chancellor Holden Thorp headed to the coast Thursday he wasn't there for a beach day. He was there for his fifth stop on a week-long state tour. He visited UNC-Wilmington the N.C. Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores and the Institute of Marine Sciences a satellite campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
