Correction (April 8 11:56 p.m.): An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Sara Rafalson's year. She is a junior. The story has been changed to reflect the correction. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
Rather than having students sit in large groups to hear the Haggadah over a microphone, this year the N.C. Hillel is having students celebrate “Passover Your Way.”Hillel, an on-campus Jewish center, is providing students with the training and food they need to turn the annual Jewish holiday into a more personal experience, often giving them a chance to lead it for the first time in their lives.
Poets, an a cappella group and young jazz musicians came together for the sixth annual “He Was a Poem, He Was a Song” celebration Monday night to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.The event kicked off the week-long Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, an extension of Monday’s holiday in recognition of the civil rights leader’s life.
Many of the 1,500 participants at the Eve Carson Memorial 5K for Education on Saturday had never met the former UNC student body president the event is named for. But afterward, runners said they felt connected to her nonetheless.
When Carly Brantmeyer heard her name announced as the 2009 Homecoming queen Saturday, she said it felt like a dream.“It just felt really surreal,” said the senior photojournalism major from Charlotte. “I’m still trying to process it. It was really exciting.”Homecoming king Desmond Rowe, who received 39 percent of the 4,288 votes cast, said he felt relieved.
A senior executive from a group within the International Criminal Court will be lecturing and meeting with students this week on topics related to human rights. Kristin Kalla of the Trust Fund for Victims, an organization that helps victims of human rights violations, is coming to campus as a client of UNC’s Public Policy Clinic to research student involvement with the trust fund and the ICC.
A senior executive from a group within the International Criminal Court will be lecturing and meeting with students this week on topics related to human rights. Kristin Kalla of the Trust Fund for Victims, an organization that helps victims of human rights violations, is coming to campus as a client of UNC’s Public Policy Clinic to research student involvement with the trust fund and the ICC.
Twinkling lights and flickering candles symbolized the hope for humankind in the Student Union’s Great Hall on Sunday as students and members of the community celebrated Divaali.Also known as Deepavali or the “festival of lights,” Divaali is the largest Hindu festival, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
Students in need of campus printing and computing services have two fewer labs at their disposal this year.But unlike other universities that have closed their computer labs because they were underused, UNC made the decision to help campus cope with about $37.5 million in budget cuts.“This was to the dismay of many of the students,” said Charlie Green, assistant vice chancellor for teaching and learning. “They came to rely on those labs.”
Student government recently kicked off a new peer advising program, which lets students receive academic help from a group of fellow students.Starting this semester, students in some departments in the College of Arts and Sciences can sit down in a more informal setting with those advisers to get input on academic questions.“It’s a really cool idea to have people you can talk to who are your own age, who have gone through what you have gone through,” said junior Chris Carter, co-chairman of the academic affairs committee of student government, which oversees the program.
