Let the rain fall
Multicolored umbrellas shielding the new UNC graduates interrupted the usual sea of Carolina blue at Sunday's commencement.
The final piece of the puzzle
On the afternoon of Thursday, May 9, Holden Thorp got his dream job. The UNC Board of Governors gave him its unanimous consent to be the 10th chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill.
New burger joint stresses local ingredients
Freezers and prepackaged meat take a back seat to hand-cut french fries and fresh Angus beef at Buns, North Columbia Street's latest restaurant addition.
Midshipmen upset UNC in NCAA opener
The North Carolina men's lacrosse team battled to repeat history. But even though UNC faced Navy in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row, UNC saw its season come to an end Saturday.
Jogger dies after being hit by bus
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 5:30 p.m. -- A 20-year-old jogger hit by a bus this morning has died, according to Chapel Hill police. The jogger's name hasn't been identified, but she was attempting to cross Manning Drive at the intersection of South Columbia Street at about 11 a.m. Thursday when a Town of Chapel Hill Transit bus hit her.
Straight from the horse's mouth
Daily Tar Heel Editor-in-chief Allison Nichols talked with Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp on Tuesday in his South Building office. Nichols, who had heard that Thorp won the adult division of a Rubik's Cube competition when he was 17, tested the future chancellor on his speed.
Recent rains push reservoirs close to capacity
A soggy UNC graduation ceremony was the culmination of last week's wet weather, but the heavy rains helped local reservoirs continue to rebound from February's peak drought conditions. According to Orange Water and Sewer Authority's "Water Watch," reservoirs are now at 83 percent of capacity after falling to a low of about 40 percent in late February.
