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Q&A: Performance artist Oliver Herring discusses his apperance at UNC

The Daily Tar Heel staff writer Sam Jacobson had a chance to talk to artist-in-residence Oliver Herring. On Saturday, Herring will lead a group through a TASK Party. He discusses his career and TASKS below.

London Philharmonic to visit Chapel Hill

Correction (March 4 12:31 AM): Due to a reporting error this story incorrectly stated that the orchestra would stop in Newport, Va. It will stop in Newport News, Va. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.

Chapel Hill is in elite company this week.

Memorial Hall is one of only four venues that will host The London Philharmonic Orchestra on its exclusive U.S. tour, which includes stops in New York City, Long Island, NY, and Newport News, Va.

The orchestra will perform tonight and Wednesday night and has different programs planned for each night.

Duke, N.C. State ahead in regulating bonﬁres

UNC isn’t the only school concerned about the safety of its post-game celebrations.

Duke and N.C. State universities have enacted policies that dictate when students can and cannot have bonfires before and after major sporting events.

A new state Web site is aiming to set up a marketplace for waste.

A state environmental agency created “N.C. Biomass Trader” to help organizations sell and buy industrial waste that can be converted into biofuel.

Materials such as sawdust, used cooking oil and grease and cardboard are some of the types of waste made available through the site.

Coughing students and media coverage of the recently-released H1N1 vaccine have prompted talk on campus about the vaccine, especially its effectiveness.

Students advocate for ﬁre legislation

Thirteen years after a fire at the Phi Gamma Delta house killed five UNC students, fire safety legislation may become a law.

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation last week co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., to recognize October as Campus Fire Safety Month. Price also helped to fund fire prevention efforts in student housing.

UNC students traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to lobby for the legislation.

The N.C. State Fair is Tweeting, blogging and Facebooking its way to an unprecedented increase in ticket sales.

The fair’s social networking outreach, which began in June 2008, has helped to double ticket sales from this time last year.

With the fair less than two weeks away, more than 16,800 admission tickets have been sold without anyone leaving their homes.

The troubled economy could have helped ticket sales — local attractions become more popular when people can’t afford to travel, said Karlie Justus, state fair public information officer.

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