Clarification (March 18 12:38 a.m): This story includes a breakdown of four U.S. Senate candidates’ positions on health care reform. The breakdown does not include the positions for seven other candidates who have filed in the race but are not considered major contenders.
Clarification (Feb. 25 1:57 a.m.): This story identifies former UNC student William Munsee as a seller of imitation marijuana. He is William Munsee Jr.
In the most challenging of times, the voices of everyday North Carolinians have been missing, U.S. Senate hopeful Elaine Marshall said Monday night.
In a talk hosted by the UNC Young Democrats, Marshall — who is running for the seat held by Republican Richard Burr — highlighted her experience helping common folks as N.C. Secretary of State.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning restrictions on corporations’ political spending is expected to shake up the upcoming 2010 U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.
Candidates with less money could have a better chance at winning, or corporations could unfairly influence the elections, political experts said.
Two UNC fraternities were forced to stop recruiting new members after a year scarred by hazing allegations at other chapters within their national organizations.
Two N.C. university marching bands have been invited to the 2011 Rose Parade, one of the most prestigious parades a college marching band can participate in.
The parade, which takes place before the Rose Bowl game each year in Pasadena, Calif., is watched by about 40 million people on TV and another million in person.
Butler University is disciplining a student who criticized administrators on the Internet after the university dropped the first-ever lawsuit against a student for online libel.
Instead of the lawsuit, Butler will pursue internal disciplinary actions against junior Jess Zimmerman, who criticized university administrators anonymously on his blog, “TrueBU.”
