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Joe Biden praises North Carolina economy

DURHAM — North Carolina is ahead of the curve in gearing the economy toward the future, Vice President Joe Biden told state residents Thursday.

Biden toured CREE Inc. — a LED lighting manufacturing company that received tax credits through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in January — and discussed the need for replicating the company’s success across the country.

CREE hired 375 workers as a result of the stimulus funds, exemplifying President Barack Obama’s administration’s focus on creating more clean-energy manufacturing jobs for the middle class.

Four years ago, the tuition process for UNC-system schools was unpredictable and chaotic.

Tuition could rise if state won’t budge

UNC-system President Erskine Bowles is hinging his tuition plans for the system on a legislative repeal that is not guaranteed — and it could mean that tuition would increase.

Bowles has requested that the N.C. General Assembly swap its plan to retain tuition revenue for the state’s general fund with his proposal to give the money back to the UNC system.

Alex Williams' Sunday Style piece in The New York Times about dating culture on campuses where the gender ratio skews towards females has provoked a flurry of conversation. Many online comments have questioned whether the story paints a realistic portrait of UNC, or if it focuses too heavily on a narrow population within the campus. Williams agreed to answer Assistant State & National Editor Tarini Parti's questions about the article via e-mail.

Obama to give first State of the Union tonight

In his first State of the Union address tonight, President Barack Obama is expected to revive his campaign rhetoric of hope and change in an attempt to improve dwindling approval ratings.

According to the most recent Gallup poll, Obama’s approval rating dropped from 68 percent in January 2009 to 48 percent last week.

Haiti reels after earthquake

As UNC senior Jeanne Vodicka waited to board her flight home from a mission trip in Haiti, the world of the people she said she grew to love was crumbling.

Vodicka left Haiti on Tuesday for an airport in the Dominican Republic only hours before a devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince.

BOG ﬁnishes long-standing plans

The UNC system Board of Governors tied up several loose ends, such as UNC-Charlotte’s potential football program, paid leave policy for university presidents and chancellors, and a policy for dealing with hate crimes at its meetings Thursday and Friday.

Increasing fees for football

Purdue administrator to lead N.C. State

Randy Woodson’s selection as chancellor for N.C. State University was described by most in three words — a perfect fit.

The UNC-system Board of Governors elected Woodson at its meeting Friday. The decision was made after a six-month search conducted by an 18-person committee.

Students now more vocal about tuition

29 Dec 9:03 p.m. - Due to a reporting error, this story incorrectly stated that there were two students on the UNC-CH Tuition Task Force, the Student Body President and the Student Body Vice-President. There are actually three students, as the GPSF President, Keith Lee is also on the task force.

Bain & Co. study at Berkeley draws fire

When consulting firm Bain & Company finished its study at UNC, it estimated that its recommendations could save the University up to $161 million a year.

Now, the University of California-Berkeley has hired Bain & Co., hoping for similar results.

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