After giving a policy speech about student loans in Carmichael Arena, President Barack Obama took a more musical approach on the issue Tuesday by “slow-jamming” the news with Jimmy Fallon.

Growing up, the hosts of “Wheel of Fortune” were fixtures at sophomore David Hill’s dinner table. But while watching “Wheel of Fortune” Thursday night, Hill saw another familiar face on screen — his own.

The Chapel Hill Community Center was filled this weekend with adults and children, hanging and stretching like spiders across brightly speckled climbing walls.

This June, five UNC students will have the chance to be crowned. Sophomores Dominique Alston, Maddisson Sheppard, Summer Hennings, Ciara Ellis and senior Bindhu Pamarthi will be competing in this year’s Miss North Carolina pageant.

Students will be able to “drop in and gear up” for the impending vote on N.C. Amendment One in front of Wilson Library this afternoon.

Amendment One goes to a vote in less than 20 days, but UNC has yet to release any plans on whether it would alter policies to maintain benefits for faculty, staff and students if the referendum is approved.

It’s good to be home. After almost three weeks of road matches, including a trip to Puerto Rico during spring break, that’s exactly how the No. 11 North Carolina women’s tennis team felt. That home-court advantage showed Wednesday with a convincing 6-1 victory against N.C. State.

After Tuesday’s elections results cemented the University’s place in the UNC Association of Student Governments, student leaders will meet this weekend to improve the group that has been consistently criticized.

UNC is ready to break ground in June 2013 on the first building at Carolina North — a project expected to dominate construction at the University for the next 50 years.

Problems surrounding “senior status” are continuing to mount.

The University’s central Greek office is beginning to reach out to all off-campus students.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — As if memories of 3-pointers from Florida State’s Deividas Dulkys and Duke’s Austin Rivers haven’t plagued North Carolina enough, it appeared early in Wednesday’s matchup between Miami and No.

On main campus around noon today, students might find themselves surrounded by a cheering crowd, singing and dancing students and a group of runners that includes Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt.

The investigation into a rape reported near campus at roughly 2 a.m. Thursday morning has turned up few leads and has left some questioning whether the campus should have been alerted to a potential threat.

Student protesters, who have opposed tuition increases since October, will likely have little influence when the UNC-system Board of Governors votes on tuition proposals on Feb. 10.

UNC-system President Thomas Ross recommended today that schools not increase in-state tuition and fees above 9.9 percent, which is lower than UNC-CH’s 11.4 percent increase proposal. In a memo to members of the UNC-system Board of Governors, Ross said his recommendations — after taking out financial aid — will generate system-wide revenues of $70 million.

This Saturday, the UNC-system Association of Student Governments will hold a special meeting to talk about tuition.

Students form a large part of Chapel Hill’s population, but they make up only a small part of the group planning the town’s future.

As Zoe De Bruycker walked back to the sideline, she didn’t look like she had just won the first set of her tennis match against UNC-Greensboro’s Niltooli Wilkins. But she had.

At the conclusion of No. 3 University of Connecticut’s 86-35 drubbing of No. 24 North Carolina, any number of statistics could explain UNC’s worst loss in program history.