Proposal puts tuition toward faculty raises

The letter seemed like all the others at first — nothing that merited anything beyond a quick glance. Nothing but another reference request or cattle call to join an administrative search. FEB 10

Column: Blood's in the water. Thorp shouldn't have to jump in

Firing Thorp? C’mon, let’s not rub it in. The football team’s mistakes might have proven that we can be stupid at UNC, but we can’t possibly be that stupid. Or maybe some of us really are. SEP 1

UNC journalism school names finalists for new dean

As another state appropriations cut threatens to pinch the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s ability to remain relevant in an ever-evolving media industry, the school’s dean search committee selected three finalists well-versed in making the most of lean budgetary times. MAY 10

Yankaskas settles appeal, agrees to retire from UNC

The University reached a settlement last week with Bonnie Yankaskas, ending an 18-month standoff in which the embattled cancer researcher appealed a salary cut and demotion that followed a breach of the Carolina Mammography Registry APR 18

Yankaskas drops appeal, agrees to retire from UNC this year

Bonnie Yankaskas, a highly regarded UNC cancer researcher, settled her dispute with the University today, agreeing to dismiss her appeal, provide the University with a full release of all claims — and leave the University no later than Dec. APR 18

After criticism, UNC reviews Alert Carolina

Inside a dimly lit room at the Department of Public Safety station, dispatchers stare into the glowing panorama of computer screens. APR 15

UNC officials: student wasn't hate-crime victim, may face charges

The Department of Public Safety has determined that the alleged aggravated assault reported to campus Monday did not occur, officials said. APR 13

Student recounts night of robbery

Dylan D’Joseph said he knew the man only by nickname. But “Ace” was a friend of a close friend — and that, he said, was enough to be trusted. APR 11

After armed robbery, student arrested on drug charges

A UNC student linked to Monday’s armed robbery at Morrison Residence Hall was arrested Tuesday on drug and alcohol charges, police said. The charges came one day after police say he and four other students were lined up in a third floor suite and robbed at gunpoint. APR 8

Campus police defend decision to not use Alert Carolina for Morrison robbery

More than 48 hours after an armed robbery in Morrison Residence Hall, police have yet to arrest one of the two men involved. And as the search and investigation continues, University officials said Tuesday that siren and mass-text notification systems were not used because police deemed the incident as isolated to the victims — and found that the 26-year- old suspect, Michael DeAngelo Williamson, had already left the campus area. APR 6

Students robbed at gunpoint in dorm

Justin Baugh was playing PlayStation 3 in his unlocked Morrison Residence Hall room when he felt a tap on his shoulder. APR 6

DTH editor candidate: Ryan Barber's ideas

My time at The Daily Tar Heel began down the drain. I was a tender, wide-eyed freshman when my first assignment arrived in my Webmail, a story on water-free urinals. It took everything in my power not to rush out from Horton Hall and acquaint myself with the subject at once. MAR 30

Weintraub named new Dentistry dean

At two airports hundreds of miles apart, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney saw two directions for the School of Dentistry. In San Francisco, he met Jane Weintraub, a dentistry professor at the University of California, San Francisco. MAR 12

UNC departments to receive details for budget cuts

In an effort to cope with both immediate and looming state funding cuts, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney has instructed vice chancellors and deans to go to the brink. MAR 10

Strauss to lead UNC Global

Both emerged from the applicant pool as candidates resolved to “live and breathe” the University’s endeavors to become a destination for global scholarship. And after interviews with the two finalists for associate provost for UNC Global, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney came to his decision. MAR 12

Administrators ordered to cut budgets by additional 5 percent

He thought the University was on a “wonderful pathway,” destined for growth and prosperity. But in 2008, just as Bruce Carney stepped in as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the “trap door opened,” leaving the newly installed Chancellor Holden Thorp hamstrung by years of budget cuts. MAR 12

UNC to add third tier of lecturers

But after several conversations Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney provided faculty with the brightest glimpse to date for the creation of a third promotional rank for fixed-term faculty, deciding on the title of “master lecturer” for lecturers and senior lecturers who have long sought for a rank that would more closely parallel the three-tiered career trajectory for tenure-track professors MAR 12

Famed environmentalist E.O. Wilson to give 2011 commencement speech

In 2003, before he was bestowed the responsibility of selecting spring graduation speakers, Chancellor Holden Thorp was charged with filling venues much smaller than Kenan Stadium. MAR 9

UNC lecturer resigns after sexually explicit texts

Monty Cook, the journalism school’s inaugural executive producer of the Reese Felts Digital News Project, resigned Tuesday amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior” with a reesenews.org student employee. MAR 12

Houston to serve as interim provost of diversity and multicultural affairs

In 11 years, Archie Ervin shepherded diversity and multicultural affairs to new heights. To take his job after he leaves for Georgia Institute of Technology, Ervin recommended the woman he hired as an assistant to the chancellor in 1999 — Terri Houston. MAR 15

Students struggle to print basketball tickets

Never mind the turnovers that have plagued the Tar Heels against Valparaiso.

The biggest challenge UNC faced for Sunday's game might have been printing student tickets.

Students to hear the roar of the "Werewolves" on Friday

Have no fear. The "Werewolves" are here.

In preparation for their flyover at Saturday's football game against the Miami Hurricanes, four fighter jets from the VMFA-122 squadron known as the "Werewolves" will have a practice run Friday afternoon.

Barring poor weather or schedule changes, students can expect to hear the roar of Marine F/A-18 Hornet jets between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.