DTH, media groups receive favorable decision in lawsuit

The University should have complied with public records requests filed by The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations, a state judge wrote Tuesday. APR 20

FAQ: What you need to know about the intruder break-ins

In the last week, four student homes have been broken into all under similar circumstances. Police are still looking for the man, described in the first incidents as a “6-foot-tall black male, with a medium build and very short hair.” Here’s what you need to know about the break-ins and how to protect yourself. MAR 22

Hockey team's cube sparks discussion about 'rape culture'

It was hard not to stare: The woman’s breasts were so large she made Barbie look downright small-busted. The men on the ice hockey team who painted her on the side of a cube in the Pit knew she’d draw attention. That was sort of the point, they say. MAR 16

Kenan-Flagler Business School launches online MBA program

UNC shared Monday its plans to develop an online MBA program, the first to be offered by a top-ranked business school and a major move by the University into the business of online higher education. The program, MBA@UNC, is a joint one between the Kenan-Flagler Business School and 2tor, a New York-based startup focusing on online education. MBA@UNC Executive Director Susan Cates said it is a chance to “redefine global business education.” NOV 17

More named who gave benefits to football players

UNC has named new people who gave gifts and other benefits to football players, including three former teammates. Additionally, the University provided a disassociation letter from athletic director Dick Baddour to Jennifer Wiley, a former tutor. The letter to Wiley says that UNC learned that she gave players financial assistance in excess of $2,000 in 2010. It also says that in 2009 and 2010 she gave inappropriate academic assistance. NOV 12

Election night live blog

Follow for updates on Orange County and N.C. races throughout the night. NOV 2

Agents named in UNC records

New records from UNC name three people who provided illegal benefits to football players, including a representative from one of the nation’s largest sports agencies. The individuals — Chris Hawkins, Michael Katz and Todd Stewart — are named in five reinstatement letters the University submitted to the NCAA. The letters give new insight into the extent to which UNC players violated rules prohibiting gifts and monetary benefits. OCT 26

UNC names three who provided benefits

UNC identified three individuals who provided benefits to players in records submitted to the NCAA. The three people – Chris Hawkins, Todd Stewart and Michael Katz – all have ties to sports agents or have been declared agents by the NCAA. OCT 26

Let's all learn from Coples' mistake

Thursday, UNC students got another reminder to mind what they say online. It started when junior defensive end Quinton Coples posted a Tweet disparaging gays. His apology, posted a few hours later, wasn’t much better: “im not aginst gay people im just heterosexual.” Reaction against Coples’ tweet was swift. Steve Kirschner, the athletic department’s spokesman, said at first he hadn’t seen the tweet but “clearly, it’s inappropriate.” OCT 15

Mother's death not from bed fall

Bed rails wouldn’t have prevented a mother’s fatal fall from a lofted dorm bed, an autopsy report shows. The death, initially attributed by University officials to a fall from the bed, prompted a surge of requests for bed rails. OCT 14

NCAA investigation to last over a year

UNC expects to be working with NCAA investigators for at least a year, Chancellor Holden Thorp told UNC-system leaders Thursday. The individual student-athletes’ fates will be resolved much faster but “we’re only a little bit of the way into the NCAA process,” Thorp told Board of Governors members. OCT 11

NCAA to hear UNC football appeals Friday

The NCAA will hear appeals from Kendric Burney and Deunta Williams this Friday, athletic director Dick Baddour said Wednesday. Baddour said he expects a decision will come that day. Burney and Williams face suspensions of six and four games, respectively, for receiving improper benefits. An NCAA ruling on other players could come soon as well, he said. OCT 1

UNC athletes meet with honor officials

Student-athletes brainstormed with Honor System Outreach officials Wednesday night ways the two groups could work together to promote honor. Ideas included posters in lockers, commercials during games and having honor system representatives talk with teams each semester. SEP 30

Tutor, football player had close relationship

A too-close relationship between a football player and a tutor University officials discovered last summer has resurfaced as part of the ongoing investigations. SEP 27

Administrators give update on football investigation

Trustees learned more about the ongoing investigations into the football team at their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday morning. Chancellor Holden Thorp and athletic director Dick Baddour shared other details in a half-hour question-and-answer presentation. SEP 24

Academic investigation in honor system's hands

Administrators stressed to trustees the need for patience with the pace of the ongoing football investigations Thursday morning. The UNC team investigating allegations of academic misconduct has passed its findings to the student attorney general’s office, but their process won’t be complete for awhile. SEP 24

Connecting the dots: NCAA investigation reveals associations

When news broke that the NCAA was investigating North Carolina’s football team, no one was quite sure what it would mean. A few months later, the investigation has gone in two directions, which we mapped out to illustrate the connections. SEP 23

New York Times columnist Kristof tells of world poverty

Nicholas Kristof couldn’t have found a more receptive audience. A nearly full Memorial Hall audience of the two-time Pulitzer winner’s faithful listened intently as he challenged students to take on gender inequality worldwide. SEP 16

UNC faculty worry about investigation's impact

Butch Davis couldn’t help but laugh when asked Monday if his team would be as good if his recruits had to be as strong in the classroom as they are on the field. The head coach’s laughter faded quickly and somewhat uncomfortably before he weaved through an answer on the value of academics. SEP 16

New website shares data

WILMINGTON — Members of the Board of Governors got a sneak peak at a website that will function like a Facebook for researchers. The website, dubbed REACH-NC, is still in beta and only includes data from two UNC schools. SEP 13

Double-check your polling location

We’re hearing a lot of reports from folks who are heading out to vote at the wrong polling locations. If you haven’t voted yet and still plan to, take note:

• Morehead Planetarium is NOT open for voting today. The site was open for early voting, but today you must vote at your actual polling location.
• Some students seem to think anyone can vote at the Center for Dramatic Art because it is on campus, but again, you cannot vote there today unless that is your polling location.

We won't edit your comment, but we might take it down

"Joe Mama," one of dailytarheel.com's more frequent commenters wrote on a story today that "The DTH staff is getting becoming awfully fond of editing comments."

For a second, UNC won Thursday night

Boy, did we jump the gun on this one.

If you visited dailytarheel.com right after the buzzer sounded in Thursday night's NIT championship game, you probably saw this:

Spring Break-ing it down: for those who wish it wasn't over

Not quite ready for Spring Break 2010 to end? Relive some of the best moments with this hilarious video, which we found over on the Washington Post’s Campus Overload blog.

Ira Glass gives the kvetching board a shout-out

We've gotten quite a few kvetches about Ira Glass since the public radio host spoke at Memorial Hall on Saturday.

Glass made a plea for students to write him in. "I'd be so proud if I made it into the kvetching board."

"It's such a genius move for a newspaper," Glass said. "Why doesn't the New York Times have that? That's why they're going out of business."

We're glad Glass likes it, but credit for the idea has to go to former Editor Joe Schwartz, who started the weekly feature a few years ago, giving aggrieved roommates, scorned lovers and the generally peeved a place to sound off.

Team 'dives' into snow angels

Jenna Moore sent in this video of divers from the UNC swimming and diving team having fun in the snow. Clad only in their swimsuits, the team made snow angels before rushing back inside. Check it out:

NCSU's Technician spoofs the DTH

The UNC-NCSU basketball game also marks the annual Technician spoof of The Daily Tar Heel.

This year's Daily Tar Hell, features stories on "Tyler Hansbobo" and a new dress requirement for tailgating. The detail on this is great: It looks just like the regular paper, and they've even copied how we do the weather on the front page. (Their  prediction for today: "It's gonna be rainin' threes if Glaves plays").

Check it out: 

Why we disabled comments

For much of the evening Tuesday, "Two more students arrested for cocaine" was the most commented story on dailytarheel.com. It fell in the most commented rankings as we moderated and removed comments, and eventually we disabled commenting on the story altogether.

Breaking the news broke our Web site

We told you earlier that we want dailytarheel.com to be the place you go when there’s news you need to know.

Monday, many of you tried, but likely had problems loading and viewing the site. We know we did here in the newsroom.

Timelapse of NCSSM's world-record setting food drive

We wrote last month about the N.C. School of Science and Math’s attempt at breaking the world record for largest food drive ever. They did it, raising 559,885 lbs of food for those in need.

To document the occasion, check out this timelapse made with photos from one NCSSM student, junior Tyler Hayes. Click through to check it out. MAR 31

Remembering Jason Ray four years later

It’s almost four years to the day since senior and student Rameses Jason Ray was killed while travelling with the men’s basketball team to an NCAA tournament competition in New Jersey. Today, the Heels are back in New Jersey to face Marquette. The New York Times has a touching story about Ray’s legacy today. Ray was an organ donor, and his death, while tragic, helped five others live. At least one of them will be cheering the Tar Heels on tonight. That man, Antwan Hunter, was just 16 when he received Ray’s kidney. MAR 25

Thorp sends e-mail addressing crisis in Japan

With news of a new explosion at one of Japan’s three damaged nuclear plants coming late Monday night, the world is waiting to see what will unfold and saddened by the devastation already observed.

Chancellor Holden Thorp sent the following e-mail to students, staff and faculty Monday night with information on how the UNC community is helping with relief efforts: MAR 17

Don't forget to fill out FAFSA

It’s FAFSA time! If you’re anything like us, you’ll have put this off until the last minute – the last minute being now. UNC’s priority deadline is Tuesday, but there’s still time to get your application in if you haven’t already. The form helps calculate your financial need and helps UNC decide what aid you will receive.

This man wrote to The (Raleigh) News & Observer that filling out the form was a “20-minute task” for his children, but we question that estimate. Set aside at least an hour, after you’ve gathered all the forms you’ll need first.

Graduates and undergraduates should use UNC’s code 002974 when filling out their FAFSA form. Undergraduates must also fill out a College Board profile using code 5816.

Questions? Contact the Office of Scholarships & Student Aid at(919) 962-8396 or send them an e-mail. FEB 28

Need a walk home at night? Safewalk goes off campus

Studying late at the library but worried about how you’ll get home? SafeWalk, a student-government program that assigns student walkers to help you get home, is moving off-campus. The program runs Sunday through Thursday between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.

The program will roll out in three stages, the first of which started last week. Tell us, do you use SafeWalk? Will you be more likely to do so now that they can walk you home off-campus? Click through to see exactly what area the walkers will serve. FEB 24

This year's Daily Tar Hell

If you grabbed a copy of the DTH this morning, you likely saw the N.C. State Technician’s spoof paper, The Daily Tar Hell. The editors there produce a joke paper each year when the two schools’ men’s basketball teams meet up and are nice enough to wrap it around copies of the real DTH. We like to joke that for at least one day a year their paper looks nice, since they copy our style to make it look authentic.

Click through to view the spoof issue and learn more about our other college paper rivalries. FEB 24

Tell us why you dance

Dance Marathon is this Friday and Saturday, and in the days leading up, we want to know why you dance. Post a comment here, on our Facebook wall or on Twitter using the hashtag #wdyd. We’ll compile the best and share. FEB 23

Caps and gowns get a new look from Alexander Julian

This year’s senior class can graduate with new gowns designed by Alexander Julian. UNC says the new gowns are a closer match to “true” Carolina blue and are also more environmentally friendly.

“As a colorist, ever since Holden Thorp was inaugurated as Chancellor, I have been on him like a wet, dirty T-shirt to let me try to improve the true blueness of the robe color,” Julian said.

The fabric is made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottles and the gowns will be made by a manufacturer in Virginia. FEB 23

Apply to lead the Eve Carson Scholarship

The group is looking for a new director to manage its junior scholarship program. The scholarship was established in 2008 in memory of slain Student Body President Eve Carson. It provides financial support for a student’s senior year and funds a summer experience.

Applications are due Wednesday at 5 p.m. E-mail current director Katherine Novinski (novinski AT email.unc.edu) for more information.

From Ann Mills Lassiter, the group’s spokeswoman, here’s what the the group is looking for in the next director: FEB 23