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Murder gives campus pause
Death penalty debate illuminated
When tragedies hit close to home, they can challenge ideologies, causing hours of deep thought and raising questions that go unanswered.
And in the wake of Student Body President Eve Carson's murder, with legal proceedings approaching trial, the possibility of imposing the death penalty has caused debate and discussion within the community. (15 Comments)
UNC doctor trains for marathon
Will run in April Boston Marathon
Being a competitive swimmer most of his life, Dr. Charles van der Horst never thought about running in a marathon.
"I would run but not that distance," he said. "I normally do relays."
But since January, van der Horst, a professor in UNC's School of Medicine, has been training for the world's oldest annual (0 Comments)
Campus briefs
Three to be honored by the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame Journalism professor Phil Meyer and the late James Davis will be inducted into the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame on Sunday. Davis brought the printing press to North Carolina in 1749 and was responsible for printing the state's first book, magazine and newspaper. (0 Comments)
Student fee helps campus go green
Students are the inspirational and financial driving forces behind UNC's campus effort to go green - all made possible through the renewable energy fee.
The UNC Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee, which has collected $8 annually from student fees since fall 2004, helps determine how the fee revenues are spent. (0 Comments)
Women's week theme is activism
Organizers plan multiple events
Girl power will reign over UNC's campus for at least the next five days as campus groups celebrate Women's Week. In past years there typically has been one theme for the week, but this year the Carolina Women's Center decided to do something different, said Ashley Fogle, associate director of the center. (0 Comments)
Group fights drug promos
Students lobby for new protocols
Most doctors' offices are full of drug company advertisements.
Whether their names are plastered on the clock in the waiting room, on the pen borrowed from the front desk or on a coffee cup in a nurse's hand, drug company paraphernalia is everywhere.
PharmFree, an organization of the American Medical Student Association, is working to eliminate those drug names from doctors' offices. (3 Comments)
Fund to help research melanoma
Development of drugs among goals
Thanks to a collaboration of researchers at UNC, the University Cancer Research Fund has directed a portion of its finances to the most fatal form of skin cancer.
An innovation award of $190,000 from the fund, which was passed into law last summer, will allow doctors to research melanoma, which could lead to better treatments. (1 Comment)
Ram Village available for summer
Ram Village Apartments will host more than just summer school students soon, as they now are open for conference attendees to rent.
To reserve the apartments for their guests, conferences must have some sort of affiliation with the University. Ram Village will be rented out only to adult conferences, said Rick Bradley, assistant director in the Department of Housing and Residential Education. (0 Comments)
