Due to an editing error, the page three brief “DTH wins renowned award for collegiate journalism” misidentified the name of the convention host. They were the Associated Collegiate Press. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
DTH wins renowned award for collegiate journalism
The Daily Tar Heel received the Pacemaker award this weekend, one of the most prestigious honors in college journalism.
The DTH was one of nine daily newspapers to receive the award. Winners were announced Saturday at the American College Media/College Media Advisers convention in Kansas City.
Visit Editor’s Notes at blogs.dailytarheel.com for more about the convention.
SBP candidate warned for creating Facebook group
Potential student body president candidate Julia La Roche, a junior, received a warning from the Board of Elections on Sunday for creating a Facebook group for her campaign.
The group — “Campaign Team to Connect Carolina” — was intended only for her campaign team, La Roche said, and she deleted it after the elections board told her it violated the Student Code.
La Roche said she wasn’t aware at the time that such a group was illegal. The group had just five members. Though it stated, “I want to run for student body president,” it did not contain any platform points.
“I’m not really inclined to do any big punishment about it,” said Ryan Morgan, chairman of the board.
The board has already fined two candidates, juniors Ashley Klein and Matt Wohlford, $40 each for pre-campaign activity.
Homecoming candidate’s signs in the Pit vandalized
Two signs belonging to Jeremy Crouthamel, a male cheerleader running for Homecoming king, were vandalized with a derogatory term for a homosexual.
Crouthamel said he discovered the vandalism Friday morning, and had the signs repainted and back out by the end of the day.
Kiplinger’s ranks UNC ‘best value’ eighth year in a row
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranked UNC the best value in American public higher education for the eighth year in a row.
The magazine ranked the universities of Florida, Virginia and Georgia second, third and fourth, respectively.
The ranking is based on several measures of academic quality, including SAT scores of incoming first-year students and admission and retention rates.
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