One of the men charged with killing former Student Body President Eve Carson is likely to plead not guilty at a federal hearing today. “It would be typical for someone to plead not guilty at the arraignment,” said Lynne Klauer, spokeswoman for the Middle District U.S. Attorney’s office which is prosecuting Demario James Atwater, a 22-year-old Durham resident.
Campus officials now have the green light to design an expansive pedestrian bridge over South Road. The bridge will begin at the top of the steps between the Student Union and Student Stores and pass through the woods on the south side of South Road, ending on Stadium Drive.
Private giving to the University likely will suffer amid the nation’s economic plunge. “We have trouble raising money for everything in a down economy,” Chancellor Holden Thorp said Monday, as reports declared an official economic recession. Private giving is up so far this year, but a deepening economic crisis could affect UNC’s endowed professorships, scholarships, grants and other operations that rely on donations.
