Barometer

Beggars & Choosers

Many student organizations became irate when Student Congress didn't give them all the funds they requested. On the brighter side, it prepared them for a job working for the state.

American Leaders

President Bush is pushing corporate accountability laws in the wake of the Enron collapse. It's part of his ambitious "Too Little, Too Late" program.

No Mo' Money

Tuition rose again this week. Debate centered on whether there should be a systemwide increase or if administrators should just hit students on the head with a pipe and rifle through their pockets.

Free at Last

Spring Break officially begins this afternoon. We would normally write something funny here, but there's no one here to read it.

Tar Heel Quotables

"He likes to skirt the issues, especially the most controversial ones."
Law Student Jennifer Grossman
Commenting on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's speech at UNC. Thomas also has issues with skirts.

"The next three days will be by far the worst days in UNC's history."
Anonymous
Words from a bomb threat delivered to the Student Union on Tuesday. Why is he telling us this? We already know when the ACC Tournament begins.

"This system tears at the fabric of our universities."
Knight Commission Member Bill Friday
Commenting on college athletics today. It tears because the fabric is made in some Indonesian sweatshop.

"They took a concept that everybody thought was undoable and they did it."
Dr. Louis G. Keith
Of Northwestern University medical school, commenting on the first successful transplant of a uterus. That's great, but when can we get a new liver?