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(08/23/06 4:00am)
Some of the brightest minds in the entertainment industry during the 20th century are set to collide Thursday on the stage of Chapel Hill's Deep Dish Theater Company.
"Orson's Shadow," an off-Broadway show written by playwright Austin Pendleton, is a fictional account of an actual event in 1960.
"Orson's Shadow" tells the story of how the English-language premiere of Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" brought together writer Orson Welles, actor and director Laurence Olivier and the future wife of Olivier, actress Joan Plowright.
(04/27/06 4:00am)
Repairs to the North Chiller Plant that caught fire in February are scheduled to be completed by next week.
The chiller plant, located behind the Bell Tower, supplies cooled water to air conditioning units in University facilities.
Though two of the six cooling cells were destroyed by the fire, causing an 11 percent loss of cooling capacity to the overall system, the accident has not interrupted air conditioning services.
Cool winter temperatures kept a minimal demand for the chiller plant until recently.
(04/12/06 4:00am)
Students joined together Tuesday supporting red, white and Carolina blue.
Carolina Armed Services Alumni Day, sponsored by the General Alumni Association, allowed students to show their support for UNC alumni serving in the military.
By sending care packages and postcards, GAA leaders are helping alumni serving nearby and abroad maintain a positive connection with UNC and its community, said Jennie Biser, chairwoman of the GAA service committee.
"We couldn't ask for a better day, better weather or better participants," said Biser, who coordinated the event.
(03/31/06 5:00am)
UNC students are being asked to bleed Carolina blue a little more than usual today.
The "Beat Duke! UNC vs. Duke Annual Blood Drive Challenge" is in its second day, challenging the two Tobacco Road rivals to collect as many donations as possible.
"It's a great way to help save lives," said sophomore Lauren Burcal, chairwoman of the biomedical committee for UNC's Red Cross Club.
The event coincides with Red Cross Month, she said, and is in the general spirit of March Madness.
The competition started Thursday and ends today, running from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m in the Great Hall.
(02/23/06 5:00am)
Since its founding in 1879, UNC's School of Medicine has worked to stay true to its mission of offering top-quality instruction to its students.
And with decades-old facilities, administrators are looking to introduce technological updates to modernize the school.
Berryhill Hall, a teaching facility that caters to health sciences graduate students, is on the cusp of a major renovation aimed at bringing the building into the 21st century.
Located southwest of the Bell Tower, Berryhill Hall was designed as a comprehensive medical teaching facility.
(02/17/06 5:00am)
At age 14 most adolescents are worrying about what to wear, who to hang out with and how to deal with the opposite sex.
But by 14 Farrah Gray already had made his first million working out of his office on Wall Street.
With a business card reading, "21st Century CEO" and the ambition to match, Gray began his business career as others began kindergarten.
Gray spoke on campus about his roots and his successes Thursday night to a crowd of about 120 students, who filled the gallery to almost capacity.
(02/15/06 5:00am)
Moving can be a headache. Being forced to do so can be a migraine.
Many rising juniors say they are finding it is too late to stay on campus -- even after administrators scrapped a change in policy that would have given rising sophomores seniority in recontracting.
Because of a widespread negative reaction from students to the impending change, housing officials offered a compromise - dropping the change of seniority but keeping other changes, such as reserving an additional 5 percent of North Campus space for underclassmen.
(01/27/06 5:00am)
According to a report issued by the chancellor's task force on diversity in April, the vast majority of UNC students agree that Chapel Hill represents a uniquely diverse campus.
But many overlook the ongoing efforts to expose minority students to positive experiences that will ensure their success in the professional world.
The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, along with various co-sponsors, recently has initiated the Leadership Institute, a program aiming to provide such possibilities.
