Local officials said they are hoping for the support of Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., in one more push for a hearing regarding the expansion of a local nuclear waste storage facility.Eight Triangle officials, including four representing the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, faxed a letter to Edwards on Thursday requesting a meeting to discuss a plan of action.
Read More »The Daily Tar Heel took home a handful of awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence award ceremony this weekend in Maryland. Competing against college newspapers in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C., the DTH won three first place awards, three second place honors and one honorable mention.First place winners' submissions will be sent on to the national competition.
Read More »Although they couldn't stop the rain, the North Carolina men's tennis players had little trouble holding off Florida State on Saturday afternoon.Paced by a strong doubles effort and a balanced team attack, UNC made quick work of FSU with a 6-1 victory.The Tar Heels gained momentum with early victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
Read More »Inclement weather forced officials to cancel Sunday's 15th annual Carrboro-Chapel Hill CROP Walk, an event aimed at raising both money and awareness for hunger throughout the world.Although the storm dampened some of the excitement of this year's Community Reaching Out to People Walk, about 200 people still met at the Carrboro Town Commons for the Inter-Faith Council-sponsored event.After the IFC announced the walk was officially canceled, people found other ways to participate in the event.
Read More »Women need to start masturbating. I'm serious. Not enough women know how to get themselves off. Heck, not enough women know how to get off, period. How are they ever going to tell someone else what they want if they do not first figure it out for themselves? Masturbation was surely one of the greatest things that came into my life. About six months after I had ended a relationship with a guy I had dated for a long time, I was feeling really underconfident, slightly depressed and sexually empty.
Read More »I would like to comment on the column by Mike Ogle about Joseph Forte and UNC fans ("Fickle Fans Running Forte Off," March 26). I do not know anybody who thinks that "Forte sucks" or who wants him to go pro. I am sure some people blame him for UNC losing in the tournaments, and that is an absurd thought. Everyone I know loves him and thinks he is a great leader here at Carolina.Whatever comments, if any, that were made about him taking too many shots were probably made out of spite or in hopes that they, not Forte, were among one of the most popular names in basketball.
Read More »The economic turbulence of the stock market last week concerned some consumers, but UNC experts say it's not time for the country, or graduating seniors, to panic.When the Federal Reserve Board lowered interest rates last week by a half-point in response to a slowing economy, many consumers concerned that the cut was too conservative pulled out of the stock market.But UNC economic and finance professors say that while the economy is not as robust as in recent years, the doomsday projections of some analysts and politicians are misleading."I don't see it as a sign of (economic) decline
Read More »DURHAM -- Worthy. Jamison. Carter. Rosenbluth. Wallace. Lynch. Perkins. The list goes on and on.Jawad Williams wants to throw his name into the very large hat filled with the long line of great forwards who have donned Carolina blue.One of three high school seniors who have committed to play for North Carolina next season, Williams said after Wednesday night's McDonald's All-American game at Cameron Indoor Stadium that he's confident his name will land safely in that cap."I see myself being the next one," Williams said.
Read More »Like many UNC students, Robin Britt is a basketball enthusiast. What sets the fourth-year graduate student apart is his desire to help others. Take these two passions, add a need to hobnob with future employers, throw in a deeply embedded urge to mercilessly batter any basketball team from Duke University, shake vigorously and the result is Gradhoops -- a basketball tournament that raises money for cancer research. Britt, who is working on a joint law and business degree, founded the tournament with Duke law student Gabe Feldman in 1998.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR:I would like to respond to Monday's cartoon on behalf of the men's and women's UNC Ultimate teams. The cartoonist points to Ultimate players as the source of errant Frisbees around the Old Well with the caption "Attack of the Ultimate Flying Saucers." I would like to offer three reasons why it is unlikely that UNC Ultimate is responsible for these unintended beanings.Ultimate players don't throw the disc on campus as much as non-players.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR:I am writing in response to the article "Sri Lankan War Talk Kicks Off Rights Week" by Paige Ammons in the March 27 edition of The Daily Tar Heel. I attended the talk by the Rev. S.J. Emmanuel. Emmanuel delivered a powerful and moving account of the human rights violations inflicted upon Tamils by the Sri Lankan government and armed forces.
Read More »N.C. State University has instituted several changes to its employee credit card purchasing program after an investigation into mismanaged funds at the university.An internal audit found some former employees still had access to university credit cards and used those cards to make nearly $170,000 in purchases that were not properly documented.Dennis Patterson, state audit publications coordinator, said N.C. auditor Ralph Campbell recommended an audit of the credit card purchasing program after last summer's financial fiasco in N.C.
Read More »Local officials are trying to shift to the use of alternative fuels to maintain the Clean City rating given to Chapel Hill -- the first North Carolina municipality to be awarded.The Triangle Clean Cities Coalition was formed as a collaboration between public bodies in the Triangle.
Read More »North Carolina men's and women's track team will travel to Raleigh for Adidas Raleigh Relays at Paul Derr track at N.C. State. More than 100 collegiate teams and track clubs will be represented in the two-day event, including ACC rivals N.C. State, Duke, Virginia and Florida State. The Tar Heels are coming off a successful showing at last weekend's UNC Challenge Cup as both the men's and women's teams took first place in front of Duke, N.C. State and St. Augustine.
Read More »When Alex Mehfar and his family moved from Iran to North Carolina in 1983, he had to start over with almost nothing.His father only had $300 to his name when the Mehfars arrived.But the senior economics major from Cary refused to let hardships get in his way of achieving success.Mehfar recently was named a Luce Scholar, an honor that only 18 Americans receive each year and that only 22 other UNC students have held since 1974.
Read More »The results of a recently released study call into question the widely held assumption that juries' verdicts are affected by racial biases.UNC law professors John Conley and Bill Turnier and Chicago psychologist Mary Rose conducted a study that found white and black jurors hand down nearly identical verdicts.The study lasted nearly two years and used 600 actual jurors from Wake and Alamance counties.
Read More »Bands, costumes and a clown will be on hand to entertain children of all ages during Sunday's April Fools' Day Bash, an event set to jump-start the second annual Art Springs to Life Festival.The April Fools' Day Bash, slated to begin at 1 p.m. and last until 4 p.m., will take place in front of the Franklin Street post office. The entire festival, which will be held in the post office's courtyard area, will be sponsored by the Chapel Hill Downtown Commission.This is the first year that an April Fools' Day Bash will kick off the festival.
Read More »What a strange sight it promises to be for John Haus on Saturday at Fetzer Field.On the field in front of North Carolina's lacrosse coach will be the players from Johns Hopkins, the team Haus coached to consecutive final fours in his two seasons as the Blue Jays' head coach before coming to UNC this season.On the sideline next to him will be David Pietramala, the man who not only took Haus' spot at Johns Hopkins but also was an All-American defenseman for the Blue Jays in the late 1980s at the outset of Haus' stint as defensive coordinator.Pietramala's assistant coaches, meanwhile, Se
Read More »A free ride on Chapel Hill Transit wouldn't be all what proponents of fare-free busing crack it up to be.Chapel Hill and Carrboro town officials began working with University officials Tuesday to formulate a proposal on fare-free busing to present to both towns' governing boards.Students already gave the go-ahead in February's student elections for a $16.98 yearly student fees increase to subsidize the fare-free busing.
Read More »Family members of the late Kaia Parker are commemorating her gift of dance through a memorial fund for young aspiring dancers in the Triangle.The Kaia Parker Fund for Young Dancers was created by her family and the Orange County Arts Commission, the Ballet School of Chapel Hill and Carolina Friends School in honor and in remembrance of her life.Parker, who was a rising UNC freshman, was killed in a car crash by a drunken driver last August.Lee Glenn, Parker's mother, said the fund is a wonderful opportunity to create something positive out of her death.
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