Chatham County - The Daily Tar Heel

Bush Proposes Surprisingly Low Pell Grant Hike

By Cliff Nelson | April 26

The Bush administration has announced that it plans to increase maximum allowable Pell Grants by only $100 per student for fiscal year 2002-03, an amount ...

Carrboro Struggles To Fill Police Force

By Katie McNeil | April 26

Carrboro officials heard the concerns of local police officers Tuesday who are feeling the pressures caused by vacancies within the department.After hearing ...

The Frogs Make No Artistic Leaps; Depeche Mode Ignores Trends

By Staff Editor | April 26

The FrogsHopscotch Lollipop Sunday Surprise

Chalk Graffiti Has Gotten Out of Hand, Spoils the Natural Beauty of UNC

By Staff Editor | April 26

TO THE EDITOR:Happy birthday, Julie. Thanks to your friends, the whole campus knows that you are 20. It seems like only weeks ago that chalk graffiti ...

Commission Wants Mascots Retired

By Tanner Bond | April 26

A statement released last week by the Civil Rights Commission argued that schools across the country should retire the use of American Indian mascots, ...

Students Express Views on New BCC

By Rachel Clarke | April 26

Students gathered Wednesday afternoon to hold a civil discussion about an issue that has divided campus for years -- the new freestanding Sonja H.

Base Running Sparks UNC's Victory

By Curt Kendall | April 26

The North Carolina baseball team wasn't going to wait for something bad to happen Wednesday night against UNC-Greensboro.The Tar Heels grabbed an early ...

Cahill Books Offer Alternative History

By Jeremy Hurtz | April 26

Bestselling author Thomas Cahill knows a lot.Staring at a Fearrington House Inn amuse-bouche involving eggplant and cold catfish, he said dryly, "This ...

Green's `Freddy' Scrapes Bottom of Barrel

By Joanna Pearson | April 26

Freddy Got Fingered

Prayer Curbs Violence, Speaker Says

By Aldesha Gore | April 26

A religious advocate is spreading the word to area residents that prayer can be the answer to school and community violence.About 30 people crowded into ...

Pigging Out With Professors

By Stefanie Wowchuk | April 26

The conversation at a long, narrow table was not typical dinnertime conversation for Lenoir Dining Hall.The discussion of life and career plans over chicken ...

Stone Center groundbreaking a long time coming

By Moelle Hutchins | April 26

When dignitaries gather today to plunge shovels into the earth near the Bell Tower, it will mark an end and a beginning.It is the culmination of decades ...

Bray Keeps Goals Quiet, Lets Play on Links Talk

April 26

Dustin Bray tries to remain relatively mute about his future expectations on the North Carolina men's golf team. Not that his superb play on the links ...

Conflict Spurs Rwanda Book

By Elizabeth Parrott | April 26

After spending more than a decade in Rwanda forming close relationships with natives while studying history and teaching, two UNC professors are writing ...

Locally-Based Adam & Eve Delivers `Sex Positive' Adult Entertainment

By Russ Lane | April 26

HILLSBOROUGH --

Lottery in North Carolina Places an Undue Burden On Poor, Spares the Rich

By Staff Editor | April 26

TO THE EDITOR:The end of increased funding for public education does not justify a lottery. Supporters of the lottery maintain that it raises money from ...

Bring Your Cell Phones To the Pit to Help Battle Local Domestic Violence

By Staff Editor | April 26

TO THE EDITOR: In the past year, the law enforcement agencies of Orange County have responded to over 1,000 reported incidents of domestic violence. Over ...

Counties Request Sales Tax Increase

By Koen de Vries | April 26

Counties across the state are pressing the N.C. General Assembly for permission to increase local sales taxes to cope with potential funding losses resulting ...

Porn Star Uses Nursing Skills to Nurture Healthy Sexuality

By Brian Bedsworth | April 26

What do you do after college with a degree in nursing, feminist ideals and a strong drive to succeed?

Library Gutting Project Proceeds As Scheduled

By Stacey Geyer | April 26

The Undergraduate Library closed for renovations nearly five months ago, but visible signs of construction could not be seen from outside the building ...