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

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

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

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

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

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

Povill Gives Mad Props To Everyone, His Brother

While I wouldn't normally subject the entire DTH readership to a column consisting basically of personal shout-outs to my own friends, I feel that I have ...

Moeser Strives to Procure Funding for University

Raking in the cash has recently become an even greater part of Chancellor James Moeser's job description.With a 7 percent budget cutback from the N.C. ...

Romantic `Widow' Appeals to Francophiles

Subtitles -- I really hate subtitles. Especially when I speak the characters' language well enough to know that the English translation isn't 100 percent ...

Offcials Journey on Enlightening UNC Tour

Dancing shadows cast on sidewalks. Rustling leaves. The snapping of a twig.These are all things that can prey on the imagination of anyone walking in ...

Town Tables Development Plan

Chapel Hill Town Council members delayed a decision on tying future development to the public school systems after heated debate Monday night.The Town ...

Quick Advantage Helps Seahawks Defeat UNC

Drizzle and the threat of a downpour pushed the starting time of Tuesday night's North Carolina-UNC-Wilmington matchup back 45 minutes.Less than an hour ...

Dilbert 04/25/01

Wanted: A Legend Worthy of a Wall

It's painful to admit, but I've officially qualified for (gulp) adulthood. The telltale sign: hanging on my bedroom walls are posters of players whose ...

Students Tag Along With County Officials

Orange High School students, dressed in their finest, skipped class Tuesday to take the helm as local officials for the day.The Orange County Board of ...

Racy UNC Video Clips to Stay on Internet

University officials say there is not much that can be done to stop a new Web site that displays risque video clips of UNC students. Alltrue.com added ...

Earth Day Event Spreads Awareness

The springtime sun shining on Polk Place on Tuesday did not stop many environmentally minded students and faculty members from manning nearly a dozen ...

Learn About Research By Undergraduates and Plan Your Own Project

Learn About Research By Undergraduates and Plan Your Own Project TO THE EDITOR:Have you been interested in finding out more about undergraduate research ...

Ombudsman's Column On Horowitz Ad Shows Ignorance of Issues

Ombudsman's Column On Horowitz Ad Shows Ignorance of IssuesTO THE EDITOR:Regarding Brian Frederick's column, I was very disappointed to read that he "studies" ...

CAA Probe Dies Again In Congress

After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, James Moeser spent a year in Germany as a Fulbright scholar.Now as ...