DURHAM -- Renowned filmmaker and producer Spike Lee spoke to a packed house at Duke University on Monday evening as part of the school's Black History Month celebration.A largely black audience filled Duke's Reynolds Theater to its 589-seat capacity.
Read More »CAA President Election Results as of 2:22 p.m.:Reid Chaney 654Michael Songer 564Write-in Votes 28Total Votes Cast 1,246
Read More »TO THE EDITOR:Looking for something to do tonight?How about this for entertainment:The room is 109 Fetzer Gym. The time is 7 p.m. Chancellor James "The Rock" Moeser and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Sue "Chyna" Kitchen join forces as referees for Deathmatch 2001: The Students vs.
Read More »Two UNC-system boards of trustees -- N.C. Agriculture & Technical and N.C. Central universities -- voted unanimously last week to increase tuition starting in fall 2001.Undergraduate and graduate tuition would go up $150 a year for two years at N.C. A&T. N.C. Central trustees approved a one-time increase of $200 for undergraduate students.N.C. Central graduate students could see a $288 increase in their tuition, and law students might pay an extra $394.But all the proposed increases are contingent on approval from the Board of Governors and the N.C. General Assembly.
Read More »Illinois could be the next in a growing number of states to implement or expand merit-based financial aid programs for college students.But critics in other corners of the nation say merit-based aid is not an effective use of state funds.Keith Sanders, director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, raised the idea of expanding the state's merit-based financial aid program in a Feb.
Read More »A survey of ranked colleges conducted by The Boston Globe found that top schools do not necessarily suffer from above-average suicide rates, despite their supposed stressful and competitive environments.Of the 11 colleges surveyed, eight had suicide rates below the national average for college students.Only two schools exceeded the average -- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which topped the list with 10.2 suicides per 100,000 students per year, and Harvard University, with a rate of 7.4 suicides.Cornell University, with the fourth highest rate of suicide in the survey, was
Read More »An increase in teenage drug and alcohol use has prompted officials at the Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education program to alter their "Just Say No" slogan and other anti-substance abuse strategies.But critics of the youth drug prevention program are skeptical about whether the adjustments will enable the program to reduce drug use.A recently released University of Michigan study found that at least half of all teens in the United States have tried illicit drugs, alcohol or tobacco by the time they have completed high school.According to a press release from DARE, an organiz
Read More »In response to recent demands for Honor Court reform, Chancellor James Moeser and other UNC officials will be included in a forum tonight hosted by the Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor.The forum will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Fetzer Gym, with Moeser moderating the event.
Read More »University of California President Richard Atkinson recently called for SAT scores to become an optional part of admissions criteria, increasing the emphasis of curriculum-based tests.Atkinson has proposed that student eligibility for the university be based on student performance tests that are more rooted in high school curriculum, such as the SAT II.The UC system, made up of 23 campuses, is one of the most influential university systems in the nation, admitting the largest number of students nationwide.UC-system spokesman Brad Hayward said the SAT II measures scholastic aptitude mo
Read More »The managing editor of a major South Carolina newspaper spoke to students and faculty Monday in a talk about an N.C. gubernatorial race that he said forever redefined Southern politics.UNC alumnus John Drescher, of Columbia, S.C.'s The State, discussed the political life and accomplishments of former N.C. Gov. Terry Sanford.Drescher, a former editor of The Daily Tar Heel, spoke in the James M.
Read More »Weeks after a car was vandalized on Franklin Street, a local man is still trying to raise money for the victim, though he says donations have not met his expectations.Tom Benfield, who lives in Cedar Grove, started a fund to solicit donations to help Mindy Guadagnino, whose 1997 Honda Accord suffered about $1,500 worth of damage, according to court documents. Students celebrating UNC's victory over Duke on Feb.
Read More »DURHAM -- The location changed, but the woman responsible for the final result remained the same.The Duke women's basketball team has found its late-game solution against North Carolina: sophomore guard Sheana Mosch.Mosch sunk two huge 3-pointers down the stretch and hit a layin to put her team up for good as the No. 4 Blue Devils defeated the Tar Heels 72-67 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday.Mosch's heroics capped a 19-point, six-rebound performance and marked the second game this season that she has carried the Blue Devils on her back late in the game against North Carolina.
Read More »Chapel Hill fire officials are confident a late-night fire Sunday, which killed four animals at the Orange County Animal Shelter, was set intentionally.Fire Department officials spent all of Sunday night and Monday trying to discover who caused the explosion in the night deposit box at the animal shelter off Airport Road. While she would not give details of the investigation, Chapel Hill Fire Marshal Caprice Mellon did say the fire was not an accident."It was a deliberately set fire," she said.The blaze started a little after 9 p.m. Sunday.
Read More »DURHAM -- Before the North Carolina-Duke women's basketball game began, Duke seniors went through warmups wearing Superman shirts in celebration of Senior Night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.Two of Duke's underclassmen struck on the idea of using Superman's 'S' to represent seniors for the night. The rest of the team drew red 'S' tattoos on their arms before tipoff.Although the 'S' was for the seniors, the super was in a trio of underclassmen: Sheana Mosch, Alana Beard and Michele Matyasovsky.
Read More »Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials halved their requests for funding last week and submitted a less burdensome proposal for a bond to help alleviate overcrowding.The $42.8 million bond was pared down significantly by the board from its original proposal for $72 million.
Read More »Fifty years after the University cautiously opened its doors and ended segregation, some administration, faculty members and students have focused their efforts on continued improvement of UNC's racial climate.For Director of Minority Affairs Archie Ervin, this means two words -- access and diversity."(Our vision) will be one that focuses on how we can better extend the educational opportunities of our campus," Ervin said.He cited the Board of Governors' January approval of a plan that aims to promote better access to the entire UNC system as evidence of commitment to this progress, w
Read More »A kind of sand construction very different from the dribble castles and sand crab mansions built on sunny beaches by vacationers begins today at the Ackland Art Museum. The museum is presenting the construction of the intricate medicine Buddha sand mandala -- a painting made from colored sand -- as part of its two-year exhibition on Buddhist art and ritual from Nepal and Tibet.In addition to the mandala, the exhibition includes a Buddhist altar and sculptures from India, China, Japan, Thailand and Burma.
Read More »Student Body President-elect Justin Young was subpoenaed by Student Congress on Sunday to explain a key campaign promise that some members fear could usurp legislative power.Members questioned whether Young's Student Empowerment Endowment could give the student body president budgetary powers reserved for Congress and set a precedent discouraging less wealthy students from running for student body president.But after discussing the matter with Young on Sunday , Congress decided to allocate Young his $2,400 stipend.SEE would use the student body president's stipend and private donation
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