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Schools face bus difficulties

By RACHEL ULLRICH | August 31

In the real world - that great unknown after school and college - hour-long commutes in the morning are the norm. This week students in Orange County ...

Students head effort for violence prevention

By KATHRYN BALES | August 31

Five UNC students are working to bring a sexual- and relationship-violence prevention, advocacy and education center to campus. Juliette Muellner-Grimmett, ...

Group seeks homeless cure

By KAYLA CARRICK | August 31

The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness met Wednesday to combine the work of subcommittees and discuss its next steps toward putting homeless ...

State prepares for Ernesto

By TED STRONG | August 31

Local emergency officials are sharpening their chain saws and fueling up extra vehicles in anticipation of the remains of Tropical Depressiaon Ernesto, ...

Roman Candle sets crowd on fire

By Adam Wright | August 31

CONCERTREVIEW Roman Candle with The Whigs Friday, Aug. 25 Cat's Cradle 4 stars Area citizens felt the heat Friday night with an energetic and ...

Daily Dose

By Staff Editor | August 31

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing more than political candidates these days. Bloomberg endorsed Colombian pop-phenom Shakira in the race ...

A home after the storm

By JULIE TURKEWITZ | August 31

The trio shows up regularly at Tupelo's, a Southern- and Creole-style bistro in Hillsborough. They order gumbo or shrimp remoulade and talk about home ...

U.S., state poverty rates stalled

By LINDSEY NAYLOR | August 31

State and U.S. poverty rates have stopped their uphill climb for the first time in four years, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday. The ...

Fall of Troy: Sneak attack hard-core

By Bryan Reed | August 31

MUSICREVIEW The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy 3.5 stars Dear At The Drive-In, I just wanted to let you know I've moved on. It's been obvious ...

'Heart' shoots beyond sports flick fare, scores

By Rachel Brody | August 31

MOVIEREVIEW The Heart of the Game Four stars "The Heart of the Game" has enough game to be interesting and enough heart to be inspirational, without ...

40 Ounces gets high - and mighty

By Staff Editor | August 31

The High and Mighties want you to get your dancing shoes on. With a new name and new songs ready to go, the Chapel Hill pop-rock-ska outfit - formerly ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | August 31

A woman was arrested on misdemeanor charges of child abuse Tuesday evening, according to Chapel Hill Police reports. Reports state Sandra De Leon Santos, ...

Students still awaiting rugs for residences

By Weesie Vieira | August 31

On Campus Marketing, UNC students' official source for residence hall room carpeting, has been sweeping information regarding recent carpet shortages ...

'3' may or may not be magic, but worth a try

By Beth Mechum | August 31

MUSICREVIEW ActionReaction 3 is the Magic Number 3 stars 3 is the Magic Number, but for what? Maybe for the number of bands lead singer Jason ...

Bowles delays tuition proposal

By ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS | August 31

The much-awaited long-range tuition proposal that UNC-system President Erskine Bowles planned to present in September will be kept under wraps for another ...

French Impressionist film lingers, lets down

By Shelley Fullwood | August 31

MOVIEREVIEW "Gabrielle" 1 star If you're looking to waste an hour and a half of your life on an anticlimactic conversation between between a husband ...

Ex-student attacks school

By TED STRONG | August 31

HILLSBOROUGH - A former Orange High School student opened fire on school grounds Wednesday afternoon and was arrested on charges of first-degree murder ...

Finding the words

By EMILY FISHER | August 31

Several students stand nervously at a dry-erase board, markers poised. The professor utters a guttural sound and markers fly, right to left, looping and ...

Sorority rush season kicks off with a bang

August 31

It's official: Rush has begun. Wednesday's Panhellenic kick-off event marked the occasion as nine hand-clapping, foot-stomping cheers introduced each ...

Crass 'Beerfest' is a sloshy movie mess

August 31

MOVIEREVIEW Beerfest 1 star Don't kid yourself: Movie critics have one of the easiest jobs in the world. C'mon, they're paid to watch movies ...