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By Staff Editor | September 29

"Perspectives from Cuba: Individual and Collective Rights" will be presented by the UNC School of Law Clinical Programs at 4 p.m. today in the Rotunda/Van ...

A man with many hats

By ERIN GIBSON | September 29

While former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards might not be working in the White House, his position at UNC could give him the opportunity ...

Volunteer fair aims to involve students

By LATOYA EVANS | September 29

Students walking through the Pit on Wednesday have lost a prime excuse not to be involved in the Orange County community. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

School unites for Habitat

By RACHEL AIKEN | September 29

Several hundred Kenan-Flagler Business School students and faculty members traded their textbooks for tools at the kickoff celebration for the Habitat ...

Task force sees first specifics

By Brian Hudson | September 29

With just one meeting left on the agenda, the group that will advise Chancellor James Moeser on the University's tuition policy is on the brink of making ...

Science Center narrows finalists

By KATE SULLIVAN | September 29

Last year, UNC's Morehead Planetarium and Science Center had 134,000 visitors from across the state. But soon those who come to gaze at the stars will ...

Day to feature student voice

By NATE HUBBARD | September 29

The University Day committee took steps Wednesday to make an old tradition more accessible to students when it decided to allow them to make remarks in ...

State & Nation briefs

By From staff and wire reports | September 29

DeLay indicted, GOP taps Miss. senator for position WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was indicted Wednesday by a Texas grand jury ...

Freshman Tate turning heads

By Jacob Karabell | September 29

If North Carolina runs back a punt for a touchdown this year, Lesley Tate will deserve much of the credit. After her son, Brandon Tate, broke his collarbone ...

Violent crimes steadily decline

By KRISTEN POPE | September 29

America is getting safer, according to new statistics released earlier this week. The study, conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, surveys ...

Underground project yields traffic backup

By DANIEL WILKES | September 29

With major construction set to wrap up in a few weeks, drivers traveling to and from campus through the intersection of N.C. 54 and Country Club Road ...

Campus welcomes local elections

By MEGHAN DAVIS | September 29

Like merchants in a bazaar, candidates for local elections spent Wednesday evening hawking their ideas to students. "It's like a candidate market!" ...

SAW stages cleaning protest

By Brian Hudson | September 29

About a dozen student activists stormed the lobby of South Building on Wednesday afternoon armed with an array of cleaning supplies. The demonstrators ...

Speaker to share research findings

By MEREDITH KING | September 29

Seniors graduating this December will be sent into the real world after a commencement speech by Etta Pisano, Kenan professor of radiology and biomedical ...

Campus briefs

By From staff and wire reports | September 29

Nursing school given grant to better curriculum quality The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded the UNC School of Nursing a grant of $590,000. The ...

County, town leaders to build foundation

September 29

In a county with some of the most expensive property in the state and a soaring average single-family home value, area workers often find it difficult ...

A breaking ground facility

By LINDSAY MICHEL | September 29

Under a white tent in the parking lot of the N.C. Neurosciences Hospital, hundreds of policymakers, academics and doctors gathered Wednesday in celebration. Hidden ...

Newton wants board to increase proactivity

By KAYLA CARRICK | September 29

After an unsuccessful candidacy in 2003, Paul Newton - who says he still is passionate about the issues - plans to challenge two incumbents for a spot ...

Chapel hill celebrates banned books week

By NICKI JHABVALA | September 29

Area librarians say all books are welcome in Chapel Hill - even the controversial ones. This week is the 24th annual Banned Books Week in Chapel Hill ...

Fundraiser has a date with Carolina Covenant

By DEBORAH NEFFA | September 29

Twenty-three students stood in the Pit on Wednesday night, waiting to be sold to the highest bidder. Bidding at the annual Date Auction sponsored by ...