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UNC seeks ideal funding choices

By LINDSAY MICHEL | September 28

Correction: Due to a reporting error this article incorrectly stated that last year's conflict concerning the creation of a Western studies curriculum ...

Locals combat military pitches

By PAUL KIERNAN | September 28

A clause in the No Child Left Behind Act requiring high schools to give military recruiters access to students' contact information has brought little ...

Evolution curriculum continues in controversy

By JASMINE ROWE | September 28

The issue of intelligent design has been hurled into the public eye due to a recent lawsuit in Harrisburg, Pa. Parents of ninth-grade biology students ...

Residents fear traffic from proposed road

September 28

Some residents of the Larkspur subdivision are pounding the pavement over a proposed thoroughfare through the Larkspur neighborhood that they say will ...

Seeking: student voters

By TED STRONG | September 28

Local leaders are hoping that students will finally figure out just how powerful they are tonight at a municipal elections forum sponsored by several ...

Area program gains funds to fight drugs

By LEYLA BALLANTYNE | September 28

An area program could have access to half a million dollars during the next five years to educate Orange and Chatham counties about substance abuse. The ...

Tarheel men's soccer team leaves little space for error

By DEREK HOWLES | September 28

So I've been covering the men's soccer team lately, and this one thing keeps bugging me. Every time I go to a game it's there, taunting me. It's so ...

Hamilton sees system as one for all children

By KYLE BILLINGS | September 28

Jean Hamilton has a lot invested in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system - her two children attend Estes Hills Elementary School and Phillips ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | September 28

County volunteers receive outstanding service awards The Orange County Key Volunteer Awards and the North Carolina Awards for Outstanding Volunteer ...

Brown passes buck

By SETH PEAVEY | September 28

Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who resigned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, shifted blame to local ...

Campus takes baby steps

By ERIN ZUREICK | September 28

Almost a year after a task force met to assess the state of diversity at UNC, University officials are taking steps to create a campuswide diversity plan. Officials ...

Tuition talks to involve students

By Brian Hudson | September 28

As the Tuition Advisory Task Force moves closer to drafting a proposal for a campus-based tuition increase, Student Body President Seth Dearmin has taken ...

Gering wants town to watch growth closely

By TED STRONG | September 28

Correction: Due to a reporting error this article incorrectly states that Hillsborough Town Board incumbent Mike Gering wants a replacement for the ...

student congress hopeful with approval of appointments

By ELIZABETH STEWART AND MAC MOLLISON | September 28

Student Congress began the work of finalizing appointments to student government positions Tuesday. Many of the appointees were just getting their ...

Forum attracts fierce debate

By KATHY CHO | September 28

Correction: Due to an editing error this article incorrectly implies that Chapel Hill Town Council candidate Will Raymond opposed the town's acquisition ...

Recruiters return to Harvard

By ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS | September 28

This fall, Harvard Law School unwillingly will allow military recruiters back on campus. The school banned recruiters because of the U.S. military's ...

Shifts in Supreme Court put abortion in spotlight

By MASON MOSELEY | September 28

With the confirmation of John Roberts expected later this week and another judicial nomination on the horizon, the widely anticipated jockeying for position ...

Community calendar

By Staff Editor | September 27

Students Helping to Achieve Positive Esteem, a new student advocacy group dedicated to promoting positive body image and eating disorders awareness, will ...

Bush ratings continue to fall

September 27

President Bush received the highest disapproval rating of his presidency earlier this month, with 58 percent of respondents saying they don't approve ...

Local businesses gather for expo

September 27

Local business owners gave out samples, pitched their wares and got to know one another Monday at the fourth annual Orange County Business Expo launched ...