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Speaker: Town's ways unique

By MEGHAN DAVIS | April 11

Carrboro policymakers are often viewed as fighters of trendsetting, but a major dynamic of the town’s population is almost a microcosm of the entire ...

Town budget takes next step

By CHRIS CARMICHAEL | April 11

After nearly three months of discussion, Chapel Hill’s budget review advisory committee put the finishing touches on a series of recommendations ...

Local middle schoolers show off chess skills

By MONA SONI | April 11

Facing fierce competition, area middle schoolers finished 16th in the national chess championship this weekend. After winning the state championship ...

Gritty Tar Heels top resilient Cavaliers

By Jacob Karabell | April 11

More than four hours after the start of Sunday’s women’s tennis meeting between North Carolina and Virginia, one match had yet to be decided. Even ...

UNC's chances ricochet away

April 11

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — When North Carolina attackman Mike McCall took a Jed Prossner pass in front of the goal and, in one fluid motion, flipped ...

Tar Heels led by pole vaulters

April 11

DURHAM — North Carolina’s Reggie Berry slid his feet into the starting blocks and waited for the start gun to sound. The gun fired. And ...

Calendar

By Staff Editor | April 11

Tuesday — John Bruton, European ambassador to the United States, will deliver a free lecture at 7:30 p.m. in 111 Carroll Hall. Bruton’s ...

Virginia downs men's tennis

April 11

By the time Brad Pomeroy finally strode to the net to congratulate his Virginia opponent at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Sunday, he looked tired and ...

Parade celebrates Hillsborough

By MICHAEL TODD | April 11

Residents of all ages lined the shady streets of downtown Hillsborough on Sunday for a parade that loudly closed out the town’s 250-year anniversary ...

Online tickets may be on horizon

By DANIEL WILKES | April 11

When next year’s basketball season rolls around, students could be printing tickets to the big game from their laptops. And while their ability to ...

ASG might not urge tuition freeze

By KAVITA PILLAI | April 11

CULLOWHEE — The president-elect of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments said Friday that he might not push for a strict tuition freeze ...

Grant to put cameras in cop cars

By JON BURNS | April 11

A new federal grant might make it easier for Chapel Hill police to keep their eyes on the road. The Chapel Hill Town Council approved Tuesday the use ...

Groups unite to buy land for conservation

By TED STRONG | April 11

Area leaders’ last-ditch efforts to save a large tract of land along the border between Orange and Durham counties came together Friday to thwart ...

Tuck will lead DTH in '05-'06

April 11

Midway through his sophomore year, Ryan Tuck realized that he wanted to take on the role of editor in chief at The Daily Tar Heel. Saturday, his goal ...

From '57 to '05, he's seen winners

April 11

Strolling through the Pit in a Carolina blue sweater and loafers, Milton Cooke looks the part of any average UNC student — only his gray hair sets ...

Relay stays on track

By STACEY CARLESS | April 11

Stadium lights blared, music streamed across campus and hundreds of participants could be seen walking around Fetzer Field as the fourth annual Relay ...

NCSU may see pirate at helm

By ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY | April 11

After seizing 44 percent of the first-round vote in N.C. State University’s election for student body president, a candidate known as The Pirate ...

Diverse groups step out in sync

By JULIA FURLONG | April 11

Correction Due to an editing error, the photo caption accompanying the April 11 article “Diverse group steps out in sync” states that Morgan ...

Honor society inducts new class

By KATIE CLINE | April 11

The University’s oldest honorary society opened its arms Friday night, welcoming a new class of distinguished and passionate campus leaders to its ...

UNC students lead both college parties

By MEGAN MCSWAIN | April 11

UNC students will lead the state’s College Republicans and Young Democrats for the first time in recent history after Tar Heels swept the groups’ ...