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Surprise Spartans will battle UNC in the paint

By Ben Couch | March 31

It was supposed to be like this. With only four college basketball teams in the nation still playing, two of them hail from the same conference. But ...

Month targets sexual violence

By JENNIFER FAIR | March 31

On the heels of a recent downtown rape, local advocates hope to use the next month to raise awareness of sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness ...

UNC alumnae talk politics

By MATTHEW BOWLES | March 31

Three female state legislators discussed their political careers Wednesday night and offered words of inspiration to a group gathered in the Student Union’s ...

Recontracting process a fiasco

By DANIEL WILKES | March 31

Minutes after online housing recontracting began at 7 a.m. Tuesday, phone calls and e-mails from confused graduate students and upperclassmen were piling ...

Cuts may drain research funding

By JACKI SPIES | March 31

North Carolina is renowned for its commitment to scientific research. The famous Research Triangle Institute’s headquarters, where scientists ...

A coach's hoop dreams

By Alex Robinson | March 31

Just hours after the men’s basketball team departed from campus, students welcomed a hoops legend to the University. Coach Ken Carter — ...

Square's renovations near completion

By LAURA OLENIACZ | March 31

After years of renovations, those who shop and those who sell at University Square say they are excited to see the projects nearing completion. Recent ...

Police log for March 31

March 31

- Carrboro police arrested a homeless man and woman at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and charged each with one misdemeanor count of shoplifting, police reports ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | March 31

Driver in Gates hit-and-run gets community service The N.C. State University senior who was driving the vehicle that struck and killed Tar Heel Sports ...

Soldiers share stories of war

By KATHRYN BALES | March 30

Images of the war in Iraq often are filtered through the lenses of cameras and the words of media reports. But five young military police officers ...

UNC swept at South Carolina

March 30

SOFTBALL UNC 1 USC

Officials plan for Final Four fetes

March 30

For weeks, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale has been talking about the fans who will party on Franklin Street if the UNC men’s basketball ...

Planetarium seeks new star to lead program

By KATHERINE EVANS | March 30

The search for a new head of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center — which defines the UNC experience for thousands of North Carolinians — ...

Cops start efforts to fill holes

By MEGHAN DAVIS | March 30

Although recent crimes have generated an outcry for more downtown protection, the Chapel Hill Police Department is trying first to plug up its holes. The ...

New VP garners stamp of approval

By STEPHANIE NEWTON | March 30

Student Congress awarded Adrian Johnston the title of next year’s student body vice president Tuesday night, concluding a weeklong extension to ...

Researcher snags top position

By Caroline Kornegay | March 30

Yi Zhang, a biomedical researcher in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has spent hours in the laboratory, decoding how specific proteins in ...

Beyond blue heaven

By Emma Burgin | March 30

The fluorescent lights were more subdued than the blinding glare of national TV cameras, but the echoes of a presidential campaign cut short bounced off ...

Marchers take Franklin St., night

By Caroline Kornegay | March 30

The patrons and inhabitants of Franklin Street came out of restaurants, peeked out of windows of sorority and fraternity houses and stopped on the street ...

Cuts in budget could hurt UNC research status

By GREG STEEN | March 30

UNC’s libraries could face tough cuts in the coming months, and officials say they could be forced to take measures of last resort. The facilities ...

System strives for stability

By SHARI FIELD | March 30

As the UNC Health Care system begins to implement cost-cutting policy changes, officials find themselves in a constant tug of war, caught between hopes ...