Apple Chill to Expand Westward

Because of an increase in interest from both vendors and fairgoers, the Apple Chill Street Fair will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year by expanding ...

Should People Marry or Just Stay Single?

I'll be the first to admit that I'm usually not the person most of my friends come to for relationship advice.

Legislators React To Redistricting

N.C. legislators have reacted in a variety of ways to the state Supreme Court's decision to hear a case about congressional redistricting. The lawsuit, ...

Tar Heels Batter Old Dominion Pitching in Blowout

NORFOLK, Va. -- The North Carolina baseball team banged out a season-high 21 hits in a 23-3 rout of Old Dominion on Tuesday afternoon at Bud Metheny Stadium. ...

S.C. Governor Seeks Repeal Of N.C. Lottery Ticket Law

S.C. Gov. Jim Hodges asked N.C. legislators Monday to repeal a law that outlaws possessing lottery tickets, according to The Associated Press. The request ...

Local School Board Chooses Future Discussion Topics

The Orange County Board of Education decided Monday night which topics members wish to discuss with Orange County Commissioners at a March 25 joint meeting. About ...

Diverse Economy Mitigates Recession

Experts say the state's current fiscal crisis is rooted not only in the economic recession but in tax collection methods and the struggling manufacturing ...

Proposal to Add Faculty BOT Seat Sparks Debate Among University, State Officials

University and state officials are voicing differing opinions about the possibility of adding an ex officio seat for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty to the University's ...

Kudzu 3/06/02

Experts Respond to Bush's Welfare Plans

After President Bush addressed Congress last week about strengthening a 1996 welfare law, some officials are left wondering whether it is feasible to ...

Trustee Stresses Education in House Race

UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees member Richard Stevens says he is primarily running for a seat in the N.C. House because he wants to make sure public ...

UNC Merit Scholars Quadrupled

The number of National Merit Scholars in UNC's freshman class has nearly quadrupled in the three years that the University has sponsored National Merit ...

N.C. Education Funding Up $143 Million

North Carolina will receive an increase of $143 million in federal funding for education from the previous year as part of the No Child Left Behind Act, ...

Campus Calendar

Today 10 a.m. -- The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive on the bloodmobile bus. The event, sponsored by the Black ...

Clarence Thomas Visit Causes Boycott at UNC

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to speak on campus today, an event that some UNC professors say they plan to boycott. Gene Nichol, ...

BOG to Vote Today On Whether to Raise Student Fees

The UNC-system Board of Governors is slated to vote today on student fee increases that officials say typically result from the poor state of the economy ...

Students to Rally for Low Tuition

Students from across the state are planning to rally at the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting today in a last-ditch effort to convince board members ...

Actress: Turn Critical Eye to Government

Actress Alfre Woodard urged a captive Memorial Hall audience Tuesday night to continue critiquing the government's actions and not be swept away by the ...

Newcomer to Challenge Price for 4th District Seat

The only challenge facing U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., in his re-election campaign for his seat in the 2002 congressional election will come from Republican ...