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Culture drives book dialogue

By WHITNEY KISLING | August 22

Sitting in a circle Monday afternoon about 20 first-year students were given their first introduction to University academics. The students met Chancellor ...

Parent wallets sapped by school supplies

By RACHEL ULLRICH | August 22

Everyone knows back-to-school shopping involves more than buying pencils and glue sticks. There's the first-day outfit, the book covers, the gel pens ...

A west side story

By Staff Editor | August 22

Workers remove debris from West House on Aug. 18, just after its demolition. A group of preservationists fought to keep the quaint house, which was built ...

Carolina United explores diversity

By WHITNEY KISLING | August 22

EFLAND - Both Freshman Camp and Pre-Orientation introduce students to UNC, and both provide a place for freshmen to make friends. Junior Matt Hendren ...

Daily Dose

By From staff and wire reports | August 22

As students head back to the classroom, they have a new excuse to stay out of the library: According to Pope Benedict XVI, working too hard bruises the ...

UNC students witnesses to war

By JULIE TURKEWITZ | August 22

Hanin Khasru's summer played out like a terrifying dream she wished she never had, she said. For the senior biology major, it began with a flight to ...

Fringe a fine stage for UNC drama alums

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | August 22

Thousands of people come to New York every year with the hopes of seeing their names in a playbill. The Broadway and off-Broadway world that inhabits ...

Study targets print lab usage

By WHITNEY KISLING | August 22

Printing a single page from any of the computer labs on campus will require a One Card and, in some cases, a nickel beginning the first day of classes. During ...

Revamped store ready after delays

By MAC MOLLISON | August 22

After much renovation, an expanded Student Stores is open for business just in time for the start of classes. But ongoing construction on the Pit-level ...

Town, county set for new managers

By JESSICA SCHONBERG | August 22

When the man who sits at the top of a town's organizational chart announces he's going to retire, it creates a unique challenge and opportunity. So ...

Zartman, 21, UNC senior

By Staff Editor | August 22

Jennifer Leigh Edwards Zartman, 21, a rising UNC senior, died in early August when her car was involved in a head-on collision. Zartman, 21, of Charlotte, ...

Moving on up

By Staff Editor | August 22

Kate Crockett (left) and Meredith Engelen, both freshmen, brave Saturday's heat to unpack and arrange their room in Hinton James Residence Hall. New student ...

Reported violence causes club closings

By JESSICA SCHONBERG | August 22

Those who get their dancing fix at local clubs now have a few less options as they migrate downtown. Both Avalon and Chi Hi are closed. Chapel Hill ...

CUAB to offer comedy, concerts and more

By Beth Dozier | August 22

Carolina Union Activities Board President Erika Stallings wants students to know that the Student Union is more than a place to grab a bagel, and that ...

Student health options altered

By ERIN ZUREICK | August 22

More changes are on the way this fall for students who seek medical attention on campus. During the past year, campus health services were reshaped, ...

Changes underway for Ackland Art Museum

By Will Halman | August 22

The Ackland Art Museum is on the verge of big changes. With an upcoming season of exhibits and events, a plan for the expansion of the museum to more ...

New students welcomed at traditional ceremony

August 22

The sidewalks overflowed Sunday night as hundreds of first-year students poured into the Smith Center for new-student convocation. The ceremony gave ...

Fall Fest celebration considered a success

By Bethany Black | August 22

Nothing makes freshmen trade South Campus for South Road like the lure of free food. A mix of musical acts, raffles, games and, yes, free samples, ...

Construction blankets campus

By ERIN ZUREICK | August 22

The paint has just begun to dry on the new walls of Chapman Hall. Nestled between Carroll and Venable halls, the new physical sciences building soon ...

Bowles' business savvy is serving UNC system

By ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS | August 22

When UNC-system President Erskine Bowles swept into office last January, he sought to use his business background to transform the way state universities ...