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North Carolina passes lottery

By ERIC JOHNSON | August 31

It was an anxious scene as 48 N.C. Senators and a standing room only crowd awaited the final tally. Nearly two hours of debate and procedural protests ...

UNC diversifies religious studies program

By KATHRYN BALES | August 31

The University is introducing this year an undergraduate minor in Christianity studies, marking a major change in the already diverse religion studies ...

Campus Briefs

By From staff and wire reports | August 31

Red Cross blood drive to benefit hurricane victims The Red Cross is holding a blood drive today from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. The ...

Textbook market tightens up

August 31

Allison Barnett, a UNC-Chapel Hill biology major, didn’t want to comb local bookstores or surf international Web sites for the slew of textbooks required ...

Planks slow to reach fruition

By KATIE HOFFMANN | August 31

Student Body President Seth Dearmin had mixed success this summer — tackling some of his platform planks but letting others slip by. While some ...

State & Nation Briefs

August 31

Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on Gulf Coast area GULFPORT, Miss. — Gulf Coast residents staggered from the body-blow inflicted by Hurricane ...

Festival not short of new talent

By WHITNEY ISENHOWER | August 31

For one local filmmaker, the movie “Deliverance” is significant for more than its “squeal like a pig” line. Emily Marroquin, ...

Book offers clear hindsight

By JENNY RUBY | August 30

Chancellor James Moeser looked at the circle of first-year students in his freshman summer reading group and noticed a glaring similarity. “Look ...

Group loses office as local elections loom

By Brian Hudson | August 30

With a little more than two months left until town elections, VoteCarolina, student government’s voter registration arm, finds itself both gearing ...

Gifted classes rise from dead

August 30

The start of the school year means plenty of new beginnings. For 71 students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the first day of class Thursday ...

Students yearn, jockey for coveted in-state residency

By KATIE HOFFMANN | August 30

With the gap between in-state and out-of-state tuition widening, many students will attempt this fall to change their residency status. Success in ...

Council to revisit business fee

August 30

When Chapel Hill Town Council members proposed a significant hike in the fee for privilege licenses in June, they didn’t expect to create so much ...

Campus Briefs

By From staff and wire reports | August 30

Online degree initiative to benefit doctoral students The UNC School of Public Health is offering the nation's first doctorate in health leadership ...

New Carrboro hopefuls mull town's future

By MEGHAN DAVIS | August 30

Issues don’t change much from year to year, but four new candidates in Carrboro say it’s time they were viewed in a fresh light. Six candidates ...

Arts advocates strive for unity

By JIM WALSH | August 30

The campus arts community is thriving, but something is amiss. With student-run performances happening almost every weekend and more than 70 culture ...

Military applications decline

By KRISTIN PRATT | August 30

Despite the unpopularity of continued action in Iraq, enrollment in major military academies remains stable, but the number of applicants is decreasing. At ...

Chapel Hill, Carrboro eye Wal-Mart warily

By MEGHAN DAVIS | August 30

The possibility of a big-box retailer popping up south of Orange County has raised questions about large-scale development in the more rural areas surrounding ...

City Briefs

By From staff and wire reports | August 30

Police substation to open today on Market Street The Chapel Hill Police Department will hold an opening ceremony for its new substation in Southern ...

Frustrating finale fuels women's soccer in 2005

August 30

No returning player on the North Carolina women’s soccer team can easily forget last season’s 1-0 loss to Santa Clara in the third round of ...

Pressures pile up on students

By JULIA FURLONG | August 30

The life of a college student is a life envied by many. It is a time to study interests, to lounge on quads and to pursue passions. But like any ...