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Speaker blasts campus biases

By STACEY CARLESS | April 19

Classrooms across the country lack political diversity, a Santa Clara University professor of economics said during a lecture at UNC on Monday night. The ...

Reps change stance on bill

By INDIA AUTRY AND EMMA BURGIN | April 19

Several state legislators have withdrawn their support of a bill that would provide in-state tuition to some illegal immigrants wanting to attend public ...

NCAA president to headline panel

By DANIEL MALLOY | April 19

Every year, athletes and coaches toss around words like “leadership” and “chemistry” in an attempt to achieve the intangible factors ...

Police log

April 19

- Chapel Hill police arrested a Yanceyville man at 4 p.m. Sunday and charged him with one felony count of first-degree rape, one felony count of ...

Calendar

By Staff Editor | April 19

Wednesday — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental attorney and author who serves as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Schools aid fight for math, science

By VICTORIA WILSON | April 19

Universities must address the nation’s shortage of math and science professionals, UNC-system officials say, but state schools won’t have ...

Council talks all relative

By TED STRONG | April 19

Some members of the Chapel Hill Town Council said Monday night that area residents ought to be able to live with as many of their unrelated cohorts as ...

Diversity becomes key in scholarship choices

April 18

High test scores and a notable class rank might not be enough to snag a high-school student a merit scholarship to UNC-Chapel Hill. Not anymore, at ...

Virginia squeezes out victory

By RACHEL SODER | April 18

It was only a slight tap that rolled barely three feet in front of the plate. It doesn’t seem like much, but despite scattering seven other solid ...

WNBA selects UNC senior

By Jacob Karabell | April 18

Midway through the 2004-05 season, North Carolina senior Nikita Bell lost her starting spot after scoring just four points in consecutive contests against ...

Seniors stroke toward the end

By JERRI SIMMONS | April 18

Dozens of sleepy, somber-faced students lined the Bowman Gray Memorial Pool at 9:30 a.m. Friday, many of them seniors waiting to plunge into the last ...

Terrapins trounce No. 6 Tar Heels

April 18

North Carolina goalkeeper Kristen Hordy hit her stick against the ground in frustration. Fifteen seconds later — after another Maryland goal ...

Price pushes campaign, election bills

By KRISTIN PRATT | April 18

The effort to make candidates more responsible for their campaign ads and to help potential voters be more aware of the origin of messages has stepped ...

New building to host tech hub

By GREG STEEN | April 18

UNC took a step toward revolutionizing computer services and research on campus Friday with the kickoff of a construction project that will take more ...

UNC barely avoids 'cane sweep

By Brian MacPherson | April 18

North Carolina had put itself in position to win, to salvage a single victory from a series in which its pitchers couldn’t find the strike zone ...

UNC improves at Fast Times

April 18

With the ACC championships only a week away, the North Carolina track and field team focused on improving individual performances at the Carolina Fast ...

Errors help team drop series

By GABRIELLE DE ROSA | April 18

Two weeks ago North Carolina baseball coach Mike Fox said it would only be a matter of time before the Tar Heels’ errors would cost them entire ...

Orange County looks to free up funds

By CHRIS CARMICHAEL | April 18

Alarm about a perceived backlog of building maintenance issues has the Orange County Board of Commissioners mulling several options for diverting funding ...

Act may not hit proficiency goal

By CAROLYN SOROCK | April 18

A new report contends that President Bush’s No Child Left Behind initiative for public education might not achieve its goal of 100 percent proficiency ...

Council to tweak rules on duplexes

By TED STRONG | April 18

Duplexes have been a key part of Chapel Hill’s housing scene, and they have also been a disdained part. Now the Chapel Hill Town Council is considering ...