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Affirmative action harms, official says

By KATHRYN BALES | April 13

Students got a professional perspective on modern civil rights issues Tuesday night from a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Peter ...

Committee plans summer events

April 13

When citizens charged with planning town-sponsored summer events met Tuesday, they agreed that the programs would provide a boost to downtown vitality. But ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | April 13

Carrboro to re-examine plan for parks, recreation facilities Carrboro is in the process of updating its 11-year-old Recreation and Parks Master Plan ...

System wants Cohen to speak

By GREG STEEN | April 13

Just two weeks after taking over the Honor System Outreach program, coordinator Shelly Schaaf is making a move to illuminate the group’s role on ...

Partnership could foster businesses

By EREN TATARAGASI | April 13

A stronger relationship with the University might be just what Carrboro needs to improve its economic vibrancy, town officials say. In particular, ...

Students' input central to talks

April 13

Many University students have tried — and failed — to become a member of the Chapel Hill Town Council. Michael McSwain experienced the ...

Youth programs could be cut

By SETH PEAVEY | April 13

Two leadership-oriented summer camps for N.C. middle and high school students might be eliminated from the state budget if some lawmakers have their way. The ...

Writers make an a-peel-ing blend

By Kristen Williams | April 13

Eventually, any journalist might tire of conducting interviews. Not Peter Koechley, staff writer for The Onion. But it might help that in the newsroom ...

The final lap

By Laura Youngs | April 13

All that red carpeting in the Legislative Building finally got a taste of Carolina blue. Hundreds of legislators and Tar Heel fans packed the N.C. ...

UNC battles in tough league

By Staff Editor | April 13

When looking at the North Carolina men’s tennis team, nobody would argue that this team is a shadow of the UNC squad that finished in the top 20 ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | April 13

from staff reports A Pennsylvania man’s 2004 Yamaha motorcycle was stolen Monday, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to ...

McCants to announce plans

By DEREK HOWLES | April 13

Ever since Sean May grabbed the final rebound of North Carolina’s championship season, a single question has loomed ominously over the basketball ...

ASG sees tweaks to budget

By VICTORIA WILSON | April 12

The 2005-06 budget for the UNC-system Association of Student Governments represents the new administration’s goal for stronger leadership and more ...

County schools eye teachers' stipends

April 12

As they work to prepare a budget for next fiscal year, county school board members also are looking at ways to reward and retain some of the district’s ...

South Asian fraternity gets official recognition

By KATHERINE EVANS | April 12

Greek officials granted South Asian interest fraternity Delta Sigma Iota official recognition Thursday, after initially denying the fraternity entrance ...

Employees of state may see 5 percent raise

By JAMES EDWARD DILLARD | April 12

Nicole Darnall, a professor of public administration at N.C. State University, is leaving home. After four years at N.C. State, she and her husband, ...

Students snags awards

By STACEY CARLESS | April 12

Hugs and photographs were the theme of the day Monday, when top University officials handed out some of UNC’s most prestigious awards. Students, ...

Library Week offers mercy, prizes

By SAM SHEPARD | April 12

Dig up that old library copy of “A Tale of Two Cities” this week and bring it to its rightful home. If you do, you might find that the ...

Council critiques spending proposal

By CHRIS CARMICHAEL | April 12

After a stint in citizens’ hands, responsibility for the town budget is now squarely back under the purview of the Chapel Hill Town Council. The ...

Holocaust survivors share tales of perseverance

April 12

Three women who survived the Holocaust personified history-book lessons for an intimate group of students Monday night. Although each woman detailed ...