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By Staff Editor | February 15

Friday — Sangam will present the first South Asian Film Festival from 6 p.m. to midnight, which will continue from 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday, ...

Bill would prohibit underage phone use while driving

By KRISTIN PRATT | February 15

Chatty teenage drivers will face restrictions on their cell phone use if the N.C. General Assembly approves a bill introduced last week. Sen. Andrew ...

Aldermen seek a sustainable town

By TED STRONG | February 15

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen spent much of its Monday planning retreat debating how the town can best use zoning changes and commerce initiatives to ...

Board of Education evaluates recommendations to improve school day

February 15

Changes in workplace conditions might be in the future for local teachers. During day one of a two-day planning conference, members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

Farmers want $240 million from tobacco co-op

February 15

Tobacco farmers claimed Friday in court that they are getting the raw end of the deal from the North Carolina-based Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization ...

AP science program named best in nation

February 15

The students and teachers of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science course at East Chapel Hill High School can now rightfully claim that their class ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | February 15

Finance department takes honors for readable budget Mayor Kevin Foy presented Finance Director Kay Johnson and the town finance department with the ...

Campus briefs

By Staff Editor | February 15

$5,200 stolen from 2 ATMs near Smith Center on Sunday A total of $5,200 was stolen from two separate ATMs close to the basketball office of the Smith ...

Abortion coverage faces scrutiny

By MATT BOWLES | February 14

Some state senators are seeking to alter the state’s health care policy to prohibit its coverage of abortions, and while most say the measure isn’t ...

Softball team jumps to 5-0 start

By RACHEL SODER | February 14

After scoring five runs in just the third inning Saturday, it looked as though East Tennessee State had North Carolina’s number. Guess again. The ...

Actors recount their own tales of womanhood

By KATHY CHO | February 14

All week long, the word gleamed from one side of a Cube, grabbing attention, inviting stares — “vagina.” In the Pit, unabashed pink ...

State & national briefs

By Staff Editor | February 14

Driver’s education teacher gets run over by student STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — A driver’s education instructor was run over by one of ...

Pringle shines in UNC victory

By Jacob Karabell | February 14

A North Carolina freshman forward finished Friday’s game perfect from the field and perfect from the foul line, in addition to tying a career high ...

SBP must balance administrative role

By DON CAMPBELL | February 14

The winner of Tuesday’s runoff election for student body president will have to wear “two hats” as soon as he steps into his new role. Besides ...

Crowd wowed by touching 'Vagina'

February 14

Women and men of all ages waited in line outside Gerrard Hall on Friday and Saturday night to hear monologues about women and their vaginas. A cast ...

Unique plans might garner student votes

By KATIE CLINE | February 14

From establishing a student government group on Thefacebook to creating an on-campus farmer’s market, candidates for student body president are ...

Law enforcement saw early diversity

February 14

Fifty-three demonstrators arrested, doused with ammonia and laundry bleach. Sixteen arrested at sit-in, including staffers from both UNC and Duke University. Fourteen ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | February 14

Orange County offers free tax assistance to residents Free tax services are being offered through April for county residents of all ages. Volunteer ...

CHICLE hosts forum on Colombian violence

By MONA SONI | February 14

The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Education in Carrboro took on Colombian violence Sunday. CHICLE addressed the issue by showing ...

Fencers fall in invitational

February 14

DURHAM — The North Carolina men’s fencing team won two of five dual meets, while the women went 1-3 after the Tar Heels faced tough competition ...