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Citizen hopes vote forges new nation

By JULIA FURLONG | January 31

Maha Alattar waited a long time for Sunday, the official Election Day in Iraq. So long, in fact, that the assistant professor of neurology at UNC cast ...

Carrboro seeks feedback on new park equipment

By JENNIFER FAIR | January 31

Carrboro children are one step closer to new slides and climbing walls, and parents have the chance to influence the features of that equipment. The ...

Grant aids health care in Rwanda

By MEGHAN DAVIS | January 31

Two companies with University ties will lead a new health care project in Rwanda through a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. IntraHealth ...

End abuse in youth athletics

By Staff Editor | January 31

Imagine your favorite coach. Now imagine your favorite coach as a sexual predator. Disgusting, isn’t it? Yet unfortunately, that was the scenario ...

State leaders call for limits

By ERIC JOHNSON | January 31

After a failed bid last session, Senate Republicans again are seeking to amend the N.C. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, but the amendment’s ...

University could diverge from system

By KAVITA PILLAI | January 31

Despite every indication from the UNC system’s governing body that campus-based tuition increases will not be approved this year, UNC-Chapel Hill ...

Session's start sees bevy of proposals

By JAMES EDWARD DILLARD | January 31

The nitty-gritty of the political process began last week as the N.C. General Assembly returned to session. After being sworn in Wednesday, legislators ...

UNC routs 2nd top-30 team in as many weeks

By MARY DUBY | January 31

If there is one thing the North Carolina women’s tennis team hasn’t shied away from so far this season, it’s tough competition. Just ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | January 31

A UNC Health Care employee was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor damage to personal ...

UNC aims to reach NCAAs

January 31

For the collegiate athletes at the UNC Invitational, the main goal was to post a good enough time, distance or height to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The ...

Defensive effort seals victory for Tar Heels

By Jacob Karabell | January 31

ATLANTA — As the region surrounding Alexander Memorial Coliseum thawed from Saturday’s ice storm, the two offenses inside the arena Sunday ...

Cartoonist's talk spawns good humor

By MEREDITH LEE MILLER | January 31

Political cartoons are intended to provoke laughter — but sometimes, they spark outrage. That’s what editorial cartoonist and writer Doug ...

Grad students' costs balloon

By Brian Hudson | January 31

Every year for the past five years, University leaders have proposed campuswide tuition hikes. And every year for the past five years, the increases ...

Men's swimming dominates

By RACHEL SODER | January 31

By Rachel Soder Assistant Sports Editor On what was to be Senior Day at Koury Natatorium on Saturday for the North Carolina men’s swimming ...

Questions raised by 'negative' stumping

By KATIE HOFFMANN | January 31

The lack of a concrete definition of “negative campaigning” in the Student Code has led to controversy in this year’s student elections. Student ...

Child care to see more funds

By KATHERINE EVANS | January 31

Child care services at UNC soon will be more accessible to students and employees with last fall’s student fee increase, members of the Chancellor’s ...

Price blasts Bush plan for reforms

By TED STRONG | January 31

U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., lambasted the Bush administration’s position on social programs Friday, saying the White House is focusing on the ...

UNC slams Cavaliers

By Ben Couch | January 31

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With 6 minutes and 15 seconds left in the first half of Saturday’s game, J.R. Reynolds nailed a 3-pointer to give Virginia ...

City high school No. 3 delayed, lacking permit

By EREN TATARAGASI | January 31

Construction of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ high school No. 3 has been postponed again because of a delay in the approval of a permit allowing ...

Navy, N.C. State crush UNC

By DANIEL MALLOY | January 31

Facing his second match in two days and suffering from a torn oblique muscle, North Carolina 125-pound wrestler Bobby Shaw had every reason to take a ...