Growth Plans Strain UNC, Town Relations

Chapel Hill Town Council members and University officials say they are committed to working together despite recently renewed tensions surrounding new ...

The Cold War Wages on in Friendly Skies

The Cold War was a formidable part of my childhood, and today, it's no more than a mere memory. My guess is that this is the same for almost all '80s ...

Helms, Frist Ask for More AIDS Aid

Sens. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and Bill Frist, R-Tenn., are proposing an amendment that would allocate an additional $500 million to fight AIDS ...

UNC Advances to 12th in NIH Funding

UNC now ranks 12th nationwide in the amount of research funds received from the National Institutes of Health, up from 13th last year. According to a ...

Columnist Ideas on Birth Control Are Misleading; Statistics Prove Different

TO THE EDITOR: While I applaud Travis Raines' conscientious pursuit of birth control and appreciate his candid account of vasectomy over Spring Break, ...

Blame Placed on Victim, Lack of Safety Is Wrong, And Change is Needed

TO THE EDITOR: I have never been so ashamed to attend this University as I was when I read the March 25 Daily Tar Heel article regarding incidents of ...

5-Year Hike Plans Take Back Seat

Long-term planning was emphasized time and again during recent discussion about setting tuition. But UNC-system officials now say they are loaded down ...

Local Officials Warn Latino Community About Scams

Local officials say they are actively reaching out to protect the Latino community from scams that aim to profit from some group members' lack ...

Chamber of Commerce Supports Immigration Reform

Recognizing the role that undocumented workers play in the local economy, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution Friday calling ...

Campus Chapter of Red Cross Organized; Interest Meeting Is Wednesday

TO THE EDITOR: We were at the Oklahoma City bombing. We were in Eastern North Carolina during Hurricane Floyd. We were in New York City and Washington, ...

Race and Residence: Housing Choices at UNC

Junior Fritzie Cathcart is a black student who lives off campus with two roommates who also are minority students. Cathcart said she chose to live off ...

Council OKs Talks on Tax On Athletics

The Chapel Hill Town Council approved a resolution Monday night that set a public hearing for April 8 to discuss taxing University athletics tickets. For ...

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Developments in the War on Terrorism

Rumsfeld: U.S. to Help Train New Army U.S. troops will begin training Afghan army soldiers to bolster security and guard borders in that still-unstable ...

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UNC, NCSU Discuss Joint Degree Program

UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University officials say they are looking to form a joint biomedical engineering program linking the state's top research ...

Blaze Might Incite Shift in Fire Codes

In response to a recent Greensboro apartment fire that killed four residents, building inspectors are calling for new requirements to install fire detectors ...

Pundits: Campaign Finance Bill to Change Little

The potential benefits of the campaign finance reform bill that passed the Senate last week have not enthused many political experts. But some pundits ...

Campus Calendar

Today 11 a.m. -- The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive until 4 p.m. in the Great Hall in the Student Union. 1:30 ...