A few weeks ago, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education voted to withdraw support from the local Boy Scouts. They found that since the Scouts' national policy doesn't "allow for the registration of avowed homosexuals as members or as leaders," they could no longer let troops meet on school grounds. You see, the school board includes sexual orientation as a part of its nondiscrimination policy.
Read More »A few weeks ago, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education voted to withdraw support from the local Boy Scouts. They found that since the Scouts' national policy doesn't "allow for the registration of avowed homosexuals as members or as leaders," they could no longer let troops meet on school grounds. You see, the school board includes sexual orientation as a part of its nondiscrimination policy.
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Read More »The first bill introduced to the 144th session of the N.C. General Assembly deals with one of the controversial issues legislatures will have to tackle this session -- a statewide lottery.House Bill 1, which would allow a state lottery primarily aimed at funding education, was introduced Wednesday, the first day of the legislative session.Rep. Bill Owens, D-Camden, introduced the bill, motivated mainly, he said, by the millions of dollars N.C. residents spend annually on out-of-state lotteries.Owens' bill would divert 25 percent of the lottery proceeds to prekindergarten programs.
Read More »Students who complain about the financial burden of paying parking tickets might find themselves even more strapped next fall if a University committee's recommendations go into effect.The Transportation and Parking Advisory Committee voted Wednesday to recommend several changes in parking fees and zoning.
Read More »Planning for growth is one of the things Chapel Hill Town Council members like to think they're good at, but their recent actions and proposals have been inconsistent with each other and with the stated goal of smart growth. The Town Council passed a resolution endorsing widening sections of Weaver Dairy Road to three lanes. This resolution goes against a recommendation from Town Manager Cal Horton to widen it to four lanes.Growth means more people and more traffic and should mean more road space, right?Not really. Chapel Hill officials are, for the most part, anti-Urban Sprawl.
Read More »CARRBORO -- Residents who live in affordable housing units in Carrboro shared their repair needs with town officials in an effort to receive state funding. The Carrboro Board of Alderman held a public hearing Tuesday evening to receive comments on community housing needs from local residents. But before the aldermen can move forward, they were required to have a public hearing for the annual N.C. Community Development Block Grant program. The grant will be handed out only to residents in Carrboro who demonstrate the most need.
Read More »Snatch It's a good thing Joe Lieberman isn't British. If the senator, who has set out to clean up the violence in American films, were from the Isles, then the crime comedy "Snatch" would be the first target for demolition.Written and directed by Guy Ritchie (better known as the new Mr.
Read More »Although Chancellor James Moeser took action against unjust labor code violations last week, student activists are still not satisfied.About 10 members of Students for Economic Justice and other students congregated at the Old Well on Wednesday to continue protesting unfair labor practices at the Kukdong International factory in Puebla, Mexico. The Nike manufacturer produces UNC garments.Hundreds of employees at the Nike factory staged a workers' strike Jan. 9 after 20 workers allegedly were fired for complaining about poor food and low wages.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR:Well, after four years of seeing a repeated trend of favoritism on campus and in The Daily Tar Heel, the front page of the Jan. 22 the DTH confirmed all suspicions. When most newspapers across the state were printing headlines containing appropriate news, such as "New President Sworn In" or "Bush Promises ...," our left-wing paper decided to show the minority view of our country's inauguration - that of protests and, quite simply, whining. "Amid Clamor ...," it read.
Read More »Matt Doherty didn't get the satisfaction of looking at the final stat sheet and seeing a number in the 30s under Virginia's field-goal percentage.Instead, North Carolina's coach had to settle for one under Joseph Forte's scoring total.Forte scored 33 points on Wednesday night to lead fifth-ranked UNC to a 88-81 victory against 13th-ranked Virginia in front of 21,750 fans at the Smith Center. Forte hit 13 of his 23 field-goal attempts from the field and also finished with five rebounds and four assists."He's a tremendous player," Virginia coach Pete Gillen said.
Read More »Each year you and I get a chance to start over. We make one resolution or many, which if we follow them through will make us better. Rarely can the past be wiped away so easily. The new year is a time to form new habits -- good habits -- and still it is the end of a time, the chance to scrap an old you and me, pieces of ourselves, or habits we didn't mean to make - old resolutions we never carried out. The new year is a time for, as Robert Frost wrote in the poem "Birches," "going and coming" or put simply, for ending and beginning again.
Read More »The Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen are both interested in supporting a fare-free bus system, but only if students are willing to chip in.With Student Congress' decision to place a referendum on the ballot Feb.
Read More »When it comes to politics, the attitude of most college students can be summed up by Clark Gable's line from "Gone With the Wind" -- "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."A survey conducted last fall by University of California at Los Angeles researchers found only 28.1 percent of college freshmen nationwide considered "keeping up to date with political affairs" to be "essential or very important." At UNC, 40.3 percent of freshmen gave the same response.But UNC student political activists say freshmen are essential parts to their organizati
Read More »The second and final candidate for the director of Greek affairs outlined six principles he thinks should guide the future of UNC's Greek community in an open forum Wednesday afternoon.
Read More »Record labels and record stores get their fair shares of credit for driving the music industry. But most music fans don't stop to think about how music gets from one to the other. It's a process more complicated than it seems, and it takes hundreds of CD distributors across the country to move music from your favorite bands to the record store in your hometown.If you think distributors are just glorified shipping companies that needn't concern you, think again next time you complain about shelling out $17 for a CD.
Read More »Beginning tonight, the spotlight is turned on the troubled lives of Americans.Chapel Hill's Wordshed Productions puts on "Outside the Lines: A Performance Festival About American Identity" through Saturday. Featuring artists from the Triangle, the production is composed of four separate pieces presented by different directors and groups of actors.
Read More »Virginia could have used a sixth Cavalier on the floor Wednesday night at the Smith Center.After all, North Carolina's Blue team got that luxury in practice this week while preparing UNC for the game."We were practicing the press against the Blue team like two days ago and were turning the ball over a lot," UNC point guard Ronald Curry said."The execution was good tonight. We did have one or two turnovers, but we handled the press well. I think that's the difference in the game."The No.
Read More »Take a trip down memory lane with me, and think back to your days as an innocent youth. You were in elementary school, and you hadn't a care in the world.You eagerly awoke Saturday morning early enough to catch every minute of your favorite cartoons, such as the CBS Saturday Supercade lineup (with such classics as Pac-Man, Q-bert and Donkey Kong).
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