UNC juniors and seniors will remember the Ramshead Rathskeller, which closed two years ago. The “Rat” is among my fondest memories of Chapel Hill. When I came to UNC in September 1948, I frequently went to Danziger’s Vienna Coffee Shop on Franklin Street, which was also a candy shop.
Read More »The amount of emotion expressed over placing a mosque near the former World Trade Center is surprising and befuddling to me. For eight years we lived under a presidency that, take it or leave it, was a very divisive one and resulted in a politically fractioned nation.
Read More »As educators, advisors, counselors and in the front lines with women and men starting their first year in colleges across the country this fall, we all need to stop our bystander approach to hazing and speak out. Tolerating hazing, or looking the other way, is just as bad as participating.
Read More »As one of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus family I say welcome and welcome back. For 15 years I have worked in buildings on Manning Drive, and so I am familiar with this street and the surrounding areas.
Read More »The Daily Tar Heel amped up efforts to reach readers through social media last year when we put someone in charge of building and interacting with the Chapel Hill community. As a news organization, we succeed only when we’re in touch with our readers.
Read More »A proposition to increase the sales tax on non-food items in Orange County is a necessary move in raising revenue to help improve government services and spur economic development.
Read More »UNC-TV should provide better information regarding their funding and relationship with the entities on which they are reporting when producing news programs like the Alcoa report earlier this summer.
Read More »Duke Energy’s decision to abandon the construction of wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound is indicative of just how uneconomical wind is as an energy source. If anything, Duke Energy should use its partnership with UNC to make the technology viable instead of implementing it as is. As it stands, wind technology in its current form is a raw deal for consumers, and hardly environmentally friendly. The original plan was to put three “demonstration” turbines in the Sound.
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A new year starts, and some familiar questions are posed. How will a lack of funds affect jobs and academic quality at the University?
Read More »A $950 tuition increase is not a good way to start off the school year, but it was what had to be done. The N.C. General Assembly authorized campuses to increase tuition to a maximum of $750. N.C. State University, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC School of the Arts all opted for the maximum.
Read More »Erskine Bowles is a difficult UNC-system president to replace. A successor surely exists, but the UNC system might be looking in the wrong places.
Read More »Downtown Franklin Street is looking more abandoned every day. While tumbleweeds haven’t been spotted yet, this isn’t the first time that empty storefronts have popped up.
Read More »My name is Rosario Lopez. I am a Tar Heel; I am also undocumented. I am not the only one who is both of those things.
Read More »eBooks Neutral Thumb For the last three months Amazon.com sold more electronic books than hardcovers.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: The voters and taxpayers of North Carolina are about to be taken on yet another ride for an extremely expensive, clearly unnecessary and destructive project to be paid for with their money.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: This is in regard to the letters of support for Burr and Marshall (“College Republicans stir up support for Burr,” “Elaine Marshall might not be ideal Senate candidate,” July 15). While I admire the two letter writers’ dedication to their causes, pro-Burr and pro-Marshall, we should not care if the best representative is Democrat or Republican because it no longer matters. Our two-party system is corrupt with power, special interest groups and lobbyists.
Read More »Tainted Dip Thumbs Down Your favorite dips might be the culprit of nearly 1 out of 25 foodbourne illnesses between 1998 and 2008.
Read More »While it is only to be expected that my counterpart at the Young Democrats, Mr. Storrow, should be fighting for Elaine Marshall to be elected to the U.S. Senate this November, he failed to mention why she offers a better alternative than Senator Burr. Probably because he realizes she doesn’t.
Read More »Students walk across campus everyday. Thus the student voice should naturally be one of the top concerns of the Board of Trustees as they make the decision about the pedestrian bridge. It is offensive to think otherwise.
Read More »You begin to look at life in a different way when you’re waiting in line for food stamps. For me, that point in life has come sooner than expected. I was made aware of the fact that I would soon be dependent on social services after learning how little a salary I will earn next year while working with City Year (part of AmeriCorps).
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