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Reform advocates say new ethics law a start

By Brendan Brown | November 29

In the aftermath of recent state political scandals, campaign finance reform could be the next step toward healing what some consider an ailing political ...

Diversity efforts meet Facebook

By Hannah Edwards | November 29

"Nap Club" boasts almost 3,000 members, and "I trip on the uneven bricks" has more than 4,000. Facebook.com groups link friends and strangers who share ...

City briefs

November 28

Chorus concert to benefit school destroyed in fire The Orange High School Choral Department will hold its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Thursday ...

Wage debate may hit home

By Andrew Dunn | November 28

Under Democratic control the U.S. Congress might bring more money for part-time student workers along with financial worries for University departments. When ...

Opera set for Memorial Hall stage

By Katherine Latshaw | November 28

Although Mozart has been dead for more than 200 years, his comedic opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" will be brought to life when it premieres tonight in Memorial ...

Vigil begins HIV awareness week

By Hannah Edwards | November 28

A candlelight vigil held Monday in the Pit kicked off the week of events leading up to World AIDS Day on Friday. Sarahmona Przybyla, a Carolina Health ...

UNC gets Holocaust archive

By Lauren Harvey | November 28

UNC now has access to the world's largest archive of video testimonials from the Holocaust. The archive includes more than 52,000 interviews with survivors ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | November 28

A Durham man was arrested at 2:16 a.m. Sunday on a misdemeanor charge of trespassing, according to Chapel Hill police reports. According to reports, ...

Officials consider revamping town based on Madison model

By Laura Smith | November 28

Everyone was anxious to put their ideas on the table Monday at a meeting to follow up a September inter-city trip to Madison, Wis., attended by officials ...

Burr talks on economic shifts

By Molly Malloy | November 28

Butch Davis wasn't the only big name to set foot in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on Monday. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., spoke at the second ...

Tar Heels turn to Davis

November 28

Butch Davis had never set foot inside Kenan Stadium before Monday.But at 3 p.m., the former coach at the University of Miami and the Cleveland Browns, ...

Handmade hobby on tap

November 28

Stockton Perry's friends are probably glad his new hobby isn't knitting. The UNC senior recently made his first batch of home-brewed beer and said ...

Future depends on time, recruits

By DANIEL MALLOY | November 28

Director of Athletics Dick Baddour started Monday's news conference by saying, "Thank you for your patience in getting to this day." He was referring ...

Team to test skating skills

By Kevin Kiley | November 28

While nine people gliding across ice backwards toward each other at high speeds might sound dangerous, the UNC synchronized figure skating team, UNsynC, ...

Campus briefs

November 28

Structural model helps to understand vital protein University researchers have developed a molecular model that helps solve a scientific mystery about ...

Photojournalist to show work

By Emily Stephenson | November 28

Ami Vitale photographed the conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990s. She took photos of a post-civil-war village in western Africa. She spent the majority ...

Town moves ahead on aquatics facility

By Andy Kenney | November 28

Chapel Hill is making strides on a new aquatics center at Homestead Park. The Chapel Hill Town Council voted to accept the Resolute Building Co.'s ...

Where the heart is

By NICOLE NORFLEET | November 28

Katie Dinterman is homeless. The senior isn't sleeping on benches or begging for spare change on Franklin Street, but during school breaks she has ...

Morehead alumna to host New York event

By NATE HEWITT | November 28

Recent UNC graduates can hobnob with more established alumni thanks to reduced registration rates at select events. The events, which are used for ...

Chapel Hill boasts some of safest roads in the state

By Emily Gallimore | November 28

For the third consecutive year, Chapel Hill was recognized by AAA Carolinas as one of the five safest North Carolina municipalities for traffic with populations ...