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First Amendment case a long time coming

By KAVITA PILLAI | February 21

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce today whether an almost six-year saga involving the strength and breadth of certain First Amendment protections ...

Osceola finds national name

By Desiree Shoe | February 21

Osceola Recording Studios might be hidden away in a nondescript building in downtown Raleigh, but its reputation is growing in music circles across the ...

Board looks to shake up county election process

February 21

In the early 1990s, residents of the rural part of Orange County put forth a petition to change the representation of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Thirteen ...

Bump, set, fall in the mud, spike

By JULIE TURKEWITZ | February 21

Six-and-a-half hours and 12 inches of sludge into his fifth oozeball tournament, Pete Paulatos finally won the title he'd been seeking: champion of the ...

Petersen & Schmidt

By Staff Editor | February 21

Why did you decide to run for office? By being involved on campus, I have met many wonderful people in various groups. I want the seniors to have someone ...

Second UNC alumnus strives for Oscar glory

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | February 21

The casual observer might not have noticed it, but director George Clooney's 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck" took place entirely indoors. And ...

Weiss & Mcdonald

By Staff Editor | February 21

Why did you decide to run for office? Running for senior class president is something I have been mulling for more than a year. It is a great way to ...

Low-income efforts aimed at classrooms

By KYLE CHORPENING | February 21

Getting parents in low-income families back in the classroom is a key part in helping to better their economic situation, according to a state report ...

Study: Children left behind

By ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS | February 21

The federal government's practice of negotiating with individual states on No Child Left Behind standards came under fire last week by the Harvard University ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | February 21

A 20-year-old Winston-Salem man was the victim of assault with a deadly weapon at about 4 a.m. Sunday at Players, Chapel Hill police reports state. Reports ...

Town Council examines downtown project, office park

By Staff Editor | February 21

Green giant A mixed-use development in the Northside area drew significant comment at a public hearing before the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday ...

Latta steals show vs. B.C.

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 21

Everybody knows that Ivory Latta, North Carolina's sparkplug of a point guard, can dribble, drive, steal, shoot and generally harass any opponent she ...

Some politicos dig in for the long run

By SAMUEL LAU | February 21

When Joe Hackney first began serving as a representative in the N.C. General Assembly, Ronald Reagan was president, the Oakland Raiders were Super Bowl ...

Education drive crosses borders

By LINDSEY NAYLOR | February 21

When Ted St. Dic's mother was pregnant in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it would have been the trendy thing for her to hop a plane to the United States and grant ...

Team to answer community need

By RACHEL ULLRICH | February 21

As many students across the country took a day to relax, several Chapel Hill police officers spent Presidents Day back at school. During a daylong ...

Sheldon legacy persists after 15 years

By Shera Everette | February 21

Fifteen years after his death, the murder of Internationalist Books and Community Center founder Bob Sheldon remains unsolved, but his legacy lives on. Internationalist ...

Brown shoots for the center

By COLIN CAMPBELL | February 21

After working at N.C. State University, Christopher Brown is hoping to leave the Wolfpack and return to his alma mater as the director of the Morehead ...

Stipends talk wanes without a task force

By NATE HUBBARD | February 21

The creation of a task force to study student government stipends has been stalled for months. Now members of Student Congress say the idea to examine ...

Runoff election pits senior duos

By Brian Hudson | February 21

Then there were two. Well, four, actually. Rising seniors will choose between two pairs for senior class president and vice president today; Doug Weiss ...

Groups want manager for improved oversight

By RACHEL ULLRICH | February 21

Five local nonprofits are requesting funds to hire a rental property manager to oversee their work. Empowerment Inc., for whom the manager officially ...