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Roman Candle ready to ignite Cradle stage

By Staff Editor | August 24

Chapel Hill rock 'n' roll band Roman Candle loves this town - and the five members love filling it with dancing bodies and solid, well-constructed music. The ...

CAA, CUAB plan show

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | August 23

With annual homecoming festivities improving in scale and popularity during the past three years, the Carolina Athletic Association and the Carolina Union ...

New exchange program set for fall 2007

By SHARI FELD | August 23

Move over, double majors. Joint-degree programs are the newest dream come true for overachievers. The UNC-system Board of Governors earlier this month ...

Student housing hit by crime

By JESSICA SCHONBERG | August 23

Many students say living in their college home is like playing house. But despite how much you might feel like you're just pretending, those properties ...

Tuition pay options altered

By COLIN CAMPBELL | August 23

Visa claims that its credit cards are accepted "everywhere you want to be." But for those who want to be at UNC, that's not quite right. Effective ...

FDA reviewing Plan B access

By LINDSEY NAYLOR | August 23

After three years of Food and Drug Administration indecision on the status of Plan B morning-after pills, women across the nation and UNC campus soon ...

Classes shifting back to Venable

By ERIN ZUREICK | August 23

Chemistry students who thought they were done with the narrow corridors of Venable Hall should think again. Officials had hoped to begin classes today ...

Hillel appoints new executive director

By WHITNEY KISLING | August 23

A campus religious group will welcome a new leader this fall. Josh Blumenthal is the new executive director of N.C. Hillel - a student organization ...

Daily Dose

By Staff Editor | August 23

She's done slaying warlocks on the WB's "Charmed," and now ex-"Beverly Hills, 90210" star Shannen Doherty wants to get rid of your boyfriend. She forayed ...

Arts brief

August 23

Local music distribution company earns prize Redeye Distribution, which operates out of Haw River, N.C., was named the National Association of Record ...

Decker's guilty plea a black mark for speaker

August 23

The controversy surrounding N.C. House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, might impact his re-election and restructure the entire Democratic Party. Republicans ...

Jones took a class on biodiversity in Siberia

By Staff Editor | August 23

Stephanie Jones spent her summer abroad in Siberia with the Siberian Field Studies Program. Jones is a junior biochemistry major from Cary. She found ...

Watson explored England's culture

By Staff Editor | August 23

Erin Watson spent six weeks in England, three in London and three in Oxford, studying Shakespeare. Watson is a senior English major from Charlotte. ...

Benefit group sets last summer gig

By Adam Wright | August 23

Borders customers might be surprised to learn that the bookseller's upcoming promotion of Songs For Sixty-Five Roses isn't for the latest Nicholas Sparks ...

Students to fight 'freshman 15'

By JULIE TURKEWITZ | August 23

According to college lore, beer, late-night snacks and all-you-can eat meals cause students to gain 15 pounds during their first year of college. The ...

Campus briefs

August 23

Scholarship available for students of Dare County Kitty Hawk-native Joseph Thomas Lamb Jr. and his wife, Ann Rochelle Lamb, have endowed a need-based ...

Court rules on cigarette labeling tactic

By ERIN FRANCE | August 23

Eight major cigarette companies were convicted of racketeering Thursday for deceiving the public about the health hazards of smoking, which means smokers ...

Counseling, wellness head to oversee major changes

By ROBBY MARSHALL | August 23

Kathy Hotelling's office is still filled with boxes. The new leader of Counseling and Wellness Services said she's been bogged down with acquainting ...

Chapel Hill businesses hit the web

By Bryan Reed | August 23

In the year 2006, it often feels like everybody and their grandmother has a Web site. But until recently one fixture of the Chapel Hill arts scene did ...

Powerful front line looks to out-hit opposition

August 23

The inside of Fetzer gymnasium is quiet and hollow. But once the North Carolina women's volleyball team strides in and begins practice, it sounds like ...