Women Increasingly Pursue Law Degrees; UNC Ahead of Trend

The UNC School of Law is riding a nationwide trend of women beginning to constitute a majority of law school students.And some law students and professors ...

Dinner Talk Focuses on Racism

Students and activists dined on sub sandwiches in a discussion-style setting Monday evening to define and share thoughts on institutional racism.About ...

Dilbert 4/3/2001

Gun Control Costs Innocent Lives

As the baseball bats shattered the front door, she locked herself in the bedroom. But soon the thugs attacked the bedroom door. It started to crack. Finally, ...

Report Serves as Guide to Redress Crime

A local woman has written her court-ordered book report, but some people are concerned she has not fully learned her lesson.Iris Andros, co-owner of Zorba's ...

UNC Requests Funds To Light Bell Tower

The University requested $135,000 from the Board of Governors in February for a project that would light the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, along with ...

Carrboro Police Arrest 2 Carjacking Suspects

Carrboro police arrested two people Sunday in connection with a carjacking that occurred late Saturday night on Jones Ferry Road.Michael Leon Edwards, ...

Matt Dees' Op-ed Piece `A Sermonizing Whine,' Full of Paternalistic Ideas

TO THE EDITOR:I am deeply disappointed by Matt Dees, the editor of The Daily Tar Heel, for the paternalistic view he chose to take in the midst of the ...

Abortion Protesters Should Pay Heed to\Other Social Ills Also\

TO THE EDITOR:I find it distasteful that those people who purport to hold all human life to be sacrosanct are often the same people who hold the most ...

Student Status Brings Tax Woes

With an April 15 tax deadline quickly approaching, many students remain in the dark about rules for filing their returns.The Internal Revenue Service ...

Gymnastics, Dance to Grace UNC

Memorial Hall will be full of flying acrobats in a gravity-defying show Wednesday night. Aptly called "AEROS," the show is the first of a new ...

Baseball Ends Drought, Wins 1st ACC Contests

Staff ReportRALEIGH -- After starting the ACC season in an 0-7 hole, North Carolina rebounded in record-setting fashion by pounding out a season-high ...

UC-Berkeley Struggles With Race, Admissions Policy

As fierce debate continues about the use of affirmative action policies in university admissions, several minority organizations at one California university ...

Revised Version of CAA Bill Signed Into Law

In the waning hours of his administration, Student Body President Brad Matthews signed a bill Monday night finalizing the 82nd Student Congress' recent ...

Horowitz's Point of View \Was a `Slap' to UNC's Entire Black Community

TO THE EDITOR:In his Monday April 2 Point of View in The Daily Tar Heel, David Horowitz writes, " ... blacks now living in America are the freest ...

Demonstrators Storm Campus,\Protest Racism at University

Protest Photo Gallery More than 80 participants of the On the Wake of Emancipation Campaign lined up in the Pit on Monday to protest the mistreatment ...

Student Committee To Tackle Advising

Students soon will have more of a voice in the academic advising process thanks to the institution of a student-centered advising committee.Student Body ...

Students Shrug Off Rankings

While the U.S. News & World Report's recently released rankings of the nation's top graduate programs garnered national attention, UNC graduate students ...

Matthews Looks Back

Senior Brad Matthews departs from the office of student body president today, leaving his administration and accomplishments to memory.And Matthews says ...