Carrie Bertolozzi

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3 honored for support to women on campus

By Carrie Bertolozzi | March 30

University officials filled a vacant award hole Tuesday. The first University Awards for the Advancement of Women were awarded to three individuals for their work in women's issues. The awards were created following the retirement of the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award in December 2004. The Bell Award - which was retired after almost a year of protest - was named for a white supremacist who played a large role in reopening the University after it closed during Reconstruction.

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Honor brass aims to justify mission

By Carrie Bertolozzi | March 28

For more than 120 years, UNC has maintained an Honor System primarily run by students. But student responses indicate that many are not aware of why the system is in place, prompting greater outreach efforts from student leaders. "Why Honor? That's sort of a question we get," said Shelly Schaaf, Honor System outreach coordinator. The Honor System will host a series of events during the next two weeks designed to address the theme "Why Honor?" The events aim to emphasize personal responsibility and professional ethics.

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Online publication cuts cost of printing theses

By Carrie Bertolozzi | March 27

Graduate students are no longer forced to spend time and money printing copies of their theses or dissertations. Now they can submit their work to the Graduate School's Web site using ProQuest interactive software. Previously, graduate students were required to print multiple copies of their theses or dissertations on expensive 100 percent cotton paper. Students then had to deliver the printed copies to Bynum Hall, where they were carefully reviewed for adherence to format guidelines.

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Alumni fight program cut

By Carrie Bertolozzi | March 10

They say you can't fight city hall. And for many alumni of the UNC-Chapel Hill Portuguese graduate program, they're finding the same goes for the administration. After UNC-CH announced in January that it would discontinue the program, a number of alumni were upset at what they say is a lack of response from administrators. The program, which is the only Portuguese graduate program in the UNC system, fell under the knife because of insufficient faculty resources, campus leaders said.

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Whitman waxes political to campus

By Carrie Bertolozzi | February 14

Americans could face serious consequences if the extremists of both political parties continue to promote a divided country, Christine Todd Whitman said Monday night. "The current climate of America's politics is as toxic as I've ever seen it," said Whitman, who served as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency from 2001 to 2003. Whitman, who calls herself a "radical moderate," stressed a need for the country to move in a more moderate direction as she addressed students and community members in the Hill Hall auditorium.

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Web site allows colleges to pick a lecture, price

By Carrie Bertolozzi | January 30

Students swamped by the demanding college lifestyle might be pleased to learn that they can use their oft-distracting iPods to be more productive in class. Pickaprof.com, a Web site that allows students to rate and to recommend professors, is offering two new services to member schools. CourseCasting allows professors to record their lectures and to post them on Pick-a-Prof's Web site, where they are available for download. Students can listen to the lectures on their digital music players or computers.

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Interest in underwater hockey surfaces

By Carrie Bertolozzi | January 25

Take off your ice skates and bulky masks, and slip on snorkeling gear and flippers. At UNC, the hockey playing surface is entering a different stage of the water cycle. Members of the Carolina Underwater Hockey Club, now in its second year of competition, are drawing attention to a sport with a unique style of play. Underwater hockey is a fast-paced game played on the bottom of a swimming pool. Teams of six battle each other in two brutal 15-minute halves.