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Film, speakers focus on conflict

By DEBORAH CRAMER | November 30

Since 1977, the United Nations has recognized every Nov. 29 as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestine People. Monday night, the Arab Student Organization sponsored an event to honor this date. The event began with a viewing of "The Killing Zone," a documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip filmed in May 2003. The film presents, in graphic detail, the daily horrors of Palestinian life.

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UNC helps amass books to supplement African libraries

By DEBORAH CRAMER | November 23

Instead of getting little or no money back from selling used textbooks, students this semester can donate books to fill once-empty libraries in Africa. Circle K, a student organization dedicated to serving the global community, is sponsoring a book drive through Better World Books. The book drive begins this week and will continue until Dec. 14. Last spring, Circle K collected and shipped 1,000 books from UNC to Better World Books. The group's goal this semester is to surpass that number and collect 1,500 books.

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Tournament kicks off week

By DEBORAH CRAMER | October 25

The Great Hall was a full house Friday night as more than 175 students gathered for UNC's first Texas Hold'em poker tournament. The tournament, sponsored by the Carolina Athletic Association, kicked off a week of Homecoming festivities that also included the sixth annual Michael Hooker 5K on Saturday. The 175 allotted spots for the poker tournament filled up, and many students wishing to participating were stuck on the waiting list.

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UNC groups work to aid Mississippi education project

By DEBORAH CRAMER | October 11

T.J. Abrams decided two summers ago to go to Mississippi, step out of his comfort zone and into an area where he had never been before. Abrams, the president of the UNC chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., became a part of the Sunflower County Freedom Project, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the education and leadership skills of seventh- to 12th-graders. He said Sunflower County is an area with a lot of need because the community is not very strong.

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Officials initiate UNC honor week

By DEBORAH CRAMER | September 28

Rain moved the site of the opening ceremony for Honor and Integrity Week from the steps of South Building to inside the Student Union, but it did not dampen the spirits of the administrators, faculty and students who gathered to kick off the week. Blue and white balloons and a large banner, which displayed the Honor Code and the phrase "Honor and Integrity Week 2004 - Keeping Our Tradition Alive," gave Monday morning's ceremony a cheerful appearance.

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Week's aims to celebrate, advertise honor

By DEBORAH CRAMER | September 27

The steps of South Building will host today the kickoff of Honor and Integrity Week, an event aimed at increasing awareness and support of the University's honor system. The week will begin with a symbolic ribbon cutting by Chancellor James Moeser and Bernadette Gray-Little, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, at 11 a.m. today.

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