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Interim to serve in dean post

By Lauren Harvey | March 21

Greek students will see a familiar face in the new assistant dean of fraternity and sorority life. Jenny Levering, who has served as the interim assistant dean this year, has taken the post permanently, University officials announced Monday. "I'm just very excited about my new position and looking forward to working on filling my previous position," Levering said. The assistant dean position has been vacant for about nine months, since Jay Anhorn left to take a similar job at Elon University. A search committee has been looking for a replacement since December.

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Student lobbyists ready for session

By Lauren Harvey | January 24

The Carolina advocacy committee is relatively new, but that hasn't stopped committee members from taking an active role in lobbying the state legislature on behalf of UNC students. "We know we're lobbying for our whole student body," said Logan Liles, committee vice chairman. Liles said the committee has taken many steps to prepare for today when the N.C. General Assembly convenes for the first time this year.

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Campus preps to honor King

By Lauren Harvey | January 12

Though the University will be closed for only one day in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, students, faculty and staff plan to spend the whole week celebrating his life and legacy. This year is UNC's 26th annual observance of King's birthday, and students are hoping their efforts to host a variety of events will be rewarded with high attendance. Charity Brown, a sophomore psychology and exercise and sports science double major, said that celebrating the 1960s civil rights leader is important for the black community.

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UNC gets Holocaust archive

By Lauren Harvey | November 28

UNC now has access to the world's largest archive of video testimonials from the Holocaust. The archive includes more than 52,000 interviews with survivors of concentration camps and members of the military who liberated the camps, and it is being hosted by the Renaissance Computing Institute. The archives, which were started by the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation Institute, were accessible only at Rice University, Yale University and the University of Michigan until now.

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Conference urges students to reach out with community service

By Lauren Harvey | November 17

Public service isn't just about going to soup kitchens and retirement homes anymore. This weekend students interested in public service will attend the Students Reaching Toward Change Conference - an event aimed at providing opportunities for students to learn more about ways they can serve the community on and off campus. The theme of this year's conference, "Building Bridges Across Cultural Divides," will focus on working with people from different backgrounds.

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Event to stretch UNC service

By Lauren Harvey | November 17

Public service isn't just about going to soup kitchens and retirement homes anymore. This weekend students interested in public service will attend the Students Reaching Toward Change Conference - an event aimed at providing opportunities for students to learn more about ways they can serve the community. The theme of this year's conference, "Building Bridges Across Cultural Divides," focuses on working with people from different backgrounds. The conference will have two sessions - from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday - in Graham Memorial.

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Campus plans festivities to honor veterans

By Lauren Harvey | November 10

The University will continue its ceremonial Veterans Day tradition a day early this year. The holiday will be celebrated with enthusiasm and pride across the country this weekend, but UNC will present the colors today while the campus is still enlivened. The campus will host two events to commemorate the military contributions of veterans and current military personnel.

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Annual graveyard stroll highlights campus history

By Lauren Harvey | October 31

The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery often gets overlooked by students as they walk to and from campus, but it received special attention Monday morning. Traditionally, Creative Writing Professor Bland Simpson gives a tour of the cemetery every Friday before Halloween, but this year, Monday saw the annual grave walk. Simpson related personal memories and often unknown facts about those buried in the cemetery to a crowd of about 50 people Monday morning.

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Correspondent brings 'Daily Show' humor to campus

By Lauren Harvey | October 27

John Hodgman, correspondent for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and National Public Radio personality, garners quite an audience when preaching about made-up facts. He also is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "The Areas of My Expertise" - a collection of random, fictitious facts about life - and he spoke to about 100 people Thursday in the Student Union about it. "This is my book of fake trivia," Hodgman said. He read an excerpt called, "Hobo Matters," which delved into the fictitious lives of vagabonds throughout American history.

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Signs help visitors find their way

By Lauren Harvey | October 18

Caitlin McLean is just one of many students who can vividly recall getting lost on campus. McLean, a sophomore political science major, said she got lost trying to take a shortcut between some buildings and had to retrace her steps to start all over again. The University is trying to help students such as McLean, as well as visitors, more easily navigate the campus. Way-finding maps - large maps of the entire campus - and building identification signs are in the process of being installed, said Jill Coleman, a landscape architect.