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Junior scholarship to launch

By MaryAnn Barone | August 22

This spring, one University junior will be the inaugural recipient of the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship, created in honor of the former student body president. The scholarship will be awarded to a junior based on merit. “I think it’s a wonderful way to honor Eve and her leadership at Carolina,” said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Margaret Jablonski. The scholarship committee does not yet know how large the award will be or for how many years it will be awarded.

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Workers want overtime pay

By MaryAnn Barone | August 20

A group of UNC housekeepers will try again today to reach a compromise with administrators regarding weekend schedules and overtime pay. Housekeepers were hit with an unexpected change in their work schedules last winter when some were told they would have to work weekends and take a day off during the week. In June, they stopped receiving overtime pay for the weekend work. UNC administrators said rising costs due to the economy made the changes necessary.

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Modern Beat poets perform

By MaryAnn Barone | April 23

In a cramped corner of Bull's Head Bookshop, about 35 people gathered to hear Beat poetry writers Anne Waldman and Ed Sanders read some of this avant-garde style of poetry. Several people closed their eyes and listened to the singsong-like voices of the readers while others doodled words from the poems in beaten books. Waldman wrote her poem "Manatee Humanity" after President George W. Bush took the manatee off the endangered species list. "The manatee has more gray matter in the brain than the man," she read.

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Box-Out targets homelessness

By MaryAnn Barone | March 28

Groups of students gathered around cardboard boxes pitched into tiny communities in the Pit on Thursday night to raise awareness about homelessness. The students were participating in the second annual Box-Out in the Pit for Poverty Awareness Week, held by the Campus Y to inform the campus about poverty. The event was organized by the Campus Y's Hunger and Homelessness Outreach Project.

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Polls, panel agree: America's ready for a black president

By MaryAnn Barone | February 29

With the recent successes in Barack Obama's presidential campaign, many Americans are wondering if the country is ready for a black president. A Gallup poll from 2007 revealed that Americans were more willing to put a black man in the president's office than a woman, with 94 percent of participants saying they would be open to voting for a black man and 88 percent saying they would be open to voting for a woman.

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Death penalty activist to visit

By MaryAnn Barone | February 22

For more than 20 years, Sister Helen Prejean has visited people on death row, and Monday she will visit UNC. Prejean, author of the 2007 Carolina Summer Reading Program book "The Death of Innocents," will deliver the Hillard Gold '39 Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Memorial Hall. "Prejean has spent 20-something years visiting men on death row," said Sister Margaret Maggio, Prejean's administrative assistant. "She is currently also visiting one woman on death row as well."

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Water contest ends, but results a secret

By MaryAnn Barone | February 21

Along with the win against N.C. State in basketball, UNC pulled ahead of the Wolfpack in the water conservation challenge. "It was successful for both campuses for lowering the water use of students," Residence Hall Association President Brian Sugg said. The updated results were announced Wednesday at the UNC vs. N.C. State game. The competition began with the Nov. 10 football game between the two schools. While water counting is officially over, the final results won't be announced until the ACC Tournament in March.

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CHAMP survey suggests approval of smoke-free policy

By MaryAnn Barone | February 15

With the University's move toward a smoke-free campus Jan. 1, tobacco use has become the butt of many discussions about the right to smoke and how it affects students. And a recent survey, conducted by Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Program, shows an overwhelming percentage of parents approve of no-smoking policies, such as UNC's, being put in place at schools.

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Focus group discusses Union eating options

By MaryAnn Barone | January 30

Alpine Bagel Cafe might have some late-night competition if student suggestions for uses of vacant Student Union space gain steam. Students who participated in a Union focus group Tuesday discussed potential food options to fill empty and soon-to-be unused spaces in the Union. Ideas presented at the meeting were diverse: Cook Out, Bojangles', a cafe or a snack bar. Each idea met some opposition whether it was price, commercialization or an already abundant presence on campus.

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NCSU still leading water competition

By MaryAnn Barone | January 18

Although the men's basketball team crushed N.C. State last weekend, UNC is lagging behind in another competition - the water conservation challenge. That competition began as an effort to reduce the amount of water that Orange County uses by 15 percent. It came on the heels of the announcement of the stage two water restriction period. When the Tar Heels take the court against the Wolfpack on Feb. 20, the contest will officially end.