SHANNON CONNELL

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Students continue writing tradition

By SHANNON CONNELL | April 21

Both established and aspiring writers were celebrated Thursday night in a Chapel Hill Museum ceremony. To mark the opening of an exhibit on Robert Ruark, a class of '35 UNC alumnus and famed writer, two students were honored for their own recently penned essays. Ruark, a N.C. native who died in 1965, lived a life that mirrored that of his friend Ernest Hemingway. Writing roughly 2,000 articles and 11 books in his life, Ruark, a journalist-cum-author, is well known for his descriptive accounts of his adventures in Africa.

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Ramses comes of age

By SHANNON CONNELL | March 27

UNC's beloved hoofed mascot, Ramses, became a man Saturday night when a bar mitzvah celebration was held in his honor. The school icon was a no show at the event, but the party went on with more than 75 guests filing through the N.C. Hillel doors for some dancing, food and fun. The bar mitzvah, a traditional coming of age celebration for 13-year-old Jewish males, was hosted by Hillel, the campus's primary Jewish student organization. "We thought it would be a great way to engage the whole UNC community," said Dorie Ain, organizer of the event.

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Davie placed on chopping block

By SHANNON CONNELL | March 10

Yet another campus fixture might be demolished in an ongoing effort to update a series of UNC buildings from past eras. The proposed reconstruction of Davie Hall - which houses UNC's department of psychology - is one of several modifications to the 2001 campus construction plan. If approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday, plans to demolish Davie will move forward, and a new building will be constructed to take its place.

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Artist turns love of UNC into profits for hospital

By SHANNON CONNELL | February 21

Sean May. Raymond Felton. Rashad McCants. Soon a lucky person will have the opportunity to take those former Tar Heel basketball standouts home with them. The trio, along with others from last year's national championship men's basketball team are captured in action not on film but in paint in a portrait featured in the window of Studio 91, a local art gallery. Created by renowned sports illustration artist Steve Parson of Durham and signed by Coach Roy Williams, the painting will be auctioned Saturday to raise money for the N.C. Children's Hospital.

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Group of Asian students set to back Holloway

By SHANNON CONNELL | February 10

A coalition of seven Asian student organizations threw their support behind Student Body President hopeful Bernard Holloway on Thursday. "Both candidates addressed what they would do in reaching out to cultural groups on campus," said Arman Tolentino, president of the Asian Students Association. "But we felt that Bernard's platform better addressed the interests not only of Asian Americans but of other minority groups on campus," he said. The endorsement was announced after a forum in which each candidate highlighted key points of his platform.

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Bedrock of fight remains same

By SHANNON CONNELL | January 20

Due to a reporting error, this article misstates when Ernest Green visited UNC senior Erika Barrera's high school. Green came to Barrera's school in 2000 when she was a junior. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. Carrying Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream into the 21st century, Ernest Green - a pioneer of civil rights and desegregation - addressed UNC students Thursday night about King's legacy and racial issues in today's society.

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Volunteers comb creek, promote community cooperation

By SHANNON CONNELL | October 10

About a half dozen students spent the better part of Saturday wading through a South Campus creek, looking for items long since forgotten. Despite the overcast weather, student volunteers were able to collect more than 45 pounds of trash from the Meeting of the Waters Creek for Big Sweep - a national program with a focus on cleaning bodies of water to better the environment. Volunteers found items such as glass bottles, cans, metal pipes, a tire and a miniature football in the creek near Ehringhaus Residence Hall.

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Speaker says alcohol harm likely reversible

By SHANNON CONNELL | September 27

A University researcher warned members of the campus community about the detrimental effects of alcohol on the brain - but highlighted the possibility of rectifying the damage - during a seminar Monday. Fulton Crews, director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, discussed the effects of alcohol on the adult brain with about 30 graduate students, faculty and staff members. Crews' remarks were based partly on a study that suggests alcoholism can lead to permanent brain damage that affects relearning processes.