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Campus remembers fallen student

By SHARI FELD | February 27

The campus community is still "Keepin' It Movin'" a year after the death of a student who prided himself on the motto. The Keith Shawn Smith Memorial Fund held its second annual benefit show Monday night to honor Smith, a sophomore resident adviser in Stacy Residence Hall who crashed through the dorm's third-floor window Feb. 24, 2006, after racing down the hall with a resident. About 150 people attended the show, which featured music, dancing and poetry in the Union Auditorium.

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New exchange program set for fall 2007

By SHARI FELD | August 23

Move over, double majors. Joint-degree programs are the newest dream come true for overachievers. The UNC-system Board of Governors earlier this month approved a new exchange program that allows UNC students to study at the National University of Singapore for two to four semesters and earn diplomas from both institutions. Students from NUS can study at UNC with the same benefits. "We have a deep and long history with NUS and feel confident with partnering with them," said Peter Coclanis, associate provost for international affairs.

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Faculty refuge awaits face-lift

By SHARI FELD | April 25

About a five-minute drive from campus lies a recreational facility kept secret like a hidden treasure. An abundance of trees conceals the rural landscape of the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty-Staff Recreation Association from the bustling interstate about a half-mile away. And that is how it was meant to be - an intimate refuge for its members.

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UNC graduate schools retain high marks

By SHARI FELD | April 11

Many of UNC's graduate schools ranked among the top 10 in the April 10 issue of U.S. News & World Report - an accomplishment that is nothing new for the University. But that's not to say students and campus administrators take those rankings for granted. The School of Information and Library Science's master's degree program retained its top ranking, tying for No. 1 with the library science program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. U.S. News last ranked accredited library and information master's programs in 1999.

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On-campus housing sees spike

By SHARI FELD | April 11

Despite this year's University housing crunch, the opening of new rooms could leave some residence halls with unused space. As a result, on-campus housing contracting was extended to students living off campus this year. By the 8 a.m. deadline Monday, more than 1,500 students recontracted for the same room - an increase of about 360 students compared to last year - and almost 1,400 students went through the open process to switch rooms, said Rick Bradley, assistant director of housing.

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Adult transfers color campus life

By SHARI FELD | March 23

A juggling act between school and work forced 43-year-old Dusti Barthlow to take 10 years to earn a four-year degree. The Cary resident did not finish college immediately after she graduated from high school, choosing to drop out of Fayetteville Community College after her parents divorced. When she went back to community college in 1996, she wanted a degree - and a better job. "That's why I went back to school," Barthlow said. "I was peaked out as far as money for what I could get without a degree."

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University tries to peg reasons for transfers

By SHARI FELD | March 22

It was a decision that would affect the rest of his life. Aaron Leibowitz was a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill who hailed from Brewster, N.Y., an hour north of New York City. He enjoyed his time in Chapel Hill, where he made friends like most students. But he knew he had a guaranteed transfer slot waiting for him at Cornell University through a program at the Ivy League school. And he knew he would have the opportunity to study his chosen field - industrial and labor relations - more closely than he could at Chapel Hill.

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Transfers face tough transitions

By SHARI FELD | March 21

Shawntiel Ditchman enjoyed her time at Hopewell High School in Charlotte. She enjoyed it so much that her grades suffered - so much that she did not bother applying to UNC-Chapel Hill. Ditchman began her studies at UNC-Charlotte, knowing that she would apply to transfer to UNC-CH once she improved her r

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2 salesmen cause scare for residents

By SHARI FELD | February 13

Two men selling spa promotional packages in campus residence halls were escorted off campus by police Thursday night. Julian Choma, 20, and Jamie Pedwell, 19, of Mercury Advertising reportedly entered at least four residence halls and were issued trespass warnings for unauthorized solicitation on campus, according to University police reports. Several women living in Parker, Carmichael and Hinton James residence halls alerted police and filed reports.

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Scopes to enlighten state

By SHARI FELD | January 24

Alumnus John Morehead III wanted to find a gift for the University in the 1930s that would spark curiosity about science. After discussing the possibility of building a planetarium, he met with a Harvard University astronomer who had declared North Carolinians to be "the most astronomically ignorant people in all America." Morehead challenged the astronomer, saying that if he revised the statement to read, "Of all people in America, North Carolinians are the most ignorant of astronomical matters," they would work together to build the planetarium.