STEPHANIE NOVAK

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Protesters urge care for rats

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | September 26

As many students headed to the bars for their own alcohol experiments during Saturday's football game against N.C. State University, protesters outside the Franklin Street post office spoke out against the University's use of rodents in alcohol studies. Armed with images of rats post-laboratory use, Stop Animal Exploitation Now! protested against researchers who use rats to conduct alcohol studies.

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Grant to add funding for arts

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | September 16

A new challenge grant for $5 million will help provide a stable source of funding for the Carolina Performing Arts Series. But the University community is going to have to work for that money. The William R. Kenan Jr. charitable trust initially will give $2.5 million to UNC. The University then must raise $5 million before the end of the Carolina First Campaign on June 30, 2007. After procuring this amount, the trust will give the remaining $2.5 million to UNC - for the total of a $10 million endowment, the interest from which will support the arts series.

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Academic services move south

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | September 15

Throughout the years, the northern half of campus has been the hub of activity at the University. From academic services to the Student Union, North Campus seems to have it all. But the times are changing. Construction already is under way at the future Student and Academic Services facility, which will open in spring 2007. What used to be just one building - Chase Hall - will become two buildings that will provide a multitude of services for students and a plaza where they can gather.

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Service scholars to graduate

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | April 26

When she graduates in May, Elizabeth Sonntag will have more to reminisce about than her tenure as co-president of the Campus Y. She will be part of the first graduating class of Public Service Scholars. Participants — who must complete 300 hours of community service, maintain a 2.5 grade point average and complete a service portfolio — receive recognition on their transcripts and wear a blue and white cord with their graduation robe.

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Sororities might look into open rush policy

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | April 19

Sorority members would be able to communicate with potential members during rush if talks among the groups’ leaders come to action. The national open policy — called the Panhellenic-spirited contact agreement — was one of several recommendations made by representatives of 26 organizations at the National Panhellenic Conference almost two years ago. Members of the council passed the recommendations in 2003, and since then some universities, such as N.C. State University, have moved from closed to open rush.

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A time for rebuilding

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | April 18

For almost 100 years, students and faculty have passed through the Campus Y. The building in the heart of campus has been part of the lives of some of the University’s most influential movers and shakers, including author Thomas Wolfe. It also benefited the common student as one of UNC’s main social buildings — and, most recently, as a mini mart. The only thing that hasn’t changed is the building itself, which has remained the same since it was built in 1907.

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UNC wins for environmental efforts

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | March 29

Evidence of resource conservation and sustainability efforts are visible in the storm water roof at the Rams Head Center and the developments planned for Morrison Residence Hall. The environmental initiatives are just a few of the University’s efforts that were recognized last week with the 2005 N.C. State Government Sustainability Award at the second annual N.C. Sustainability Energy Conference.

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Students take aid overseas

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | March 23

Spring Break provided nine UNC students with the opportunity to wander through the streets of Thailand, visit local orphanages and run a marathon surrounded by Buddhist temples and scenic rice paddies. After months of fund raising on behalf of tsunami victims, the students traveled to Bangkok on a trip sponsored by UNC’s American Red Cross Club. The club worked closely with Airline Ambassadors International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people in need throughout the world.

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Student is 3rd to report illness

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | March 21

A March 14 report of meningitis at UNC marks the University’s third case of the illness since October. Officials said they have seen more cases of meningococcal meningitis, a potentially life-threatening bacterial disease, during this single school year than they encountered at UNC in the past decade. A University student, whose name and condition have not been released, was admitted to Duke University Medical Center on March 13 and diagnosed the next day with the illness. The student lives in Granville Towers.

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Minority health an issue of daily life

By STEPHANIE NOVAK | February 28

Before beginning work at a large factory, Emma Pender was a healthy young woman. But 20 years of manual labor and stress took their toll, and Pender now has diabetes and tendonitis in both of her hands. Pender, a research assistant at Duke University, and her colleague Rita Perry demonstrated the effect of work environments through photographs displayed at the University's 26th annual Minority Health Conference on Friday.