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Most students and employees went to bed Wednesday night with the sound of wind whipping through the trees and memories of Hurricane Fran's destruction swirling through their minds. But when they awoke in the morning, the rains had stopped and, even more miraculously, the sun was shining.
First Fran and now Floyd; the sixth letter of the alphabet has been inspiring some four-letter words from many members of the University community.
In a letter delivered to interim Chancellor William McCoy's office Tuesday, labor advocates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lambasted the school's administration for perceived backpedaling on commitments made last year following a four-day sit-in. University officials, however, insisted that the school remains firmly committed to improving the working conditions in factories where UNC apparel is made.
Dennis slammed into the North Carolina coast Saturday for the second time in less than a week, and again the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort found itself in the storm's menacing cross hairs.
The battle against sweatshops is bound to be long and hard-fought, but in the coming months Duke and several other universities will have some practice storming the beach.
The University seems poised to begin construction on dozens of homes in the Trinity Heights neighborhood just off East Campus.
The Beaufort Marine Laboratory still has not fully recovered from the ravages of last year's Hurricane Bonnie, whose powerful winds and torrential rains spawned a waterspout that ripped the roof off the facility's largest dormitory and trashed the school's library and auditorium.
Kinnie Ray Smith, a former Durham resident and convicted rapist who preyed on elderly women, will probably spend the rest of his life behind bars, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled late last month.
It may be several weeks before students and employees can effectively treat an on-campus Big Mac attack.
In a time when Auxiliary Services is spearheading the large-scale privatization of on-campus restaurants and has recently considered privatizing the University's bookstores, it seems to have found a new approach-public-ization.
On the verge of the millennium, in the midst of a sweeping financial disaster, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill paused last month and stood in silent mourning. The chancellor, visionary and, some would even say, "soul" of the university for the past four years, Michael Hooker died June 29 after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 53.
Hang on to your happy meals, folks. It's been a bumpy ride, but the University and McDonald's have finally signed a deal that will bring the golden arches to the Gothic Wonderland.
The hour before our rendezvous stretched before me interminably-a fresh hour to be filled with whatever I wanted. This hour was a temporal blank page and I, with a responsible eye on the clock, set about to make my mark. I placed my phone calls, sent my e-mails and even spared a moment or two for quiet introspection, which, of course, yielded nothing.
After months of negotiations and despite a signed letter of intent, Dining Services officials remain unable to reach an agreement with McDonald's on the lower-level Bryan Center eatery space. Although discussions continue between Duke and the multi-billion-burger company, it is no longer clear whether an agreement will be reached.
Every year during room picks, students wade through mounds of paperwork with visions of prime housing dancing in their heads. Few pay attention to the scraps of paper they are diligently signing, and somewhere in that stack of official forms, students hastily select meal plans for the coming year.
With the stock market surging and The Campaign for Duke chugging along, the University's coffers are more full than ever. But, according to recently released rankings, they still pale in comparison to the riches raked in by both Harvard and Stanford universities.
Almost two years after Duke began drafting its sweatshop code of conduct, the University remains on the front lines in the battle against sweatshop conditions in factories making college apparel.
'With his trademark Texas twang, Charles Putman drawled his way into the hearts of his patients, colleagues and friends.
After two years in the planning stages, the Residential Program Review earned initial Board of Trustees approval May 15, and architects can now begin drafting plans for constructing new dorm space on West Campus.
A four-day sit-in at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ended Friday afternoon when administrators agreed to adopt an ambitious slate of anti-sweatshop policies. The assertive agreement raises the bar for university participation in the monitoring and regulations of the factories that produce college-licensed products.
