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Thompson scores 23 as No. 6 UNC cruises
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• 21 hours ago
Deon Thompson had 23 points and eight rebounds to help No. 6 North Carolina beat Belmont Abbey 107-59 on Friday night in its only exhibition game. Tyler Zeller scored 17 points for the defending national champions, while Ed Davis added 13 points, six rebounds and four blocks. The Tar Heels sh...
Public invited to annual UNC Veterans Day ceremony
Original at unc.edu
• Tue, Nov 3
More than 100 ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 for the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Charlotte mayoral candidate Anthony Foxx visits campus
Original at UNC Niner Online
• Fri, Oct 30
Charlotte mayoral candidate, Dem. Anthony Foxx, vistited UNC Charlotte’s campus on Thursday to meet and greet with students and faculty in preparation for the upcoming election....
Attorney Wade Hargrove honored with media law colloquium at UNC
Original at unc.edu
• Wed, Oct 28
Raleigh attorney Wade Hargrove was honored tonight (Oct. 28) at the Carolina Inn with a surprise ceremony announcing the establishment of an annual media law colloquium in his honor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
UNC to celebrate Campus Sustainability Day Oct. 27 with food, activities, Segway rides
Original at unc.edu
• Thu, Oct 22
Prizes, pledges and a people mover promise to make 2009 Campus Sustainability Day on Tuesday (Oct. 27) a waste-free event to remember at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union Plaza includes free refreshme...
Jones settling back in at WR
Original at Rivals.com
• Thu, Oct 15
After missing considerable action at the start of the season, UNC wide receiver Dwight Jones made his first career catches this past weekend. The Tar Heels need Jones to produce if the UNC offense is to get things rolling.
Brandon Wilson, Author of Along the Templar Trail, Takes Gold for 2009 Best Travel Book in National Competition
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Wed, Oct 14
Author/photographer/adventurer Brandon Wilson’s latest book, Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace, has earned the gold for Best Travel Book in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. The awards, recognized as the most prestigious in their field, were jus...
University Day: Perdue speaks at convocation; garden dedicates center; Thorp gives online address
Original at unc.edu
• Thu, Oct 8
Monday (Oct. 12) is University Day (http://www.unc.edu/universityday/ (http://www.unc.edu/universityday/)) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, marking the 216th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Old East and the start of public higher education in the Un...
UNC Awarded Cancer Genome Atlas Grant
Original at unc.edu
• Wed, Sep 30
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of twelve centers announced today by President Obama as part of an unprecedented large-scale, collaborative effort by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to systematical...
Hill picks Alabama over UNC
Original at Myrtle Beach Sun
• Wed, Sep 9
Alfy Hill chose the SEC over the ACC for his college football career.The 6-foot-4, 250-pound West Brunswick (N.C.) senior committed to the University of Alabama at a press conference in the school's cafeteria Wednesday. Hill's final decision came down to North Carolina and Alabama. In the e...
MJ to get award from UNC
Original at nydailynews.com
• Wed, Sep 9
Former North Carolina State legend David Thompson - arguably the best player in the history of the ACC - will present Michael Jordan at Friday night's Naismith Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Springfield. As expected, former Temple coach and Hall of Fmer John Chaney will present Rutge...
NCSU genetics experiment could spell the end for UNC's mascot
Original at News & Observer
• Sat, Sep 5
About 60 years ago, Wolfpack livestock scientists engineered a dastardly plot that just might do away with rams like UNC mascot Rameses for good.
Williams trying out new rotation at UNC
Original at nydailynews.com
• Fri, Sep 4
Long time assistant coach Joe Holladay, who has been on the bench with Williams for 16 years at both Kansas and Carolina, will rotate to director of basketball operations for this season, opening the door for two younger assistants C.B. McGrath and Jerod Haase to gain valuable experience o...
Ackley a lot like ex-Heel B.J. Surhoff
Original at News & Observer
• Thu, Aug 20
If Dustin Ackley pans out to be the best major league baseball player produced by the University of North Carolina, he'll have to surpass a former Tar Heel who had similar skills.
UNC-LSU benefits TV most
Original at News & Observer
• Fri, Jul 31
If you needed a perfect example of how television runs college football, you got one this week when North Carolina pulled out of its scheduled 2010 game against South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Original at Durham Herald Sun
• Sun, Jun 14
NC UNC Health Care's Chief of Staff, Brian P. Goldstein, presented the awards. Michelle Hughes has received the Distinguished Alumni Award, the top honor for graduates of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's School of Social Work. ...
Orange you glad he's 'Cuse-bound?
Original at nydailynews.com
• Mon, May 25
Guard Dion Waiters of Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., a Syracuse recruit, scored 27 points and was selected MVP as Team Final from Philadelphia defeated the Chris Paul sponsored CP3 team from Winston-Salem, 72-64, to win the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions this weekend in th...
Opinion: UNC's Gore a true role player
Original at News & Observer
• Mon, May 18
He's an unbelievable athlete," said UNC catcher Mike McKee, Gore's best friend. "I mean, first, he's the best second baseman that I've ever played with or seen." McKee wondered, however, how Gore would adapt to this most recent position change. ...
Opinion: UNC-MSU: Postgame Quotes + Audio
Original at Scout College Basketball
• Tue, Apr 7
FOXSports.com WA We celebrated quite a bit Monday night, didn't go to bed, got back Tuesday and had a great celebration on campus. I left on Wednesday morning to go recruiting at 6 am My rear-end's going somewhere either Wednesday or Thursday because I enjoy this ...
Opinion: Budget affects UNC degree plans
Original at Durham Herald Sun
• Fri, Mar 20
NC BY DANIEL GOLDBERG : The Herald-Sun CHAPEL HILL -- A UNC Board of Governors decision on Friday to discontinue 76 degree programs across the university system is the result of an annual review process that weeds out courses with low enrollment or few ...
ACC Tournament Review
Original at Examiner.com
• Sun, Mar 15
An inspired team plays its best game of the year against UNC and promptly rolls over for Duke, which backs into yet another tournament title. In possibly related news, I'm not bitter. At least Toney Douglas (pictured, left) showed up. ... Florida State 73, UNC 70 Carolina March
ACC Women's Basketball Season in Review
Original at Carolina March
• Mon, Mar 2
North Carolina by TH on Mar 2, 2009 11:02 PM EST in Basketball 0 comments The women's regular season ended yesterday, with UNC falling to Duke in an overtime stunner most notable for the Heels' 33 turnovers, including one that let to the game-winning three pointer. ...
Opinion: Andy Glockner
Original at SI.com
• Mon, Mar 2
Washington Times Second, UNC and Duke have separated from the rest as far as landing in Greensboro for the first two rounds of the NCAAs. Duke still remains very much in the mix for a No. 1 seed, as well. Boston College (20-9, 8-6; RPI: 50, SOS: 51) is in great ...
How Would You Debase Yourself To Get Duke-UNC Tickets? [College Basketball]
Original at Deadspin
• Wed, Feb 11
By Dashiell Bennett Yes, it's Duke-North Carolina day again—have you heard? It's the greatest rivalry in sports!—and that means it's time for more tales of sad college students and their miserable shame-filled lives. What Would You Do for Duke Tickets? [Tar Heel In Texas]
Hoops Week in Review
Original at The-Ozone.net
• Tue, Dec 30
Washington Post OH - On Monday, the Buckeyes beat UNC-Asheville 83-59 and then on Saturday they were drubbed at home by West Virginia, 76-48. The Buckeyes brought both BJ ... Battling the Buckeyes West Virginia University Mountaineers
Opinion: COLUMN: In wild one, Mountaineers come out on top
Original at Times-West Virginian
• Sun, Dec 28
UNC tied the game at 14 on a one-play drive, Nicks’ 66-yard touchdown catch when he broke a tackle attempt by Quinton Andrews. Early in the second quarter, ... Four in a row in bowls Beckley Register-Herald WVU downs UNC in Meineke Bowl Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Royal Review: WVU - UNC
Original at BlueGoldNews.com
• Sat, Dec 27
In an absolute thriller, an announced crowd of 73712 saw the West Virginia University Mountaineers beat back the University of North Carolina Tar Hills by ... Four in a row in bowls Beckley Register-Herald Finishing with a Win West Virginia MetroNews
Opinion: WVU comfortable in hostile territory
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Dec 26
The UNC coaching staff] has really added a level of talent over the past few years," Mullen said. "It's really impressive. They've done a phenomenal job ... UNC's giving receiver News & Observer North Carolina WR Hakeem Nicks: Sickest, Most Impossible Catch EVER? Bleacher Report
Non-Revenue Sports Bruin Review and Calendar
Original at Bruins Nation
• Mon, Dec 8
By ryebreadraz Women's Soccer Friday, December 12 Women's Volleyball vs. Texas (NCAA Regional Semi), 4:30 pm- Austin, TX Women's Volleyball vs. Oregon or Iowa St. (NCAA Regional Final), 3:30 pm- Austin, TX- TV: ESPNU Sunday, December 14 Women's Basketball vs. San Diego, 2:00 pm- Pauley Pavilion
Danes plan chilling attack
Original at Albany Times Union
• Fri, Dec 5
ALBANY ? If Jacksonville University is uncomfortable playing in 30-degree temperatures, the University at Albany plans to add to the sting with smash-mouth football.The Great Danes will put their bruising running game up against the speedy Dolphins in Saturday's Gridiron Classic at...
North Carolina - Team Notes
Original at usatoday.com
• Sun, Nov 30
INSIDE SLANT North Carolina has been bowl eligible since the end of October when it won its sixth game by thumping Boston College by three touchdowns. But now the Tar Heels (8-4, 4-4 ACC) can go into the postseason coming off a victory instead of riding a three-game losing streak. They saw to t...
Names and news
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Thu, Nov 20
By bpaterson@sacbee.com (Bill Paterson) When El Dorado's Cora Harms signed a national letter of intent Monday to play volleyball on a full-ride scholarship for North Carolina, she became the third family member to earn a college scholarship for the sport. Older sisters Christine and Lillian were standouts, respectively, at N...
Unc-Asheville - Team Notes
Original at usatoday.com
• Wed, Nov 19
GETTING INSIDE Eddie Biedenbach got the bad news late in the summer. While competing in a camp in Las Vegas during the summer, center Kenny George hurt his foot. The senior-to-be, who is listed as 7-foot-7 in the UNC Asheville media guide but has been called 7-9 by several publications, imme...
Coastal Carolina - Team Notes
Original at usatoday.com
• Wed, Nov 19
GETTING INSIDE You wouldn't think losing a 6-foot-5 forward would be a devastating blow to a team's frontcourt. But Coastal Carolina's 2007-08 season turned into a major struggle once Joseph Harris went down with a broken thumb. The Chanticleers have had a history of turning undersized p...
North Carolina State - Team Notes
Original at usatoday.com
• Tue, Nov 18
INSIDE SLANT This week's game with North Carolina is a must-win for the Wolfpack if N.C. State hopes to keep its dream of a bowl bid alive. But the game is more meaningful than even that. Though the Pack is 3-0 against the other state schools, and though each win brings bragging rights over the res...
Opinion: Kentucky will make sure to get Patterson the ball
Original at usatoday.com
• Tue, Nov 18
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Billy Gillispie can't promise that his University of Kentucky basketball team will look more prepared at point guard tonight or that its spotty transition defense will be spot-on.He certainly can't guarantee that the Wildcats will topple No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hi...
Tuesday Night Live Blog: Kentucky Wildcats vs. #1 UNC Tar Heels [Live Blogs]Original at Deadspin
• Tue, Nov 18
By Matt Sussman 10:55 — You think I have it bad? Kansas is leading Florida Gulf Coast University 81-39 with a few minutes left in the game. Good thing that wasn't on TV. 21 38 15 31 9:20 — Timeout, Kentucky. "I've seen better passing in Ultimate Basketball." (Christ, that game was hard.) 6 25 2 15 North Carolina
Opinion: What are Butch Davis's plans for 2009?
Original at Fanblogs
• Tue, Nov 11
Amid rumors that the University of Tennessee is about to swoop in and sign Tarheels coach Butch Davis to a long-term deal, came this interesting non-denial from the Butchster himself. "The long and short of it is, the administration and I are completely and firmly committed to building a c...
Mike Ragogna: James Taylor to "Stand & Fight" for Barack Obama in North Carolina
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 16
By Mike Ragogna Born in Boston, Massachusetts but raised in North Carolina's Chapel Hill and Morgan Creek, James Taylor--son of Gertude and UNC-Chapel Hill medical school dean, Isaac Taylor--has become one of the latter state's favorite sons. With an ongoing exhibit in Chapel Hill's museum based on h...
North Carolina, UCLA, Punching Tickets
Original at Deadspin
• Sun, Mar 30
By Storming the Floor East Region (Charlotte) Champion: North Carolina Regional Most Outstanding Player - Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina 83, Louisville 73 West Region Champion: UCLA Regional Most Outstanding Player - Kevin Love UCLA 76, Xavier 57
Opinion: Ben Ball News & Notes
Original at Bruins Nation
• Tue, Dec 11
By Nestor
Podcast: ipv6 arrives at ibiblio
Original at ibiblio.org
• Thu, Sep 27
By site admin ipv6 in the ibiblio office heralds the return of WCPE’s ipv6 Internet stream, accessible via http://audio-ipv6.ibiblio.org:8000/wcpe.mp3 Many thanks to UNC’s network master, Jim Gogan, for creating an ibiblio VLAN this morning and enabling ipv6 support for us in the process! ipv6 in t...
Child-and-Net-friendly copyright: A little progress from John Edwards?
Original at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Sat, May 19
By David Rothman Tags: Larry Lessig, presidential campaign, U.S. presidential campaign, Democratic Party, North Carolina, UNC, University of North Carolina Since November 2003, I’ve been trying to get presidential candidate John Edwards to speak out against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension...
Medical Textiles No Longer for 'External Use Only'
Original at Medgadget.com
• Tue, Apr 24
By Josh(jumbehr@gmail.com) King and other researchers are already seeing progress in cell growth research, through a partnership with Dr. David Gerber's liver implantation team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Medicine. One of King's graduate students, Jessica Gluck, has demonstra...
Area colleges say texting tops e-mail during crises
Original at The Tennessean
• Sat, Apr 21
Harvill Eaton was in a meeting about campus security when news broke about the shootings at Virginia Tech. Two days later, as the Cumberland University president prepared to address his Lebanon campus community about the tragedy, he'd already decided text messaging is the future of mas...
Al Eisele: Georgetown and John Edwards: A Pair of Winners
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Mar 25
By Al Eisele I just watched Georgetown University come from behind to upset North Carolina in overtime to make it to the NCAA Final Four, and then I watched Katie Couric's fascinating interview with former Sen. John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth, and I'm convinced both could go on to win the champions...
Heartbreak For NC State In The ACC Tournament
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Mar 11
By Sibin Mohan They came here as underdogs, they played their hearts out, and they took down the mightiest names in college basketball and reached the finals of the ACC tournament. That's where exhaustion finally seemed to take over. NC State's run in the ACC basketball tournament came to a halt when UNC w...
State Bar Files Additional Charges against Defendant Nifong
Original at LieStoppers
• Wed, Jan 24
If these allegations are true and if they don't justify disbarment, then I'm not sure what does," said Joseph Kennedy, a law professor at the University of North Carolina. "It's hard for me to imagine a more serious set of allegations against a prosecutor."
Opinion: Conformity on campus
Original at FIRE
• Fri, Dec 17
By none (Marvin Olasky) • College Republicans from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro hosted "Morals Week," a weeklong series of events promoting abstinence and personal responsibility. • Conservative student groups hosted "affirmative action bake sales" at Northwestern University, the Uni...
Christian frat to sue UNC over free speech
Original at FIRE
• Tue, Aug 24
• 6 related articles
By none (Eric Ferreri) But Jefferson Powell, a Constitutional law professor at Duke University, said the answer isn't clear. While UNC has a clear interest in preventing discrimination, it must also be wary of infringing on the rights of a student or group to meet freely.