10.27.11 | Sports, Tuition and Financial Aid
The athletics department’s original request of a $90 annual increase — an addition to the existing $274.50 fee — was halved in negotiations over two weeks in October. The department had asked for $45 to cover scholarships for out-of-state…
The second suspect in the 2008 murder of Student Body President Eve Carson ’08 is scheduled to go on trial Nov. 28 in Orange County. Laurence Alvin Lovette was under age 18 at the time of the crime, so if he were to be convicted of murder in… read more
UNC is reviewing its policies and practices for independent study and directed readings in the wake of issues that surfaced in the department of African and Afro-American studies as part of the investigation into the football program. Karen Gil,… read more
A committee that spent the summer reviewing the University’s honor system has come to three unanimous conclusions. UNC needs: Greater efficiency and better communication between the honor system and faculty and the honor system and… read more
Lawrence R. “Bubba” Cunningham, who has been athletics director at the University of Tulsa since 2005, is the next AD at Carolina. Cunningham, 49, has signed a six-year contract that will pay him an annual salary of $525,000 and provide… read more
Wailing sirens drowned out the hum of normal campus activities shortly before noon on Sept. 6 as Alert Carolina responded to tornado warnings issued for Orange County. Winston Crisp ’92 (JD), vice chancellor for student affairs, said the… read more
Roy Williams ’72, in his ninth season as head basketball coach, has received a contract extension through 2018. Williams’ base salary will be $333,938, he will receive an expense allowance of $30,000 in 2011-12 and $40,000 in each of the next… read more
An educator who leads a successful group of charter schools in Atlanta has been honored by the GAA with a Distinguished Young Alumni Award. David Jernigan ’00, executive director of KIPP schools in Atlanta, received the award at a banquet… read more
University Day 2011 was observed with the dedication of a marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s. The new marker to an enduring principle of freedom of speech sits on the stone wall between… read more