| In-Depth Articles |
Over the course of five semesters, I've written nearly 150 published articles for the Daily Tar Heel, ranging on everything from spot news to in-depth articles, features stories and arts reviews. You can view them all by going here and typing in my name under "search". But here are the headlines and leads of my favorite stories.
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Hooker’s
Vision, Moeser’s Direction Merge to Shape UNC
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No
Background Checks Slated Despite Arrests
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Call
and Response
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April 23, 2001
James Moeser didn't step into the office of UNC chancellor with a clean slate. The University's top administrative official inherited an ambitious plan to give every student Internet access, a blueprint for 50 years of campus growth and a lofty goal of making UNC the best public university in the nation. They all came from the unfinished agenda of the late Michael Hooker, who died of cancer in June 1999. |
August 30, 2001
In the wake of the arrests of two Carolina Dining Services employees, University police arrested two CDS employees on felony charges in the past two weeks. Aramark Corp., a service management company and the food service |
December 06, 2001
Trying to describe the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks can place Conveying the sights, sounds and feelings raised by such But when many such students are asked to describe what |
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Candidates Cater to Potential New Voters |
Officials' Views Differ On Admissions Cap |
Daum
Breaks UNC Elections Trend
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| January 31, 2001
Anticipating a growing pool of likely voters because of online voting, The candidates in this year's student elections feel that a higher voter turnout will force campaigns to solicit support from more than just major student organizations. |
October 22, 2001 Last year 9,735 out-of-state students applied to UNC-Chapel Hill, a total that is 40 percent higher than the number of in-state applicants. But nearly 8,000 of those students received rejection letters in reply. For many of these denied applicants, their rejections came as a
result of the |
February 21, 2002
Before Student Body President-elect Jen Daum posted her first campaign flier, she already was bucking a UNC trend. When Daum officially declared her candidacy for student body president
in January, she became just the 12th woman in the last 10 years to
run for the position -- compared to 44 Daum broke another campus trend Tuesday when she was elected as
only the third female student body president since the position's
inception in 1921. |
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Matthews
Looks Back
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Tuition
Funds to Target Salary Disparities
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Master
Plan Continues on Track Despite Numerous Revisions
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| April 03, 2001
Senior Brad Matthews departs from the office of student body president
today, leaving his administration and accomplishments to memory. As he hands over the reins of Suite C to junior Justin Young, Matthews said the greatest achievements of his term will be defined by the success of student government in the future -- and won't be directly attributed to his administration. |
January 24, 2002 If the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approves a tuition increase proposal today, officials say the money will be funneled primarily to faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, whose salaries lag behind those of faculty in UNC-CH's professional schools.
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May 02, 2001
A half-century of campus growth began with a single jackhammer.
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New
Defense Option Draws Some Heat
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Student
Leaders Provide Support Following Crisis
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Demonstrators
Rally for Fairness in Presidential Elections
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| January 22, 2001
Students being tried before the UNC Honor Court now have an independent
student service organization to defend their legal interests. But Student Attorney General Taylor Lea questions whether the organization possesses the legal training to represent its clients with the same degree of effectiveness as members of her office.
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September 12, 2001 Student leaders lost little time Tuesday planning an array of events aimed at helping the University community respond to and cope with Tuesday's terrorist attack on the United States.
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November 20, 2000 Republicans and Democrats marched along Franklin Street and through campus Saturday afternoon rallying for a single cause — fairness and democracy in the undecided presidential election. But their definitions of such democracy and their methods of rallying differed greatly.
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Forum
Denounces Military Retaliation
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Trustees
Give Resounding ‘Yes’ to Master Plan
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Lennon's
Art Comes To Triangle
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September 18, 2001 A panel of national activists and local professors spoke on campus Monday night against military retaliation for last week's terrorist attacks, presenting a critical viewpoint on the actions of the U.S. government.
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March 22, 2001
The UNC Board of Trustees gave unanimous approval Thursday morning
to the University's Master Plan, launching a new era of campus growth. The Master Plan, a 50-year blueprint for campus development, was met with no dissent from trustees and granted swift approval, despite lingering concerns from many town officials and local residents. |
September 06, 2002 Thousands of pieces of John Lennon's artwork -- some originals and some reproductions -- arrived in Chapel Hill on Thursday, more than 20 years after the artist's death. From 5 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Sunday, more than 100 individual pieces of artwork by the famous singer and musician will be on display at the The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. |
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Program
for Authors Aids Writing Skills
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University
Setting, Young Talent Bring National Attention to Chapel Hill |
Threads
of Local Music
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October 10, 2002
While most students cram for their midterm exams, senior Charles Battle is at work on his anthology of poetry.
"It's the centerpiece of my schedule," Battle said. "Everything else has been pushed off to the side." |
February 06, 2003 In today's national music scene, there are a lot of eyes turned toward Chapel Hill. Ever since local acts such as Superchunk, Ben Folds Five and the Squirrel Nut Zippers became household names in the mainstream music world, artists nationwide have fixed their gazes on an area long noted for its liberal environment
It's also upped the competitive ante |
November 07, 2002
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Artistic
Community
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Students,
Alumni To Organize 6 Plays In Overnight Effort
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January 16, 2003 For a program that is already well-established and almost universally praised, Arts Carolina is operating in a state of continued limbo. The program has just completed its three-year initiative, and during that time it can lay claim to organizing several festivals, publicizing hundreds of arts events through its Web site and periodical, leading an artistic campus response to Sept. 11, and being the target of a glowing evaluation. But those credits don't necessarily add up to permanent future funding. Click here to see the full text
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February 14, 2003
And as they convene for the theatrical all-nighter, those past and current students will come with no preconceived ideas of what they're about to create, the project's producers say. "It all comes into your head on the spot," said Greg Lewis,
a senior psychology major and one of two student producers of the
project. |
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Old
97's Miller Ignites Cradle Show With New Take on Old Material
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Wilco
Bursts From Stage Onto Silver Screen
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Gourds
Deliver Rural Romp
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November 14, 2002 Rhett Miller has some unfinished business. The frontman of country-rock group the Old 97's is touring the nation with his own backup band to promote his poppy new solo album, The Instigator. But Monday night at the Cat's Cradle, Miller's performance had a
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September 12, 2002 If moviegoers hesitate to see "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" because they think it's just a simple documentary on a simple topic, it's hard to fault them. After all, that's what filmmaker Sam Jones thought when he joined innovative Chicago rock group Wilco as it began to record its fourth album -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. |
August 29, 2002 It's one of the more bizarre casualties of the MP3 age. As music files are traded en masse through file-sharing Web sites like Morpheus and Kazaa, a band's obscure cover or remix can gain a huge following all while the name of the band itself is forgotten. Such was the case for Austin-based alternative country outfit The
Gourds. |
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Massive
'Towers' Weaves Beauty, Brilliance
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January 09, 2003 From its breathtaking first scene to its cliffhanger ending, "The
Lord of the Nor does it ever have a reason to. An epic in the grandest sense of the word, "The Two Towers"
pushes |
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