Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Brittini Harbin
An update on the ongoing investigations into the Tar Heel football team: The NCAA and the university are looking into whether some players had improper dealings with sports agents, and the university expanded its investigation into possible academic misconduct.
Earlier this week, the NCAA and the university cleared senior running back Shaun Draughn to play in today’s game. None of the other thirteen players who were held out of the season-opener because of the investigations has been cleared. The university’s academic investigation is looking into whether a former football tutor gave players improper help writing class papers. But where’s the line between tutoring student-athletes and doing their work for them?
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Cydney Swofford
During the summer, housekeeper Odessa Davis was suspended without pay for sitting on the job while recovering from an asthma attack. It’s been a longstanding policy that university housekeepers can’t sit on the job, but Davis said she didn’t know the rule until her suspension, which was reversed. The facilities services department released a memo clarifying the policy last week.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Aaron Taube
The Inter-Fraternity Court enacted new regulations this year for rush, moving it forward two weeks and eliminating alcohol. Rushees aren’t allowed to be in the fraternity houses after 11 p.m. Some miss the big back to school parties, but there have been fewer people in the hospital and getting arrested this year than in the past.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Benjamin Doster
Amidst the pressure from the turmoil around the NCAA investigations, Coach John Blake resigned. Art Kaufman moved from coaching the linebackers to coaching the defensive line, joining him is former Buffalo Bills assistant, Charlie Coiner, who was hired Wednesday. The staff changes have been challenging, but the players are pressing on.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Reema Khrais
The Chapel Hill Islamic Society will build a mosque off Martin Luther King Boulevard and are waiting to for approval on the zoning change. It could be a year before the mosque is ready to open its doors. Some Muslims are eager to see how the community respond to the mosque, but they anticipate it will be better received than mosques in other areas of the country. The United Church of Chapel Hill offered a class on Islam so area adults could learn more about their neighbors.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Al Hernandez
In the shadows of UNC’s basketball and football teams, one may not ever hear about the variety of sports played by students. One of those lesser known sports is rugby. Players from the United Kingdom, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and the United States make up the diverse team. The team placed second in a Sevens Tournament already this semester. It’s next tournament will be in Atlanta and raise funds for Iraq and Afghan War veterans.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 18th, 2010
By Kelly Lynch
A student examines a bike before bidding on it at the bike auction in Craig parking deck. (Photo by Alletta Cooper)
Every year Alpha Phi Omega has paired with the Department of Public Safety to raise money for charities in and around the Chapel Hill community by selling bikes left on campus during the summer. The service fraternity auctioned off 90 bikes Wednesday in the bottom Craig parking deck. Some sold for only $5 while others sold for more than $100.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 11th, 2010
By Adam Salloum
Katherine Collins tapes her name and a message to a flag she's paid to adopt in memory of 9-11. (Photo by Elizabeth Jensen)
Nine years later, the memory of 9-11 is still clear in many students’ memory. The College Republicans organized a memorial for the 9-11 Never Forget Project by setting out flags in UNC’s Polk Place. Students could adopt flags for $1. The money went to the Freedom Alliance scholarship fund.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 11th, 2010
UNC football player Bruce Carter didn't hear whether he's play against LSU until late on the Friday night before due to the NCAA investigation. (Photo from tarheelblue.com)
UNC football player Bruce Carter faced possible suspension before the game against Louisianan State University Saturday, Sept. 4. Carolina Connection gave Carter an audio recorder as he waited the night before to hear if he could play. Carter missed the team bus to Atlanta, and when he was cleared to play, he caught a private flight instead.
Author: Carolina Connection Published: September 11th, 2010
By Reema Khrais
During the past few years, the number of mopeds on campus has spiked, according to the UNC Public Safety Department. Students said they are fun and efficient. One student filled up her tank last week for less than $3. Reporter Reema Khrais hops on the back of one student’s moped for a ride around campus.
