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  • Was UNC Admissions responsible for the surplus of pollen this spring?

    It’s a tale as old as time. A Chapel Hill resident, spurred on by the bright sunny spring weather, steps outside, ready to enjoy the day—only to get attacked by a wave of yellow dust coming from all directions. This is the pollen epidemic. It happens every spring in Chapel Hill, and there are many who suffer greatly

  • Davis Streaking

    Davis Streaking

    Correspondent Molly Cassidy spoke with Finn, a Carolina student who had a successful Davis streak- a day early.

  • Neighborhood HOA ignites heated shrubbery battle with Gimghoul Castle

    The Gimghoul Historic District is home to a plethora of beautiful and well-maintained homes. Garbage bins hidden by stone walls, matching black mailboxes and perfectly manicured bermuda grass flanks every flat, unmarred sidewalk square. But at the end of the street lies a deviation, a thorn in the side of every do-gooder in the immediate vicinity. For years, the shrubs in front of UNC’s resident castle, owned and operated by the secret society known as the Order of Gimghoul, have been large, unruly and frankly too majestic for the neighborhood they’re in