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Monday, February 14, 2000
Campus Calendar to Hit DTH Online
Staff Report
Effective today, The Daily Tar Heel’s
campus calendar will be entirely han
dled through the newspaper’s online
site.
The move was spurred by the
January redesign of the paper’s Web
page, an effort spearheaded by Online
Editor William Hill.
“The new site has helped elevate the
online presence of the DTH,” Hill said.
“It’s a much more interactive Web page.
DTH Seeks Members for New Resident Board
Staff Report
The Daily Tar Heel is seeking inter
ested members of the community to join
the Resident Feedback Board, a panel
designed to discuss the paper’s coverage
of issues in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
The panel, which is scheduled to
meet four times before May, will allow
residents the opportunity to critique the
paper and offer suggestions about cov
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so it seemed logical to direct students to
the site to submit information about
campus events."
Traditionally, campus group repre
sentatives were asked to come to the
DTH office and fill out forms about their
event and place them in a box outside
the office.
The announcements run daily on
Page 2 of the newspaper.
The information requested of stu
dents submitting information - their
name, the name of their organization,
erage.
The goal of the board is to increase
the communication between the stu
dents who work at the paper and the
readership they serve, in an informal
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DTH Editor Rob Nelson stressed the
value of a board such as the RFB and
said he hoped interest would be high.
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just serve students, but there are sever
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their campus phone number, etc. - has
not changed with the online transition.
Announcements must be submitted
by 1 p.m. the day before students want
them to be published.
The submitted information will now
be forwarded to a general e-mail
account that editors will check daily.
DTH Editor Rob Nelson said the
push to handle campus calendar online
was a matter of convenience.
“Under the old system, students were
forced to come to the office,” he said.
al thousand readers who pick up the
DTH who aren’t affiliated with UNC,”
he said. “Those are the people we are
trying to reach out to.
“The paper has stressed strong com
munity relations all year, and this is the
final plank in those efforts.”
The scheduled dates for the board
meetings are March 7, March 28, April
11 and April 2.5. These are all Tuesday
dates, and the board will meet at 7 p.m.
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“Now, students can submit their
information from a variety of places on
campus or even from their homes. It’s
more convenient for readers and for us.”
Hill said the online staff was also
planning a campuswide calendar online
that students could use to keep track of
daily events.
If there any problems with the new
system, students should contact
Managing Editor Vicky Eckenrode or
Managing Editor Cate Doty with
concerns.
at various locations in town.
Applications for interested residents
are available in the front office of The
Daily Tar Heel, located in Suite 104 of
the Student Union. They are due back
no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 28. Those
selected will be notified by March 2.
For more information, contact
Assistant City Editor Ginny Sciabbarrasi
at 962-4209 or at
sciabba@email.unc.edu.
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50 Years Ago:
( I ■ This week in 1950, Army Secretary Gordon Gray
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presidency of UNC no later than Sept. 1.
vSI 25 Years Ago:
■ This week in 1975, Lance Woodring announced his candidacy for student
body president, pledging more corruption in student government. Other
promises: abolish student government and eliminate cars on campus and
give each student a horse. He finished sixth in the race with 247 votes.
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■ This week in 1990, Director of University Housing Wayne Kune! said
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installation by voting on a referendum. Feb. 20. The referendum, if
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Campus Calendar
Today
noon - SURGE will sponsor a
Valentine’s Day Action Against U.N.
Sanctions on Iraq in front of the
Franklin Street Post Office.
SURGE will attempt to send dona
tions of food, clothing and medical sup
plies to Iraq.
7:30 p.m. - The Dialectic and
Philanthropic Societies wil host a forum
with N.C. gubernatorial candidate
Chuck Neely on the third floor of New
West.
Writ Daily (Tar Hrel
8 p.m. - Hypnotist. Tom deLuca will
entertain students with his “Theatre of
the Imagination” in Memorial Hall.
The event is presented by the Carolina
Union Activities Board and is free and
open to the public.
For the Record
The Feb. 8 article “GOP
Gubernatorial Candidate Touts Tax
Cuts, Family Values” incorrectly listed
Brad Worley as being associated with
“Students for Bradley.” Worley is a
member of “Students for Neely.”
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.