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Articles by Stewart Boss

“The Crazies,” a remake of George Romero’s 1973 zombie flick, does basically what you’d expect it to — but it does it well.

In the span of 48 hours, the little Iowa town of Ogden Marsh (Pop. 1,260) winds up being taken over by its own townspeople, infected by an unexplained water-borne virus that makes the local residents bleed from their faces and get violently, incomprehensibly aggressive.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

That proved to be the theme of Tuesday’s public forum hosted by The Parr Center for Ethics, but the subject was not military dictators or monarchical tyranny.

It was the United States food industry.

“Valentine’s Day,” the new movie by director Garry Marshall, markets the kind of chocolate-box love that ultimately makes you want to gag.

It’s a flat-out disaster, an undeniable mess that has been overstuffed with A-list actors who barely have enough screen time to make an impression.

The film follows a cast of more than 20 characters around Los Angeles on the titular holiday, making lowest-common-denominator jokes and gross generalizations on romance, marriage, cheating, loss, sex and commitment.

Correction (12:51 a.m. Feb. 11) Due to a reporting error, this story incorrectly stated that the senior class officers help select the class gift. Seniors actually can donate to any part of the University as part of the senior campaign. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.

Student Congress is handing out hundreds of thousands of dollars during the next month, but there are only a few days left until the deadline for student groups to apply.

The finance committee of Student Congress goes through an annual budget process, in which roughly $385,000 in student fees are given to fund student organizations.

Barack Obama wants to make it easier for students to get federal college aid from Uncle Sam.

The president’s administration is working on simplifying the sometimes onerous Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form that qualifies students for grants, loans and other forms of college aid.

The brave students who were planning on camping out in the Student Union to reserve campus meeting rooms next semester can put their sleeping bags away.

The Student Union room reservation process will now be entirely online, allowing any of the approximately 600 recognized student groups on campus to register for space to hold large events across campus.

University administrators plan to build an $8 million pedestrian bridge over South Road.

Don’t agree? Let UNC officials know during a student input session tonight, hosted by the executive branch of student government.

They tried pagers. They tried cell phones. Now, something a little more hip.

Employees of Interpreter Services at UNC Hospitals are using the iPod touch to receive work requests and communicate among themselves.

Thanks to the upgrade, they’re saving money and increasing efficiency in the process.

Last year, winners in the annual UNC Dance Marathon Homecoming Golf Classic went home with a trophy and a few free rounds of golf.

This year’s trophy could be a brand new Porsche Boxster — a $47,000 or more car.

Players who get a hole-in-one on the 179-yard hole 17 during Friday’s tournament can go home with the new ride.

Thanks to title sponsorships from Pascal Architects and the Azby Fund, the tournament has been able to expand its publicity and come up with new incentives for players through prizes and giveaways.

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