There’s always something at stake when North Carolina and Duke square off.

The Victory Bell. The Carlyle Cup. Pride.

But this year, for the first time in a long time, there’s something else: postseason implications.

Mayor-elect Mark Kleinschmidt will take office in December knowing that almost half the electorate voted for someone else.

But he said he is confident he can unify Chapel Hill residents.

When actors walk onto the stage at Forest Theatre tonight to perform “Rent,” they won’t have to fake the chilly temperatures of the musical’s setting.

Because the show is set in New York at night in midwinter, the cold air gives Company Carolina’s production a touch of reality.

Graduate students can’t come to a consensus on whether to place a higher financial burden on out-of-state students to help the University cope with significant budget shortfalls.

The Graduate and Professional Student Federation Senate split its votes in support of equal increases for all graduate students and further raising the cost for out-of-state students at its Thursday meeting.