In an effort to increase enthusiasm for the football program, Fedora has been spending time with a number of student groups — most recently via dinners at different houses in the Greek community. Fedora, who was announced as the next head coach in December, said the meals are part of a larger effort to increase attendance at the football games.

The vision for UNC’s next chancellor will be conceived today. Since Chancellor Holden Thorp announced Sept. 17 that he will resign in June, the University has gathered 21 people who will conduct the nine-month search for his replacement. Today, the University’s chancellor search committee will meet for the first time to receive its official charge from UNC-system President Thomas Ross.

Quiana Phillips was sitting in class at Miller-Motte College in March 2011 when she received a call on her cellphone from an unknown number. Phillips was a full-time student at Miller-Motte in Raleigh by night — and a full-time employee at UNC’s Campus Health Services by day. But when the number called back again minutes later, she decided to step out of class to answer it — and what she heard on the other end of the line changed her life.

It was designed from the start to be a night entirely focused on Dave Matthews. His was the face splashed across the t-shirts, the name shouted from the devoted fans’ mouths. He was the opening act as an acoustic guitarist, and he was the headliner as an electric one. He’s the ringleader of the timeless and talented band that carries his name.

In downtown Chester, Main Street was mostly empty on Monday afternoon – and locals say that’s not unusual. Some storefronts are bare, their lots vacant. Others appear occupied – “Yes, we’re here!”. the sign in an ice cream shop reads – but their doors, at least on Monday, remained locked. For this county seat of 32,000 people about 50 miles south of Charlotte, it’s been a long few years.

At 1514 East Blvd., JJ’s Red Hots occupies “the restaurant that’s haunted.”. The Dilworth property has been home to six restaurants in the past 10 years – one upscale, one seafood, one barbecue, none lasting very long. Fellow restaurant owners call the area cursed. JJ’s owner and co-founder Jonathan Luther calls it his home base.