In today’s news: Chapel Hill-Carrboro school officials discuss a glitch that left hundreds of students without bus assignments to start the school year. Also: LUMO is back on this week’s Chapel Hill Town Council agenda; a new report finds the North Carolina lottery isn’t providing as much money to schools as you might think; UNC officials discuss the campus police response to last week’s racial incident; and UNC renames Jackson Hall…Jackson Hall.
And in sports: UNC women’s basketball head coach Courtney Banghart addresses the media two months out from the season opener; two Tar Heel field hockey stars earn all-conference honors; UNC women’s golf opens its season in Minnesota; and UNC athletics launches a new Tar Heel-branded alcohol.
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