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UNC’s Information Technology Services has planned a major emergency outage for March 13 to conduct “critical maintenance” on its data center.

The outage will last from 4 p.m. March 13 until 8 a.m. March 14, for a total of 16 hours.

Services that will be affected include UNC e-mail, Connect Carolina, Finance Central, Student Central and others.

A new study by UNC researchers has found that young children in the U.S. are now consuming a large portion of their diets through snacking on salty chips, candy and other junk food.

Snacking now comprises up to 27 percent of children’s daily calories, the study found. It was published in the March issue of the Health Affairs journal.

Someone stole a car from a parking lot between midnight Feb. 23 and 9 p.m. Sunday at Pinegate Circle, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
The $3,000 Ford Crown Victoria was recovered intact, except for the $10 steering wheel cover, reports state.

Two delegations traveling to Rwanda this summer are seeking members to serve on their teams.

Both delegations hope to bring groups of about 15 people on the trips, which will engage in volunteer work, field research, workshops and human rights advocacy.