Ten North Carolina schools have made The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges.

Master documentarian Ken Burn's week-long documentary on national parks began last night on UNC-TV, and it has a Tar Heel tie.

Many of the historic photographs show in the six-part series are from the Special Collections of Hunter Library at Western Carolina Univeristy, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times.

Two college students who dumped a dead bear covered with Barack Obama campaign signs at the entrance to Western Carolina University last fall have been sentenced to probation.

The October incident at the UNC system campus in the western reaches of the state drew national attention.

The Asheville Citizen-Times has the story.

You may have read earlier this week about the 75-pound bear cub found dead on the doorstep to Western Carolina University plastered with Barack Obama campaign signs.

Yes, really.

Now, two brothers have been arrested and the university's chancellor, John Bardo, is fending off some criticism for having dismissed the incident as a "stupid prank." Here's more from Bardo.