The NCSA Board of Governors committee on university governance voted unanimously thursday to recommend a name change for the NC School of the Arts to the UNC School of the Arts. The full Board of Governors will vote on the measure on Friday, May 9 at 9 AM in Chapel Hill. If approved, the measure will go before the NC General Assembly.

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D&P students try to scoop up water that flowed from the stage into the deMille Orchestra Pit.

A Tornado Warning caused the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute's production to stop mid-way through the second act on its opening night, May 8, 2008. Audience members were initially escorted into the hall behind the seats after news of two tornados touching down in the vicinity arrived, and cast members were removed into one of the dance studios. More problems arose, however, when flooding occurred on the stage and water started leaking downstairs into the orchestra pit. D&P Students with shovels, brooms, mops, buckets, towels and pieces of carpet tried to remove the water before it moved further into the pit and ended up damaging the instruments, which were moved up onto risers.

The opera will continue for three more nights on May 9 and 10 at 8PM and May 11 at 2 PM in the Agnes deMille theatre on the NCSA campus. Tickets are believed to be sold out.

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by William Davis

The Board of Trustees last week approved a resolution to change the name of the School of the Arts by adding “University” to the beginning, making it “The University of North Carolina School of the Arts.” The resolution is pending approval by the UNC Board of Governors and the NC General Assembly.

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