Column: UNC must prioritize renaming campus buildings
Tuesdays and Thursdays, I teach a class as a TA in Carolina Hall, formerly named Saunders Hall — after William L. Saunders, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, I teach a class as a TA in Carolina Hall, formerly named Saunders Hall — after William L. Saunders, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
At Wednesday's Board of Trustee's meeting, members of the board revisited the 2015 policy that changed the name of a UNC building to Carolina Hall, reviewed the composition of UNC's incoming students and prepared for University Day.
Update 4:40 p.m.: More context on the renaming process for Carolina Hall can be found on the UNC site: https://carolinahallstory.unc.edu.
From a march that protested the decision to privatize the Student Stores to demonstrations organized by the Real Silent Sam Coalition to the walkout when Margaret Spellings was sworn in as UNC-system president, the 2015-2016 academic year was full of demonstrations.
A plaque honoring Zora Neale Hurston was placed outside Carolina Hall on Tuesday.
On Thursday morning the Board of Trustees discussed post-election feelings on campus, tuition increases, reactions to the Carolina Hall exhibit and the proposed Kenan-Flagler Business School fee.
A new exhibit contextualizing the history of the name of Carolina Hall was opened Friday. Staff writer Madeleine Fraley asked students: What are your thoughts on the renaming of Carolina Hall and the addition of the panel exhibit?
A permanent exhibit in the entrance of Carolina Hall detailing the building's history. The hall was originally named for William Saunders, former leader of the N.C. Klan and UNC Trustee.
An exhibit in Carolina Hall displaying the history of UNC’s original decision to name the building after William Saunders and to change the title in 2015 was opened to the public Friday.
The Chancellor’s Task Force on UNC-Chapel Hill History is designing an indoor exhibit to explain the history of Carolina Hall.
The James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy might be on its own soon.
Winston Crisp was probably exaggerating when he told the UNC Board of Trustees University Affairs committee that he could talk for three hours about University happenings.
June Beshea, a senior biology and chemistry major at UNC, is one of the leaders of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, a group of activists who work to dismantle white supremacy. This short documentary examines why Beshea chooses to speak out against racism on campus and what students are doing to express their views.
The leaders of the task force on UNC-Chapel Hill history said Thursday they will decide on the task force's full membership soon after fall break ends.
Followed by the music of Nina Simone, student activists called for the end of white supremacy on UNC’s campus.
Police were responding to a complaint when they removed Hurston Hall signs from the controversially named Carolina Hall on the last day of spring semester.
When geography professor Altha Cravey refused to take down a Hurston Hall sign from her Carolina Hall window at the request of University police, UNC’s administration was quick to offer a response.
Geography professor Altha Cravey said she was shocked to see police outside her office in Carolina Hall this morning. She was even more shocked to discover the reason—a “Hurston Hall” poster she had attached to her window.
Professor Altha Cravey's third-floor office window displays a sign reading "Hurston" in the recently renamed Carolina Hall.
One side of the recently renamed Carolina Hall still reads "Saunders Hall."