Opinion: Raising juvenile age limit will keep youth safe
T he time has come for North Carolina lawmakers to raise the age at which the state begins treating criminal offenders as adults.
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T he time has come for North Carolina lawmakers to raise the age at which the state begins treating criminal offenders as adults.
The Sexual Assault Task Force met Wednesday to revise the most recent draft of the University’s new sexual assault policy.
Student Body President Andrew Powell said he is ready to lead what he called the nation’s best public university — and will do so with students in mind.
The statistics are staggering — approximately 27 million people are in slavery today — yet many people don’t know that sex trafficking exists.
A relatively peaceful Friday night in Lewis Residence Hall escalated quickly into chaos as one third floor resident being shot with a Taser and taken into custody.
UNC student Charles Talmadge, 20, was charged Friday with breaking and entering, resist/obstruct/delay of arrest, assault on law enforcement officers, vandalism, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
U NC’s Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp and the UNC-system Board of Governors are exploring ways to lower student fees, which have climbed 11 percent in the last six years .
UNC’s Sexual Assault Task Force is moving forward in deciding the types of punishments to give offenders.
Kristina Anderson was a sophomore at Virginia Tech in 2007 when a gunman, who also killed 32 students and faculty, shot her multiple times.
On Aug. 23, Gov. Pat McCrory signed the Students and Administration Equality Act (SAE Act), which guarantees students the right to a representative in criminal trials — at the student’s expense.
A s members of UNC’s sexual assault task force continue to negotiate and bring in outside opinions regarding sanctioning in sexual assault cases, it should heed the advice of several committee members and not create varied sanctions based on the “severity” of the rape.
O nly time will tell if Chapel Hill’s bipolar weather may soon settle down and let the Pit resume its place as the central hub rather than the central lagoon of campus. I think I speak for many in saying springtime is my favorite part of the year at UNC. As a kid who grew up under drearier skies in the Northeast, it’s refreshing to know your annual childhood dream of winter dying in the month of March comes true somewhere. More than the brilliant foliage soon to light up our campus, however, what energizes me most is the bright passion of those student groups out on campus for their causes.
For anyone unaware, we’re currently making our way through the Christian season of Lent, a period commonly associated in the popular imagination with affluent suburbanites who nobly commit themselves to exorcising Oreos from their diet for about 40 days each spring.
Student Body President-elect Andrew Powell submitted his appointments for his executive team. The student body vice president, secretary and treasurer must be approved by Student Congress next week; the other three do not need approval.
While faculty and staff might soon be able to undergo training for sexual assault, there is one major training piece missing for faculty and staff that will enable UNC to feel safe for students — mental health.
As members of the Sexual Assault Task Force begin their discussion of sanctioning — the latest phase of policy reconstruction — they’ve amped up their meeting frequency.
Though conversation surrounding sexual assault and mental illness at UNC has increased during the last year, there is still no required training on the subjects for faculty and staff members.
For Chapel Hill businesses open until the early hours of the morning, serving intoxicated patrons comes with the territory.
The stories range from books like “The New Plantation” to articles such as “How Colleges Fail Black Football Players.”
Carrboro police are investigating a sexual assault reported at 10 p.m. Sunday on Old Fayetteville Road between N.C. Hwy. 54 and Jones Ferry Road.