Panel: courts too tough on teens
In North Carolina, no one can buy a lottery ticket, watch an R-rated movie or vote for a lawmaker at 16 — but courts still prosecute many 16-year-olds as adults.
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In North Carolina, no one can buy a lottery ticket, watch an R-rated movie or vote for a lawmaker at 16 — but courts still prosecute many 16-year-olds as adults.
The message portrayed to students was clear.
Coming from humble beginnings, APPLES has served the University and its community for the past quarter century.
The three remaining candidates for student body president all came out in favor of renaming Saunders Hall during a forum Tuesday night.
A new student organization was forced to relocate its supply storage after the Student Union asked the group to move on Oct. 29.
Student government isn’t the only organization looking for fresh faces on Tuesday.
During winter break, the Campus Y designated its bathrooms as gender-neutral.
Despite the Board of Governor’s decision to shut down attempts at gender neutral housing, students have continued to try to make smaller gains for the cause.
In a time of heavy cuts to UNC’s budget, many student groups have seen their budgets trimmed as well.
When a Carolina Kickoff camper approached A.J. Karon asking why there was no Campus Y committee dedicated to gender equality, Karon decided to do something about it.
Groups across campus are coming together this week to promote a campaign to help end the derogatory use of the words “retard” and “retarded.”
Students from around the Atlantic Coast Conference are gathering in Washington, D.C., today to represent their schools’ interests directly to members of Congress.
The poster was decorated in broken hearts.
CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, a previous version of this story listed events for the 2012 Human Rights Week instead of 2013. The story has been changed to reflect these changes.
The candidates running unopposed for co-presidents of the Campus Y want to make social justice accessible.
When football Coach Herman Boone wanted to buy a “Remember the Titans” poster, he was outraged that it cost $350.
Tables in the Pit are set up with scarves, earrings, bracelets and other accessories.
Chancellor Holden Thorp spoke candidly with students Monday afternoon about his time in office and his hopes for his replacement.
Although Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia, is more than 6,000 miles away from Chapel Hill, some activists from both locations share similar concerns about their political systems.
Instead of going to parties, some students will be sleeping outside this Friday night in cardboard boxes in the Pit.