UNC sexual assault victims speak up about imperfect system
In the spring, one female UNC student said her life was consumed by three short words: “I was raped.”
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In the spring, one female UNC student said her life was consumed by three short words: “I was raped.”
When the federal government mandated in April 2011 that all federally funded campuses reform their sexual assault policies, the University struggled for more than a year to craft an improved system.
Ping Nguyen said he’ll never forget the day he came home to a sign on his door that read, “No homos allowed in this suite.”
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said the University paid R. William Funk & Associates $213,581 to conduct the 2007-08 search that selected Chancellor Holden Thorp. That amount was for the entire search. The article has been amended to reflect this change.
The University’s faculty is tired of watching Chancellor Holden Thorp take punches.
University faculty members will meet this afternoon in an effort to persuade Chancellor Holden Thorp to reconsider his decision to step down.
When Chancellor Holden Thorp hired Bruce Carney to become the full-time provost in 2010, he vowed that when Carney decided to step down, a better method of administrative hiring would be in place.
Under the muggy haze of a Thursday afternoon, the Marching Tar Heels filed into Navy Field one by one.
Bruce Carney is tired of seeing students suffer.
When Chancellor Holden Thorp issued a call for reform of the honor system last summer, the system’s student leaders vowed to retain the institution’s most tradition-bound characteristic — its entirely student-led structure.
As the University debates changes to its student-run honor system, outgoing Student Attorney General Jon McCay said he is worried.
The legitimacy of the University’s student-run honor system has been in the campus spotlight for months, highlighting the perception that it is isolated from faculty and the student body.
While reform to the honor system is already underway, faculty members are realizing there is still a long way to go.
After purchasing a plagiarism detection software last week, administrators are now turning their attention to the details of this semester’s pilot program.
Women make up almost 60 percent of the UNC student body, but men are charged in almost 70 percent of Honor Court hearings, according to data released by the student attorney general’s staff.
A new report has found sizable disparities between the number of cases reported to the honor system by UNC’s academic departments.
The University’s desperate search for funding has thrust Student Body President Mary Cooper into the spotlight.
After months of discussion, reform to the University honor system is underway with the faculty advisory committee’s first official meeting today.
Reform of the University’s honor system is still in its early stages, and it has become clear that faculty in charge of the effort have their work cut out for them.
The University’s faculty advisory committee to the honor system has garnered nothing but praise since its official return to UNC on Oct 3.