Board of Governors denies Chancellor Folt, UNC's Silent Sam proposal
Update 4:50 p.m.: Folt said the University will reconsider off-campus options in the relocation of Silent Sam in a conference call with reporters.
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Update 4:50 p.m.: Folt said the University will reconsider off-campus options in the relocation of Silent Sam in a conference call with reporters.
Members of the Jewish community recently spoke out against Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustee’s suggestion to house Silent Sam in Odum Village. Some have found it problematic that Chapel Hill Kehillah, a synagogue and religious school located on Mason Farm Road in Odum village, will be so close to Silent Sam.
A presentation by Chancellor Carol Folt and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bob Blouin at the Dec. 7 Faculty Executive Council meeting was interrupted by student activists and widely decried by the council.
On Friday, UNC activists posted online that 79 teaching assistants and instructors had signed a petition to withhold grades in opposition to Silent Sam's relocation plan, proposed by Chancellor Folt and the UNC Board of Trustees on Monday.
From a webcam in his office, Thom Goolsby, a member of the UNC-system Board of Governors, chastised UNC administration in a three-minute video, calling their Silent Sam relocation proposal cowardly and illegal.
Amid euphoric embraces and shouts, dislodged from its pedestal overlooking UNC’s campus for the first time in 115 years, Confederate monument Silent Sam rested in a growing pile of dirt and spit.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated which members of the BOT voted in opposition of the plan. Allie McRae and UNC Student Body President Savannah Putnam voted no. Although Bill Keyes spoke at length about his opposition to the plan, he voted yes and said it was the best that could be done under the law. The story has been updated with correct information. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
On Monday morning, Chancellor Carol Folt and the Board of Trustees officially recommended the building of a new single-purpose educational building on South Campus to contextualize the University's history, including the toppled Confederate monument Silent Sam.
Update 2:10 p.m.: In a message released to students and staff from the Chancellor's office, Chancellor Carol Folt and Provost Robert Blouin outlined the four-part plan for Silent Sam and contextualization on UNC's campus.
While speakers gave their opening remarks at a Friday conference on student safety, students and community members stood at the entrance of the William and Ida Friday Center, signs in hand, protesting the summit’s inclusion of Chancellor Carol Folt and Chapel Hill Chief of Police Chris Blue.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the what the role of SFAS is in relation to the Student Fee Audit Committee. The SFAS hears presentations from the SFAC on student fees. The article has been updated with the correct information. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
Science programs at UNC have a history of awards and recognition, and this year proves no exception.
The Board of Trustees met this week, following an extension of the Nov. 15 Silent Sam deadline and the resignation announcement of UNC-System President Margaret Spellings.
For the past few months at UNC, students, faculty, alumni and citizens have formulated ideas about the unknown fate of Silent Sam, the Confederate statue that was forcibly removed by protesters in late August.
Chancellor Carol Folt and the Board of Trustees have been granted an extension to present a plan to the Board of Governors regarding the future of Silent Sam, Folt said in an email sent to the UNC community Friday afternoon.
This month, after years of pressure from the student body, the University published data from a 2016 survey that measured the racial climate on UNC's campus.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed a quote from Rianna Saslow and incorrectly stated who read the descriptions of victims. Saslow read these. The article has been updated with the correct attribution. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear a public records case involving The Daily Tar Heel demanding UNC release the names, offenses and disciplinary actions taken by the University against faculty or students who committed instances of sexual misconduct during their affiliation with UNC.
Former UNC Chancellor James Moeser said Silent Sam should be housed at an on-campus civil rights museum to provide context to the monument in an interview with The Daily Tar Heel.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the letter condemning Silent Sam was released by the entire Department of Physics and Astronomy. Those who signed the letter represented themselves and not their institutions. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.