Sarah Kaylan Butler

Students test drive electric bicycles at Kenan-Flagler

Students got the chance to test an alternative form of transportation on Tuesday — in the form of an ELF.

William Jardell sees UNC as model for activism

While some students feel that UNC’s LGBT community faces opposition on its own campus, William Jardell wants them to know how progressive their campus is.

UNC recruits for diversity on Decision Day

“My goal is to make us the Morehouse College of (predominately white institutions),” he said. “They’re known for producing very high quality graduates, who go into fortune 500 companies ... We’ve had that for some time now, we’ve had a good percentage of our black males go on to do really great things — beyond Michael Jordan or a Harrison Barnes. We have Michael Jordans’ and Harrison Barrnes’ in medicine and in law.”

Electronic transcripts now available at UNC

Ordering a transcript just got a lot quicker.

Student Congress confirms new student leaders

The Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee confirmed the director of state and external affairs position Tuesday night, helping to fill the cabinet of Student Body President-elect Houston Summers. 

Study: e-cigarettes easy to get for minors in NC

UNC researchers have found e-cigarette vendors and customers are largely ignoring some of the state’s laws regulating them.

50,000 enroll in UNC online course

Almost 50,000 students have enrolled in a massive open online course on positive psychology taught by UNC professor Barbara Fredrickson.

Q&A with junior Taylor McCain, granddaughter of Greensboro Four participant

In 1960, the Franklin McCain, one of the Greensboro Four, saw an issue with racial segregation and did something about it by hosting a sit-in in an all-white diner. More than half a century later, his granddaughter, UNC junior Taylor McCain, is taking his lead to pursue racial equality by working with Communiversity, a community-building youth program sponsored by the Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. 

NC Digital Heritage Center expands archives with grant

Yearbooks back to the 1890s, documents detailing portions of the civil rights movement and rare photos showing the way of life in Rocky Mount in 1950 — all of these pieces of history are now becoming available online thanks to a December grant. 

Local civil rights experts address campus racism issues

A panel discussion held Thursday night focused on rejecting racist norms, especially within UNC’s community.

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Patrick White, a senior business major, tests out an alternative form of transportation, a one-person-electrical bicycle called an ELF, in the parking lot of Kenan-Flagler on Monday afternoon.