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Daily Tar Heel photographers across the Triangle photographed families who have adjusted their Halloween plans this year due to the spread of the coronavirus. Featured are families and friends in costume from Chapel Hill to Raleigh.
The Black Mama's Bail Out Action is an annual event designed to bail Black mothers and caregivers out of jail. Southerners on New Ground Durham has raised over $60,000 to fund this year’s Bail Out, which takes place on Thursday.
With less than a week until Election Day, 3.8 million North Carolinians have already cast their ballots, a state in which young voters have turned out at a rate almost four times higher than at this point in 2016. An index from CIRCLE, the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University, ranked North Carolina as the second state in the nation where the youth vote can have a significant impact on the presidential election. From reports of apocalyptic wildfires on the West Coast and ongoing protests against systemic racism, to the pandemic that has gone unchecked since March, the youth of America have come face-to-face with the intersection of politics and daily life, and as a result are hyper-aware of what's going on in their country.
Students discuss whether they plan to move back to campus for the spring semester, as Carolina Housing makes plans to welcome an additional 2000 to residence halls.
Committee members discussed wellness day distribution and community standards during their meeting on Tuesday. Among what was discussed was the manner of distribution of the days and how community standards would be enforced during the spring semester.
After UNC faced outbreaks of COVID-19 at the start of the fall semester, the majority of on-campus students left to return home or to find an off-campus residence. But a little over 1,000 students remained living in residence halls, according to the University’s COVID-19 Dashboard. And the on-campus experience, in light of COVID-19 guidelines, is vastly different than anything experienced before.
UNC still hasn't made moves to rename Morrison Residence Hall despite his ties to white supremacy.
After blowing out rival N.C. State at home — with many contributions from young players — the No. 15 North Carolina football team's young and veteran players will have to continue to mesh as the halfway mark of the season approaches.
A number of former UNC women's lacrosse players have already decided to join Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse, a league aiming to make the game more fast-paced and attractive to fans.
Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina's state health director and chief medical officer, said North Carolina likely won't have enough COVID-19 doses available for widespread distribution until later in 2021.
“I think it went as smooth as it possibly could,” UNC assistant women's soccer coach Damon Nahas said. “It’s more just having fun with it, just interacting with them in a fun way without making it too serious. Not making it feel awkward.”
Black students make up over one-fifth of total enrollment at UNC-System schools, which include five historically Black institutions. Within the Board of Governors, the UNC System's 24 voting-member governing body, there were only three Black members — which equals just 12.5 percent. But last month, that number decreased to two when BOG member Darrell Allison unexpectedly resigned. If a Black individual is not named as a replacement by the North Carolina General Assembly, the community would be represented descriptively by just eight percent of the Board.
“The bottom line is, we in Global recommend against undertaking international travel at this time,” Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson said at a panel Monday. “The UNC system has a ban on international travel. It’s in place at this time.”
With the University's decision to postpone the start of the spring semester to Jan. 19, many UNC students living in off-campus residences are looking to sublease their rooms during the winter break.
Rachel Raper, the director of elections for Orange County, said poll workers are critical to elections and complete a variety of roles during early voting and Election Day. “Poll workers are on the front line of democracy, and the experience voters have with poll workers shapes their opinions of elections and going to vote” she said. Because of the virus, the polling sites throughout Orange County are following safety protocols by maintaining social distancing, enforcing masks, limiting the number of people inside the polling site, disinfecting the voting sites between each use, not reusing sample ballots and putting up plastic barriers between voting stands.
As UNC provides COVID-19 testing to its students, some experience anxiety while waiting for results. Dr. Allen O'Barr, director of CAPS, recommends students utilize mindfulness techniques as they deal with uncertainty.
Against N.C. State, UNC's starters were able to take a much-deserved seat on the bench to watch the backups close out the 48-21 victory, the third-largest margin of victory against an AP Top-25 opponent in North Carolina history.
The University will offer five modes of academic instruction, single-occupancy on-campus housing, regular COVID-19 evaluation testing and mandatory reentry testing in the spring 2021 semester, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Bob Blouin said in an email Friday.
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