UNC files response to SFFA motion for summary judgement
UNC’s affirmative action case is moving forward as the University files a response to the group suing the school on account of its admission practices.
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UNC’s affirmative action case is moving forward as the University files a response to the group suing the school on account of its admission practices.
UNC has filed for summary judgment today for its affirmative action lawsuit, the latest development in the case.
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
The first time one of my friends visited me in the office, she sat down next to me, leaned over and whispered, “Leah. This office is...so white.”
The Daily Tar Heel selected a new leader Saturday: junior Rachel Jones.
Orange County Schools will adopt a new policy for teacher contracts that will give teachers who have worked in the district for at least three years increased job security, following approval from the Board of Education in early February.
Clarification: An original version of this article implied Garima Tomar received a violation in the 2016 Student Body President campaign while on the Joe Nail campaign. Only the candidate can receive a violation.
LeRoy Frasier, a Durham native who was one of the first black undergraduate students to attend UNC, died on Dec. 29, in New York City due to heart failure. He was 80 years old.
UNC launched “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina” today with a kickoff event in Polk Place. A fundraising campaign aiming to raise $4.25 billion by the end of 2022, Campaign for Carolina marks the largest campaign in the school’s history and the second largest among public universities in the country. Its goals are, among other things, to eliminate financial barriers to education and improve the arts at UNC.
Kevin Young is the author of 11 books of prose and poetry. Two of his books, "Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015" and "Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News," have been longlisted for National Book Awards for poetry and nonfiction respectively. Young is also the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and is the incoming poetry editor at The New Yorker. He was recently awarded the Thomas Wolfe Prize for his writing and will receive the prize and speaking at UNC on Tuesday, Oct. 3 in a free event open to the public. University Editor Leah Asmelash spoke to Young on his accomplishments thus far and how he manages his time.
Update, 9:03 p.m.: Joel Curran, Vice Chancellor of University Communications, released a statement saying they have received the letter and are working on addressing the questions the letter raised.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story said Chancellor Carol Folt sent out the statement regarding norovirus. Alert Carolina sent out the email, not Folt. The story has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story said protesters said they were told to vacate the area by sunrise. Joanne Peters Denny, a UNC spokesperson, said students were not told they needed to physically move themselves. The story has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
On Homecoming weekend in 2016, recent UNC graduate Monique LaBorde set out a plate of locks and a few sharpies and waited in the Coker Arboretum.
UNC workers across campus, including graduate students, are coming together to form a new University Workers Union in an effort to protect their interests from the University.
When senior Riley Foster first started tutoring young refugee students, she assumed she was being encouraging and reaffirming of their abilities. But when one student casually mentioned he was never going to go to college because his parents couldn’t afford it, Foster felt disheartened.
An incident of domestic violence at one of UNC’s graduate and family housing communities left one resident dead and two injured early Sunday morning.
Chancellor Carol Folt released a statement Tuesday condemning the events in Charlottesville, Va., but some students and faculty say her letter wasn’t enough.
Protesters gathered on Tuesday outside UNC's Center for School Leadership Development to voice their disapproval for the proposed UNC Board of Governor's litigation ban against UNC Law School's Center for Civil Rights.
The University has experienced the highest number of international applications ever, despite the executive orders out of White House and perceived limited international student resources.