Safety committee should be required to vote in person
It is imperative that Student Congress votes today to approve a bill to clarify open meeting requirements for the Student Safety and Security Committee.
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It is imperative that Student Congress votes today to approve a bill to clarify open meeting requirements for the Student Safety and Security Committee.
Falling in line with the town’s comprehensive Chapel Hill 2020 plan and the Mayor’s Committee on Affordable Rental Housing, the town is making clear progress in increasing the availability of affordable housing for all town residents, regardless of income.
The Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee should be applauded for selecting Dr. Atul Gawande as the spring commencement speaker.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro should implement a 5-cent tax on single-use paper and plastic bags. The tax, proposed by the environmental honors fraternity Epsilon Eta, would make consumers more aware of the resources wasted through the use of disposable bags.
While tuition increases are rarely welcomed, the recent $350 increase in graduate student tuition was well structured and serves an important purpose.
Anew coalition of local and state-level elected officials in North Carolina has been established explicitly to work on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. As the group, named N.C. Electeds for Equality, is forming, it must fight LGBT-oppressive legislation while expanding its membership. UNC Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator Bob Pleasants has a few specific ideas the group should keep in mind as it develops.
Each year, the town of Chapel Hill has the opportunity to repeal the ordinance banning more than four residents in the same house, yet no action has been taken. It’s time for students to step up and take initiative as one voice to show the town how unrealistic the initiative really is.
As a leading liberal arts institution in a Southern state, the University should spend the time and money to ensure that what Louis Rubin did for Southern writers is remembered far beyond his death.
The Sexual Assault Task Force’s unanimous decision to recommend the removal of students from the adjudication panels that would hear sexual assault cases is an appropriate strategy.
The Board of Aldermen needs to agree on a specific and reasonable goal before dishing out $75,000 to $100,000 to study parking in Carrboro.
With basketball season now under way, the crowd will be able to cheer like it’s 2009 with some new additions to the student section. These new signs known as fatheads are a welcome addition to one of the country’s best student sections and fan bases.
UNC’s Faculty Council recently voted to endorse the assessment of two subjects through standardized testing. Some schools have looked toward the Collegiate Learning Assessment as a standardized performance gauge, but when considering tests that would fill this role, UNC faculty leaders should pay heed to the criticisms associated with this particular measure of student ability.
The UNC student body’s relative lack of involvement in town affairs this year is a disservice to the University and should be improved.
It’s a hard-knock life for some former NFL players. And now, UNC will be on the forefront of helping those players fight their battles.
Expanding emergency call boxes to off-campus locations instead of installing more on campus would be a more efficient use of resources.
The coming absence in Chapel Hill’s legal community created by the retirement of Dorothy Bernholz, creator and director of UNC’s Carolina Student Legal Services, truly marks the end of an era. “Dottie,” as students have known Bernholz for years, has literally built Student Legal Services from the ground up.
The Executive Branch of student government recently released its October report, an account of the progress on the goals and projects of the administration thus far.
There are times when less is more, and that’s exactly the case that can be made for the 19 advisory boards to the Chapel Hill Town Council.
UNC-system schools are set to vote on whether or not to approve the standardized testing assessments proposed in system President Tom Ross’ five-year strategic plan. The assessments and the current implementation process are a rushed and misguided attempt to quell criticisms that undergraduate students aren’t learning anything in college.
The Department of Housing and Residential Education is doing the right thing by bending the rules and accepting requests for the recently displaced students of the fourth floor of Cobb Residence Hall to terminate their housing contracts.