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Alert Carolina is working towards a balance between detail and timeliness in its alerts, and that should be commended.
Chancellor Folt should be praised for her efforts to reach out and speak to all corners of campus in her first three months at UNC.
The Board of Governors’ plan to shorten the drop period at UNC-system schools is one that needs to be reconsidered. The proposal, which would restrict the official drop period to 10 days, will still give students the opportunity to drop a class later in the semester, but only after presenting them with a “withdrawal” on their transcript.
The N.C. General Assembly should have considered the consequences of abruptly changing the formula for appropriating funds from the North Carolina Education Lottery without giving recipients time to anticipate the changes.
It’s time to end Carrboro’s musical domination over Chapel Hill.
This school year marks the beginning of a new era in ACC sports, with the inclusion of three new teams and one on the way.
Gov’t calls it quits
Gov. Pat McCrory and members of the N.C. General Assembly should take the U.S. Justice Department lawsuit as an opportunity to refine the voter ID law instead of acting defensively in an effort to save face.
Recent improvements to football game day operations by both the town and University mirror the excellence usually presented by the teams that are playing and should be expanded and shared with other revenue sports.
With a new state law that went into effect Tuesday, concealed carry permit owners are now legally allowed to bring handguns onto UNC’s and other public universities’ campuses.
UNC should be proud of the way it provides the foundation for a relatively easy transition into the University for transfer students.
Owners of the Rathskeller property should make an effort to reach out to students for their input and take into account the suggestions of town development officers before leasing the new spaces.
The decision to return almost $600,000 worth of grant money intended for water studies back to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is bewildering and could directly impact the wetlands and streams of North Carolina should fracking occur.
Increasing bicycle parking downtown should not come at the cost of limiting availability of motorist parking spots.
Universities throughout the country are recognizing multiple gender identities and sexual orientations on their admissions applications, allowing potential students more gender identity options. UNC has an opportunity to be on the right side of history in this movement by adapting similar practices. The benefit of including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer gender identity options on university applications is twofold.
Students who speak to their resident advisors about sexual assault generally are not aware that RAs are among a group of university faculty that is required to report any claims of sexual assault to higher authority.
When David Routh begins his job as the new vice chancellor of development on Oct. 14, it is absolutely imperative that he starts fundraising immediately.
It’s only necessary to witness one fight between intramural flag football and club soccer teams to realize that field space at UNC is far too limited.
The Rawlings panel’s recommendation to permit schools to “provide financial assistance to former scholarship athletes for graduate or continuing education” is irrational, and UNC should not advocate it.
In his hit song “88,” rapper Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, better known by his stage name Wale, says, “My rapping skills is on Chapel Hill, but you ain’t see it.” Nov. 2 — the day the University gets its chance to find out, as the Carolina Union Activities Board has booked Ace Hood and Wale as the fall 2013 Homecoming concert’s opening and headlining acts, respectively.