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With the news that the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center is becoming a private nonprofit, Orange County’s initial support for the center can be labeled a successful investment.
Wednesday’s announcement that the UNC-system Board of Governors will name the next UNC chancellor Friday is a reminder of how closed the entire process stands today.
School is coming to a close, and spring cleaning is right around the corner. To ensure UNC continues to be a green campus, students should donate and recycle any unwanted belongings instead of throwing them away.
The different names used for Senate Bill 648 say a lot about what the people who use those names think of the bill.
The UNC-system Board of Governors is discussing significant changes to the structure of the system’s Association of Student Governments.
The UNC system’s proposal to provide graduation programs for former students who did not attain college degrees should be applauded.
As the 95th Student Congress commences, each of its members should take care to focus on performing their duties to this University and its students without the hindrance of personal conflicts and pettiness.
The decision by the Chapel Hill Fire and Inspections departments to codify the long-time informal practice of allowing businesses to inspect a location before signing a lease points to the town’s increasing business friendliness.
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Rape is a violent crime.
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Recent developments have brought the discourse on transportation in the community to the forefront.
Chancellor Holden Thorp’s decision to suspend the Honor Court investigation into complaints of harassment by Landen Gambill is, by his own reckoning, a unique one in the history of the University.
As the University’s administration continues to evaluate the way that sexual assault is handled at UNC, the community finds itself at a crucial crossroads.
Last week, the Office of State Budget and Management released Gov. Pat McCrory’s first budget proposal. The proposal contained drastic cuts to the UNC system.
U mad?
This editorial board chose not to endorse the pairs of Ron Hinton and April Love or John Secrest and Anita Simha for UNC-system Association of Student Government’s president and vice president. While both sets of candidates showed a passion for ASG, they could not make up for the issues in their platforms.
Though none of the candidates were particularly inspiring, the best ticket that is running in the UNC-system Association of Student Government election is that of Robert Nunnery for president and Olivia Sedwick for vice president.
As the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights investigates UNC’s handling of sexual assault, it should continue its history of working with schools to fix problems and improve policy rather than simply issuing a punishment that would hurt the University.