Protests and rallies mark Winter Commencement in Chapel Hill
As more than 2,000 UNC students turned their tassels at Sunday afternoon's commencement ceremony, student protesters and supporters of Silent Sam once again clashed in McCorkle Place.
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As more than 2,000 UNC students turned their tassels at Sunday afternoon's commencement ceremony, student protesters and supporters of Silent Sam once again clashed in McCorkle Place.
Update 11:20 a.m.: BOG member Thom Goolsby posted a video and said the rule of law will be enforced. Goolsby said based on North Carolina General Statute 100-2.1, the monument must be placed back on campus within 90 days.
Correction: A previous version of the article changed the identification of Sam Fulwood from a columnist for the American Center for Progress Action to a senior fellow for the Center for American Progress Action Fund and a columnist for ThinkProgress. We have since learned that the correction was innacurate and have reverted the article to its first-published draft. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
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