Franklin McCain is remembered for his civil rights activism
When Franklin McCain sat down at a Greensboro lunch counter in 1960, he was prepared to die.
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When Franklin McCain sat down at a Greensboro lunch counter in 1960, he was prepared to die.
The UNC-system Board of Governors wrapped up its monthly meeting on Friday. Here’s some of what they covered:
Out-of-state students are facing a steep increase in tuition next year — unless the N.C. General Assembly repeals the decision made this summer to write the increases into the state budget.
Amberly Nardo loves being a Tar Heel.
Protestors braved the rain in Raleigh on Monday to plead for a special session to reverse the state legislature’s decision to reject Medicaid and to plan for a greater push against the GOP in 2014.
In September, The Daily Tar Heel announced a new project: to send a letter to each of the 151 inmates on North Carolina’s death row.
The future of North Carolina was up for discussion on Monday.
Vice President Joe Biden was on campus Friday, raising money for Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center.
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Chapel Hill Friday afternoon to raise money for Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C.
RALEIGH — The UNC-system Board of Governors began setting the course for the system’s tuition and fee increases until 2019 on Thursday.
When the N.C. State Fair closed its gates for the final time this year Sunday night, a cloud had been cast over the light-heartedness of fair games and fried food.
A year ago Saturday, Bill Friday, known as the father of the UNC system, died in his sleep at the age of 92, leaving a more than 50-year legacy of commitment to higher education.
Leaders across the UNC system gathered Tuesday to launch a systemwide campus security review — an initiative that will zero in on student alcohol and drug use and sexual assault reporting.
In recent years, higher education in North Carolina has gone through a tumultuous period of change.
This summer, the N.C. General Assembly made a lot of changes, and The Daily Tar Heel has covered most.
A former UNC student from the 1980s was among the 12 employees of the Washington Navy Yard who were shot and killed on Monday.
During the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting on Friday, about 40 students rallied outside, calling for greater transparency within the board and an overturning of its ban on gender-neutral housing.
When the UNC-system Board of Governors met in committees Thursday, it considered allowing historically black and minority institutions to accept more out-of-state students than currently permitted.
Nate Silver, the statistician famous for accurately predicting the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, criticized Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning private firm based in Raleigh, on Twitter.
Ellie Kinnaird went into politics because she wanted to help the people of Orange County.