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(09/12/18 10:50pm)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story identified the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center as the Opreyland Conference Center. The story has been updated with the correct spelling of the center's name. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
(09/09/18 1:47am)
Update 6:30 p.m.: Updated arrest information was sent by UNC Media Relations Sunday evening. Eight individuals were charged during Saturday's demonstration on McCorkle Place:
(08/31/18 5:38am)
Update 10:05 p.m.:
(08/30/18 1:06am)
Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue instructed Chapel Hill officers to stand down as protesters toppled the Confederate monument Silent Sam, his texts and emails show, according to review of the documents obtained by WRAL News.
(08/27/18 3:43am)
Update 10:30 a.m.: Another warrant was filed on Tuesday Aug. 28 following Saturday's rally, said Randy Young, media relations manager for UNC Public Safety in an email.
(08/25/18 9:14pm)
Update 10:40 p.m.: UNC Media Relations sent an update about Saturday's events at 9:52 p.m. on Saturday.
(08/25/18 4:57pm)
Update, 5:05 p.m.: UNC released a statement on Saturday's rally in McCorkle Place. They said approximately 100 people attended the demonstration that was "highly charged."
(08/24/18 2:32am)
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.
(08/23/18 2:49am)
Update 4:14 p.m.: University Communications sent a school-wide emailing regarding a potential rally occurring at McCorkle Place or in Chapel Hill Saturday.
(08/21/18 2:23am)
Update, 6:31 p.m.: Chancellor Carol Folt, UNC Board of Governors Chairperson Harry Smith, UNC-system President Margaret Spellings and Board of Trustees Chairperson Haywood Cochrane have released an updated statement from the University and UNC-system that says the State Bureau of Investigation will be assisting local police to investigate last night's protest.
(04/20/18 3:27am)
Editor's note: this story includes a graphic depiction of injuries that were allegedly sustained during a sexual assault incident.
(04/05/18 12:33am)
The distant sound of the UNC bell toll rang through the Peace and Justice plaza Wednesday as students and community members shared a moment of silence in the minutes before the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death at 6:05 p.m. on April 4, 1968. At the time of death, a recording King’s voice filled the plaza.
(02/23/18 5:25am)
From their desks at The Daily Tar Heel, to places like The News & Observer and The New York Times, UNC alumni have left the college newsroom to become successful, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.
(01/26/18 12:13am)
John Lewis Brandon, a key challenger of racial segregation at UNC-Chapel Hill, died on Jan. 22 in Houston after complications from cancer. He was 80 years old. His death came less than a month after the death of his classmate LeRoy Frasier, who died on Dec. 29.
(09/28/17 12:46am)
Correction: Due to a reporting error, the original version of this story incorrectly attributed Prof. Jim Leloudis as saying the History Task Force had a "territorial plan" for McCorkle Place. The story has been updated to correct this error and The Daily Tar Heel apologizes.
(09/18/17 2:53am)
First-year Sam Gomez Olvera remembers seeing the fear in his father’s eyes.
(08/23/17 5:41am)
After more than two hours of protest, those still present at Silent Sam took a seat — sitting cross-legged just feet behind a metal fence and a line of police equipped in riot gear.
(08/21/17 11:55pm)
Update, 10:03 p.m.: Peeples has said that the banners were put up again on Monday night and removed again on Tuesday morning, and that a third attempt to take the banners down was made on Tuesday night.
(08/21/17 11:01pm)
Following the attack in Charlottesville, the Chapel Hill Police Department is using experience from other communities and past events to prepare for potential conflict.
(04/27/17 6:33am)
Arts professor Elin O’Hara Slavick and students from her ARTS 300 class used collaborative art to write letters to the North Carolina General Assembly, allowing anyone who passed by their table to write a message.