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People involved with Occupy Chapel Hill were arrested and put on CHT buses.
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People involved with Occupy Chapel Hill were arrested and put on CHT buses.
Ana Samper, a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, stands on the porch of her sorority house on Tuesday evening. Samper was elected president of the Panhellenic Council on Thursday night.
Student fans cheer during a men’s basketball game last year.
Tara Schmitt (far left), Nicole Campbell, Odessa Davis, George James, Sarah Baker and Laurel Ashton (far right). Davis and James are two of the housekeepers who delivered a petition to Chancellor Holden Thorp demanding the reassignment of Tonya Sell. Schmitt, Campbell, Baker and Ashton are the members of Student Action with Workers who helped gather signatures for the petition. “We’re just exercising our constitutional right,” Ashton said. “Democracy is controversial.”
Will Thomason is an openly gay Christian who was expelled from Psalm 100 for his beliefs. “I’m able to live in a country where I can make religion my own,” Thomason said. “I’m not forced into a religion, and that’s what makes it beautiful.”
Billy Kluttz is an advocate for the adoption of non-sexist language on campus. “The freedom of speech is always limited by societal harm,” Kluttz said. “I guess we’re going to keep fighting over where that line is, and non-sexist language is where I draw that line.”
Susannah Brinkley was this summer’s editor of The Brick, a new-student orientation publication at N.C. State University that was pulled because it contained a photo with a racial slur in it. The staff of The Brick reached a compromise with the New Student Orientation Department by covering the word with a sticker in each book. “Dealing with this made me realize how important it is to educate others about the First Amendment and the freedom of the press,” Brinkley said. “It really hurts when First Amendment rights are violated.”
Harry Alper (far left), Robert Corriher, Amy Anderson, Mariah Akinbi and Stewart Boss (far right) are members of the UNC Sierra Student Coalition who are involved with the Beyond Coal Campaign’s protests against the university’s use of coal instead of clean energy. “In order to move beyond coal, students and citizens across the country will have to assemble to show that we stand together for safe and clean energy,” Akinbi said.
President Obama delivers his speech about the American Jobs Act of 2011 in Reynolds Coliseum on N.C. State University's campus on Wednesday afternoon.
Robyn Sanders, a sophomore math major at NC State, hugs President Obama after his speech in Reynolds Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon.
Neel Ahuja, Assistant Professor of English, teaches Literature of 9/11 at UNC. Kevin Hall, NC State, extra credit for class (poli sci), sophomore, phys ed.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.
Student Body President Mary Cooper discusses her platform in her office in the Student Union.