Student activists gathered early Sunday to counter protest a planned Silent Sam demonstration by Heirs to the Confederacy. The group never showed, but a few dozen students were present at the event.
Counter-protesters emphasized the importance of continuing to fight, even if the supporters of Silent Sam don't show up.
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Margaret Spellings, Dr. Bill Roper and Winston Crisp have given up their current positions within the UNC system this year.
On Monday morning, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees officially made their recommendation to the Board of Governors about where to house Silent Sam, the heavily debated Confederate statue that was toppled in August.
The new building would be a center meant to contextualize UNC's history, Folt said at the Monday morning meeting.
The UNC-system BOG met to present awards to two N.C. professors and accept an additional grant for students. Two UNC students spoke to the board about Silent Sam and online stalkers.
In the original Board of Governors resolution, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees were due to present a plan for Silent Sam's future to the BOG on Nov. 15.
BOG approved a $2 million grant to the board to establish the Hurricane Florence Emergency Grant Program for Postsecondary Students.
"I can't think of anyone I'd rather give the reins to than Bill Roper,” Margaret Spellings said.
The announcement comes exactly one week after UNC-system President Margaret Spellings' plan to leave her position was made public.
Spellings did not indicate what her plans for the future are.
UNC-system President Margaret Spellings will be leaving her position, according to the News and Observer. The Board of Governors has called an emergency session "to consider an executive personnel matter" at 10 a.m. on Friday, according to BOG Director of Media Relations Jason Tyson.
Here’s a recap of everything that has happened with the Confederate monument in this school year:
On its 225th birthday, UNC-Chapel Hill’s administrators, faculty, staff and students pledged to look back on its checkered history to help UNC adapt to a modern age. In a year where debates surrounding Silent Sam have taken precedence in campus discourse, many University Day speakers emphasized the need to carry the lessons of UNC’s past into its future.
The Chancellor and Board of Trustees have opened the floor to suggestions regarding Confederate monument Silent Sam's future.
The Chapel Hill Town Council, including Mayor Pam Hemminger, sent a letter to UNC Chancellor Carol Folt, the University's Board of Governors and its Board of Trustees to ask for the permanent relocation of Silent Sam from McCorkle Place to one that puts the monument in a historical context.
When the Board of Trustees huddled in closed session earlier this month, awaiting instruction on how to proceed on the delicate Confederate monument issue, Savannah Putnam met with them. As the SBP, her job is to act as a liaison between the students and administration. Yet despite her status as a voting ex-officio member of the BOT, she was asked to leave a conversation which took place before the official special meeting dates of both the BOT and BOG.
