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UNC Swing Dance Club attracts up to 70 students every week

By Sarah McQuillan | November 21

Each week, a nostalgic air of the early twentieth century fills Phillips Hall 385 as the UNC Swing Dance Club enjoys jazz music, lindy hopping and a whole ...

A K9 unit walks near Carroll Hall on Thursday afternoon following a threatening Yik Yak post late Wednesday night.

DPS investigating potentially threatening Yik Yak post made Wednesday

By Sarah Brown | November 20

The Department of Public Safety is investigating a potentially threatening post made late Wednesday on Yik Yak — a location-based social media application ...

CAA, Fever expect big student turnout for Thursday's game

By Anyssa Reddix | November 20

UNC's rivalry with Duke is debatably one of the most exciting aspects of being a Tar Heel. 

Students offer healthcare to people without insurance at clinic

By Katie Kilmartin | November 20

Every Wednesday, people who don’t have access to health care — whether it’s because of affordability or document complications — visit the Student ...

UNC student-athletes take "It's On Us" pledge

By Megan Morris | November 20

For UNC student-athletes who have taken the pledge, it’s on them to end sexual assault and interpersonal violence.

NC tuition has risen at double US rate

By Kate Grise | November 19

North Carolina is bucking the higher education trend — and not in a good way.

'Sugar baby' work offsets college costs

By Samantha Sabin | November 19

Rachel dressed up in her fanciest clothes for their first date: a pair of black shoes, plain black tights and a dress. As a student working with a budget, ...

Morgan Mclaughlin, a sophomore political science and sociology major.

LGBTQ students seek awareness of spectrum of sexuality

By Amanda Albright and Amy Tsai | November 19

Morgan McLaughlin keeps her hair long. She doesn’t wear sporty clothes. She doesn’t conform to lesbian stereotypes, and when it comes to finding dates, ...

Amanda Albright is the Special Projects and Investigations Leader. She is a senior journalism major from Charlotte.

Column: Why sex?

By Amanda Albright | November 19

It's important to identify and condemn sex when it’s used as a weapon and celebrate it when it’s used as an expression of love and empowerment.

Where do Tar Heels hook up?

By Kaitlyn Kelly | November 19

Members of the Projects & Investigations team compiled common places where UNC students hook up on campus.

Where are they now: Former student body president candidates

By Rebecca Brickner | November 18

When Shamdasani was a sophomore, she was Student Body Secretary in the administration of former Student Body President Will Leimenstoll.

The Student Safety and Security Committee met on Monday night to discuss the future of SafeWalk. They voted on contributing a significant sum of money to SafeWalk while they come up with a more sustainable plan for the future.

SafeWalk gets some of its needed funding

By Langston Taylor | November 18

SafeWalk, the student night-safety organization that has been scrambling for money since seeing its funding cut in September, secured $12,200 Monday from ...

False Profits' last show of the semester was held Saturday

By Margaret Gilmore | November 18

From smashing pies into each other’s faces to spraying silly string at one another, False Profits gave its audience plenty to laugh about during its ...

The Real Silent Sam Coalition ended its CanYouSeeUsNow march outside of Kenan Stadium during UNC’s Homecoming game.

Students march to football game for better visibility

By Sara Salinas | November 17

An army clad in all black paraded through the Homecoming Day sea of Carolina Blue in solidarity.An army clad in all black paraded through the Homecoming ...

UNCDebra Pickrel, alumna chair and president of Gamma Lambda Chapter Association, Nanette Fields, first house corporation director, Karen Dias, house corporation board member and Cheri Szcodronski, Executive Director of Preservation Chapel Hill pose with the award after the Phi Mu 50th Anniversary brunch Sunday.

Debra Pickrel, alumna chair and president of Gamma Lambda Chapter Association, Nanette Fields, first house corporation director, Karen Dias, house corporation board member and Cheri Szcodronski, Executive Director of Preservation Chapel Hill pose with the Brockwell plaque award for preservation after the Phi Mu 50th Anniversary brunch Sunday.

Phi Mu celebrates 50th anniversary on campus

By Paige Hopkins | November 17

Homecoming wasn’t the only reason to celebrate this weekend.

More evidence emerges on Jan Boxill

By Amanda Albright | November 14

The Wainstein report was not the new page Jan Boxill expected to turn, she once said.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted their annual step show Thursday at Memorial Hall. The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity performed their routine based on the popular movie, The Purge Anarchy.

Minority fraternities and sororities look to secure plots

By Deborah Harris | November 14

Members of UNC’s National Pan-Hellenic Council took to Memorial Hall Thursday night for their annual step show, a feature of their Homecoming week events.  ...

Lemur that played Zoboomafoo on kids show passes away at Duke Lemur Center

By Anica Midthun | November 14

Zoboo otherwise known as Jovian, a well-known and well-loved lemur who started in the show “Zoboomafoo” died Nov.

Student Congress special election turnout still low

By Maura Devetski | November 14

While the recent Student Congress special election filled almost all the open representative spots in undergraduate and graduate districts, the winners’ ...