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CUAB spends less on 2014 Homecoming acts

By Samantha Sabin | November 4

The price tag for this year’s two Homecoming acts is easier on the Carolina Union Activities Board’s budget than those of past shows.

SafeWalk is finding permanent funding options after receiving support from Student Congress.

SafeWalk still without new plan to become more sustainable

By Sofia Edelman | November 4

Student Government is still working with SafeWalk to create a more sustainable business model after giving the group a $25,000 grant in September to cover ...

Faculty call for UNC to apologize to Mary Willingham

By Leah Komada | November 3

When Kenneth Wainstein crafted the final report on his investigation of two decades of academic impropriety, he made at least one thing clear — the ...

UNC alumnus honored for ROTC advocacy

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | November 3

Lt. Col. Richard Martin almost was not an alumnus of UNC.

Faculty Council suggest solutions to academic problems

By Harvey Ye | November 3

A week after the release of Kenneth Wainstein’s investigation report on the academic scandal, the members of the UNC Faculty Council assembled to discuss ...

Chapel Hill kicks off novel writing month

By Christine Bang | November 3

After Kate McNamara moved here from New York eight years ago, she knew bringing National Novel Writing Month to Chapel Hill would give the town’s writing ...

DPS investigating death of UNC nursing student found Thursday

By From staff and wire reports | October 31

The UNC Department of Public Safety is investigating the death of a UNC nursing student who was found dead in her car at 9:21 p.m. Thursday.

Students respond to Wainstein report in panel

By Rebecca Brickner | October 31

Emotions ran high in Carroll Hall Thursday night as a student panel led more than 100 people in a discussion of Kenneth Wainstein’s report. 

School of Government holds leadership challenge

By Mohammed Hedadji | October 31

UNC undergraduates do not often get the opportunity to bounce their ideas off professionals and professors for real world issues and compete for $1,000 ...

UNC has no plan for 81 degrees in question yet

By Kristen Chung | October 29

For 81 former students, the fake classes cooked up by an administrator and his secretary in the former African and Afro-American studies department were ...

James W. Dean, Jr., UNC's provost and vice chancellor, attended the Student Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group meeting Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm. The group met to discuss recent events regarding the UNC Athletic Department. Such topics included the recent Wainstein Report and 2014 admissions of athletes.

Student athlete working group talks Wainstein report

By Anyssa Reddix | October 29

Questions about student-athletes’ educations have dominated campus conversation in the aftermath of the Wainstein report, but one group has already ...

Four candidates will vie for Women’s Center directorship

By Acy Jackson and Sam Shaw | October 29

The search is on for a new director of the Carolina Women’s Center, and the University community will have a voice in the process.

Provost Jim Dean commits to curb student binge drinking

By Mona Bazzaz | October 29

Provost Jim Dean said he wants to curb binge drinking — but he doesn’t have a plan just yet.

Campus Rec considering renovation plans

By Bri Cotton | October 28

At Monday’s drop-in meeting at the Student Recreation Center, students put their last chance to suggest changes to Campus Recreation facilities to good ...

Student group unveils new UNC app

By Katie Kilmartin | October 28

CarolinaGO, a mobile application designed to inform students of everything they need to know at UNC, has been in the making since 2012, and students' ...

UNC alumni invent handheld drug delivery device

By Ashlen Renner | October 27

The first things visitors see in 1789 Venture Lab on Franklin Street are a ping pong table, arcade games, and an assortment of comfy chairs.

Jeff Popkin, Jason Hill, and Miles Herr (from left to right), members of the oldest A Capella group at UNC Chapel Hill, The Clef Hangers, perform their Fall Concert in Memorial Theater.

Clef Hangers embrace new traditions

By Kelly Cook | October 27

About 1,300 people packed into Memorial Hall Saturday night for the Clef Hangers’ annual fall concert — a night complete with Carolina Blue bow ...

Fishing club prepares for its faceoff against Duke

By Sofia Edelman | October 24

The Carolina Fishing Club is seeking to reel in a victory Saturday against Duke, but it’s more than just competition that lures students into the organization. ...

UNC Persian Cultural Society hosts Middle Eastern celebration

By Rebecca Brickner | October 24

It took 1,001 nights for a fabled Persian king to tell stories to his wife, but UNC students only one to get more acquainted with Middle Eastern culture.  ...

Thomas Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina system, opens up the discussion regarding the Wainstein report that was released to the public Tuesday afternoon. The report details how the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at UNC allowed for its athletes to receive high grades with minimal effort for nearly twenty years.

Wainstein report might be the conclusion to UNC's academic scandal

By Bradley Saacks | October 23

It was all a lie.