Of the numerous groups on and off campus who have spoken out about Silent Sam's relocation, Carolina Jews for Justice added their voice. Here's what they had to say.
Carol Folt is the current chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. She is the 11th chancellor at UNC and the first woman to hold the position, and she took office on July 1, 2013. She was officially installed on Oct. 12, 2013. She came to UNC after acting as the interim president of Dartmouth College.
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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.
“I don’t believe (Folt and Blue are) experts on student safety." “I believe their actions have been antithetical to student safety, especially on campus, but in the broader community as well.”
An increase in student fees was officially ratified by the Board of Trustees in November, and now faces approval by the Board of Governors. The new fee of approximately $65 seeks to account for renovations in classrooms and labs. However, student government leaders claim the fee was proposed without a considerable student input. The fee also takes the place of other fees that are being diminished or terminated altogether. Here is the process the fee must go through to be official, and what both sides have to say about it.
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As Chancellor Carol Folt acknowledges the "soul searching" she has undergone to consider the many groups that have a stake in the decision, she and the BOT requested an extension for the Silent Sam proposal.
Suggestions on what to do with Silent Sam posted by the account range from burying the statue like a Terracotta warrior to moving it off campus to a variety of locations.
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.
This month, after years of pressure from the student body, UNC published raw data from a 2016 survey that measured the racial climate on campus, but many members of the University community think this is too little, too late.
“When a great tragedy affects the Jewish people, it says, “If God has two giant tears, it fills the whole sea,” she said.
“That generally, this whole Title IX apparatus is predominantly conducted in secret, which in my view makes it all more important that we find out who has been punished as a result of these proceedings,” DTH legal counsel Hugh Stevens told the court in March.
Former Chancellor James Moeser, who now works as a professor in the Department of Music, said he has changed his mind on the issue of the Confederate monument and its place on campus.
On Monday, the UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy released a statement condemning Silent Sam and supporting the students affected by the protest.
An Orange County District judge found Maya Little guilty of defacing Silent Sam after a daylong trial Monday. She will not have to pay court costs or restitution.
“In terms of next steps, the History Task Force will take this on, but we don’t have specifics yet on timing or process. Stay tuned for more details,” UNC Media Relations' Carly Miller said.
