Despite UNC's decision last week to move classes online, Mack Brown and the Tar Heels remain hopeful and firm as they continue to prepare for the upcoming season.
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The University expanded its pass/fail option for all undergraduate courses as an alternative to earning a letter grade for the Fall 2020 semester. Students have until Nov. 17, the last day of classes this semester, to elect the option for a course. Courses will receive one of three grades: pass, low pass or fail. Grades of C-, D+ or D will be converted to a Low Pass and cannot be used for graduation requirements, according to the message. Because of the shift in grading policies, the University will suspend the Dean’s List and the class rank for the fall semester.
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After a post announcing UNC would offer a pass/fail option for the fall semester was taken down, students expressed their confusion over plans for the academic semester.
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UNC faculty asked University leadership to clarify off-ramps and provide sufficient personal protective equipment in a series of records obtained by The Daily Tar Heel.
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It’s been about a week since UNC-Chapel Hill announced undergraduate classes would go online after reporting several COVID-19 clusters. Since then, colleges and universities across the country have either delayed the start of in-person classes or moved the fall semester entirely online after reporting similar cases. “UNC was the first domino — the very first domino to fall,” said Bryan Alexander, a higher-ed thinker and futurist who teaches graduate seminars at Georgetown University. “When we saw UNC fall off the map, it was very much, ‘When is this going to happen to us?'” Michael Dugan, a student senator for Dillon Hall at Notre Dame, said. “A lot of students are just prepared to pack up and leave if need be,” said Thomas Shults, a broadcast and digital journalism senior at Syracuse who is living off campus this semester.
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After the University announced its decision to implement remote delivery of its classes for the remainder of the semester, on-campus students have had to move out of their residence halls and cancel housing contracts. Students living in Granville Towers are no different.
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The University reported a 31.3 percent positivity rate of COVID-19 tests last week — more than double the 13.6 percent positivity rate from the first week of class.
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Today marks exactly two weeks since the first day of classes began for all undergraduate students on campus, yet a lot has changed since then.
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Students have advocated for de-densified housing and remote instruction since the summer. One week after reopening, it happened.
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Students who have tried to get tested for COVID-19 on campus describe long lines, insurance hurdles and overall stress.
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In late March, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to spring sports athletes, citing cancellations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with the fate of college sports for the remainder of 2020 looking murkier by the day, the NCAA hopes to remove some level of uncertainty for its fall sports athletes.
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Here's how other schools in the UNC System are handling reopening.
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UNC students are petitioning UNC to reduce tuition after it moves online, citing the differences between an online and in-person experience.
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The University paused classes starting Monday and Tuesday of next week. Even with the sudden changes to campus operations this week, students have continued with their course schedules.
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Lula’s, LOTSA Stone Fired Pizza and Ms Mong are some of the restaurants that have permanently closed their doors because of the coronavirus.
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All undergraduate courses will be suspended on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, effective Thursday evening. Remote delivery of classes will resume normally on Aug. 26.
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UNC reported 91 new students cases of COVID-19 from Wednesday alone, in a daily update to the COVID-19 dashboard from Thursday.
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UNC System President Peter Hans said fall reopening plans have been disrupted by students "behaving irresponsibly off campus."
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UNC-Chapel Hill reported 135 new cases of COVID-19 one week after the first day of classes and pivoted to remote instruction. But other schools in the UNC System are staying the course. Here's the COVID-19 situation at some other schools in the UNC System. East Carolina University reported 29 new positive tests last week. North Carolina State University reported 28 new daily cases as of Aug. 18. The Orange County coronavirus data show 1,562 total COVID-19 cases and 49 deaths since mid-March.
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“The student-athletes don’t have to agree with the athletic department every time they make a statement," Steve Kirschner, senior associate athletic director for communications at UNC, said.
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