“I know we’re in the South, and we like to keep things nice,” Council Member Sammy Slade said, “but sometimes we have to be real, and we have to be truthful and we have to speak out.”
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As classes move remote and students are expected to move off campus, these community and student organizations are here to offer their support.
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UNC went remote one week after the first day of classes. Here's what happened in the last two weeks leading up to this decision.
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Two new COVID-19 clusters were reported by an Alert Carolina message Wednesday — one at Morrison Residence Hall and one at Zeta Psi fraternity house. Zeta Psi was cited on Aug. 8 for loud partying and a mass gathering violation. These are the fifth and sixth clusters reported by the University since UNC reopened for in-person classes. Campus Housing emailed students on Tuesday night, asking that they make plans over the next week to move out of their on-campus housing unless they are unable to do so.
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"After consulting with our health experts and University leadership, we are taking this action to protect our students, coaches and staff,'' Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said in a statement.
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First-years say their goodbyes to Chapel Hill after one week of in-person classes.
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Orange County has a 600-person waitlist for poll workers, said Rachel Raper, director of elections for Orange County. But just to the south, Chatham County is still short on election workers.
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The University reported 135 new positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, less than an hour before announcing all undergraduate courses would be taught remotely. Multiple medical experts, including UNC epidemiologists with experience in coronavirus research, said that this increase in cases was expected.
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UNC said it won't release the number of cases within each COVID-19 cluster, citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Here's why some law experts are questioning this.
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Two weeks after move-in began, students must now decide how to move forward with their on-campus housing after the University announced undergraduate classes would shift to being fully remote. Tuesday evening, Carolina Housing informed residents that they should make plans to return to their "permanent home" for the fall semester and cancel their housing contract within the next week. The University will use a review process for students who have to remain on campus. Undergraduate Student Government Affordability Committee Co-Chairs Ekta Deshmukh and Collyn Smith sent a letter to Carolina Housing and the UNC administration Tuesday that included a list of demands for students and employees amidst the shift to remote learning.
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“It's just the nature of my sport,” senior Ryan Gerard said. “We don't generate TV revenue, except for maybe one tournament in the spring, where we make a little bit. But it's not like actually generating money; we’re still losing money. Like a lot of college sports, it’s just the way it is. People don't want to watch them as much as they'd rather watch the professional one.”
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Students who live on campus should plan to leave their residence halls and take everything with them over the next week unless they are unable to do so, Carolina Housing told students in an email Tuesday.
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The Faculty Executive Committee met in an emergency session Monday evening to discuss the recent COVID-19 clusters on campus and the University's decision to move undergraduate courses online.
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UNC confirmed 135 new cases of COVID-19 between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, 130 students and five employees. As of Monday there are 324 total cumulative positive cases of COVID-19 since February 2020. UNC's total positivity rate was 13.6 percent last week. UNC’s total positivity rate on the dashboard since February 2020 increased from 8.9 percent last week to 10.6 percent on Monday. The University's campus quarantine dorm has 5.5 percent capacity available — four rooms left out of 73 — for students who are identified to be close contacts of an individual who tests positive for COVID-19, as of Monday at 3 p.m. according to UNC's COVID-19 dashboard.
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UNC has seen 189 COVID-19 cases since February, as of Friday — the last time the dashboard was updated. The dashboard provides information on active Covid-19 cases, positive-case percentages, and additional data on UNC's isolation and quarantine dorms. Provost Bob Blouin said the UNC dashboard will guide University leadership in their off-ramp considerations in partnership with the UNC System Board of Governors, which ultimately makes the call on closing a campus. The Roadmap Implementation Team, led by Provost Bob Blouin, is responsible for making decisions about the UNC COVID-19 dashboard. The 11-member team meets daily.
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The Daily Tar Heel's Data Editor Michael Taffe has created an interactive graphic displaying the location of COVID-19 cases reported by UNC, as well as information on testing, reported cases per week and capacity in isolation and quarantine dorms.
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Despite the ongoing set of changes the University has implemented in light of COVID-19 this fall semester, the active and vibrant nature of campus survives, both on and off campus. Students taking classes in Chapel Hill and beyond campus, share their experiences with the start of the semester.
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The University has confirmed a 13th COVID-19 cluster at Rams Village Building #5, via the Carolina Together website and UNC social media.
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NCAA President Mark Emmert announced Thursday evening that the NCAA is canceling all 2020 Division I fall championships. This announcement comes eight days after the Division II Presidents Council and Division III Presidents Council each canceled their respective fall championships. The NCAA will attempt to have the championships in the spring. Fall sports teams will still be allowed to participate in a regular season schedule, but they will not have a chance to win a national title.
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