An offensive book connected to an N.C. State University fraternity — the school’s third Greek-related offense of the spring semester — has caused the closing of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity and sparked a comprehensive investigation of the school’s Greek system.
Read More »Students from the Black Student Movement and Organization for African Students’ Interests and Solidarity came together Wednesday night to address an issue not often discussed on a national level.
Read More »This summer, future Tar Heels in the incoming class of 2019 and transfer students will dive into injustice in the legal system through this year’s summer reading, “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson.
Read More »To graduate student Michael Muhammad Knight, prejudice against Islam is a relatively modern phenomenon— one that evolved from other types of prejudice.
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With the lack of diversity in the Oscar’s nominations this year, UNC’s Black Student Movement’s event Friday hit a relevant note for its attendees.
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These are the memories that especially stand out — yet they don’t involve comeback victories, his trademark four-corner offense or runs to a national title.
Read More »In 1960, the Franklin McCain, one of the Greensboro Four, saw an issue with racial segregation and did something about it by hosting a sit-in in an all-white diner. More than half a century later, his granddaughter, UNC junior Taylor McCain, is taking his lead to pursue racial equality by working with Communiversity, a community-building youth program sponsored by the Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
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So far, Jose has defied the odds.
Read More »For Allen Buansi, it happened when UNC’s Center for Civil Rights presented to his class at East Chapel Hill High School.
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Students of color are joining together on campus to support each other in ways they feel the University is unable.
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The UNC LGBTQ Center did not let the issue of gender-prejudiced violence go unnoticed or unaddressed on the international Transgender Day of Remembrance on Thursday.
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A poster at the front of the room stated the facts: 91 percent white, 5.9 percent black, 3.1 percent Asian, 0 percent Hispanic, 80 percent men, 20 percent women, 29 Republicans, two Democrats.
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On Friday, the basement of Avery Residence Hall will be the site of a food pantry for hungry, low-income students.
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For some LGBT couples in North Carolina on Friday, patience wasn’t a virtue.
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To some, the Unsung Founders Memorial in McCorkle Place, dedicated to the people of color, both enslaved and free, who helped build the University, is simply an outdoor table — but not to Tim McMillan.
Read More »A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday lifted a stay on two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s gay marriage ban — likely rendering imminent the overturning of Amendment One as unconstitutional.
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Travis St. Brice began to choke up.
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In a landmark decision for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to let stand rulings in five states striking down gay marriage bans — likely clearing the way for same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
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Junot Diaz spent a couple of hours challenging convention in Memorial Hall on Saturday night.
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After growing by 3.2 million between 2006 and 2011, college enrollment in the United States has declined for the past two years, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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