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Sunday March 26th

Elevate: Amplifying voices in our community

Elevate is here to do exactly what it says — to give a platform to those whose voices are often silenced. This is a page to celebrate and uplift the underrepresented communities that make up Chapel Hill, who contribute to our culture and daily lives in ways that are often not reported. Elevate adds depth to stories across campus, the town and Orange County.

The page is in part put together and reported by members of the Sharif Durhams Leadership Program, a talent and leadership development course for DTH students from underrepresented groups. Elevate accepts pitches throughout the year for op-eds and letters from members of different groups in our community. Please send submissions to elevate@dailytarheel.com.

UNC to examine salaries of minority and female faculty

By Robert Langdon | Nov. 15, 2010

Following up on a study conducted in 2002 under former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton, the University will examine potential salary disparities among women and minority faculty members at UNC. The study will examine and look for any differences or outliers in the salary of minority and female professors who have a similar position and length of experience as their white or male peers.

Protesters rally outside Kay Hagan’s office in Raleigh to protest the Dream Act and the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy in the U.S. Military.

Rally opposes military ban on gays

By Estes Gould | Nov. 11, 2010

Houston to serve as interim provost of diversity and multicultural affairs

Oct. 15, 2010

LGBTQ vigil honors teens who committed suicide

By Paula Seligson | Oct. 8, 2010

UNC to examine salaries of minority and female faculty

By Robert Langdon | Nov. 15, 2010

Rally opposes military ban on gays

By Estes Gould | Nov. 11, 2010

Holding signs and chanting, “let us serve,” a group gathered in Raleigh on Thursday night to protest discrimination in the armed forces. The rally was part of a national campaign calling for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Terri Houston will replace Archie Ervin as head of diversity affairs.

Houston to serve as interim provost of diversity and multicultural affairs

Oct. 15, 2010

In 11 years, Archie Ervin shepherded diversity and multicultural affairs to new heights. To take his job after he leaves for Georgia Institute of Technology, Ervin recommended the woman he hired as an assistant to the chancellor in 1999 — Terri Houston.

LGBTQ vigil honors teens who committed suicide

By Paula Seligson | Oct. 8, 2010

More than 200 people gathered in the Pit on Thursday for a candle-lit vigil to honor the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens who recently committed suicide. Attendees embraced and comforted one another as the names and circumstances of the victims were read aloud.

UNC groups debate immigration policy

By David Riedell | Oct. 7, 2010

Representatives for the Young Democrats and College Republicans met Thursday evening to debate topics including Arizona’s immigration law, the 14th Amendment and the DREAM Act.

Ervin leaving UNC, taking new position at Ga. Tech

By Lindsay Ruebens | Oct. 6, 2010

Archie Ervin, UNC’s associate provost and chief diversity officer, will be leaving to accept a newly created position at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

More gender non-specific bathrooms could come to UNC

By Isabella Cochrane | Sep. 29, 2010

For many students who identify as transgender or gender non-specific, the decision to choose between male or female restrooms on campus can be stressful. UNC-Asheville has tried to alleviate that tension by establishing gender non-specific bathrooms, and UNC could designate more of its bathrooms similarly.

Dance Company to share Korean culture at Memorial Hall

By Tariq Luthun | Sep. 27, 2010

The Carolina Performing Arts series will present “Dynamic Korea: Dance and Song,” bringing the Chae Hyang Soon Dance Company to perform its iteration of traditional Korean dance with a contemporary twist.

First black students John Lewis Brandon and Ralph and LeRoy Frasier were honored at Saturday’s football game for the 55th anniversary of desegregation at UNC by Chancellor Holden Thorp and Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp.

First black students' 55th anniversary honored

By Deborah Strange | Sep. 19, 2010

Students and faculty celebrated the 55th anniversary of John Lewis Brandon and Ralph and LeRoy Frasier’s enrollment at UNC on Friday at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center.

UNC seeks diversity among administrators

By Colleen Volz | Sep. 2, 2010

A report released Wednesday said UNC needs more diversity at the top. After combing through hundreds of pages of data from all University departments, UNC’s Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs released the 52-page 2009-10 annual report Wednesday.

Asian Students Association seeks more diversity

By Melvin Backman | Aug. 26, 2010

Despite a slight drop in the percentage of Asian-American students at UNC, the Asian Students Association tripled in size within the past two years.

UNC loses another top female administrator

By Rebecca Putterman | Jul. 14, 2010

Moving up in the ranks at Carolina isn’t easy. While many promotions choose the obvious second in command, UNC employs national searches to find the best and brightest to lead the school.

Despite opposition, Wake school board repeals diversity policy

By Annie Clark | May. 19, 2010

The Wake County School Board voted in a 5-4 decision Tuesday night to overturn 30 years of policy designed to promote public school diversity in favor of a new policy promoting neighborhood schools.

Waithera Karim-Sesay delivers a talk in the style of a “last lecture” on Sunday. DTH/ Daniel Sircar

Karim-Sesay gives ‘last lecture’ on Africa

By Steven Norton | Apr. 11, 2010

In her “last lecture,” professor Waithera Karim-Sesay showed that there’s more to Africa than meets the eye and provided a more holistic view of the vast diversity of Africa and its people.

American Indian groups protest curriculum shift

By Jen Serdetchnaia | Mar. 22, 2010

The state is revising an education reform plan after an early draft caused outrage among American Indian communities. The State Board of Education’s first draft of the Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort included a proposal to remove pre-colonial history education from the U.S. History course requirements at the high school level.

Racial gap growing in Division I basketball

By Robert Smith | Mar. 22, 2010

The gap in graduation rates between black and white NCAA men’s Division I basketball players is widening.

Wes and Jane Hare talk with Patrick O’Neill at the fourth annual “HK on J” civil rights event. DTH/Daniel Sircar

Historic HK on J march draws hundreds

By Jeremiah Gregg | Mar. 1, 2010

RALEIGH — Hundreds of people gathered at Shaw University on Saturday, chanting and singing hymns to promote education reform for the state. The Historic Thousands on Jones Street event, also known as HK on J, is an annual march to the state legislature led by the N.C. NAACP to present its 14-point agenda. This year, the crowd focused on education reform and protested against the resegregation of public schools.