Imani Rankins and Karina Vasudeva have been elected as the new co-presidents of the Campus Y. The organization is a community that welcomes students, staff and the greater UNC community to talk about social justice matters. Rankins and Vasudeva plan to focus their efforts on the housekeeper movement, mutual aid and disability justice on campus.
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Imani Rankins and Karina Vasudeva have been elected as the new co-presidents of the Campus Y. The organization is a community that welcomes students, staff and the greater UNC community to talk about social justice matters. Rankins and Vasudeva plan to focus their efforts on the housekeeper movement, mutual aid and disability justice on campus.
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Christopher Everett has been elected to serve as the 2023-2024 Student Body President, the the UNC Board of Elections announced around 2:16 a.m. Wednesday morning. Everett received 57.45 percent of the overall vote, defeating fellow certified candidate TJ Edwards and write-in candidate Theodore Nollert, who announced his intent to run last week. "I just really want this win to be for everyone who's felt so unseen, undervalued and targeted by the institutions," Everett said
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Turkish-American communities across the Triangle area are working to support those affected by the recent earthquakes that occurred in Türkiye and Syria, the first of which occurred two weeks ago. Another 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey on Monday, causing further damage.
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In its first meeting since the UNC Board of Trustees voted to accelerate development of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, the UNC Faculty Council focused primarily on how faculty felt about the process of the school’s creation so far. The meeting included a presentation on how the School of Data Science and Society was developed and votes to pass two resolutions regarding the Board of Trustees' actions and the IDEAs in Action curriculum.
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Jackson Van De Brake continued his hot start to the season, going 2-4 with two runs and two RBIs. Vance Honeycutt also had a great showing at the plate, going 1-3 with two drawn walks and two RBIs.
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UNC's Kenna Raye Dark proved essential in this win. She pitched the entirety of the game, allowing only one hit. The pitcher also had one hit and two RBIs to contribute offensively as well.
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The Chapel Hill Public Library recently highlighted three bus shelters in Chapel Hill with art that depicts important moments in the Civil Rights Movement that took place in Chapel Hill to commemorate Black History Month.
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The sophomore's point put the North Carolina women’s tennis team on the path to becoming ITA champions for the fourth year in a row and for the seventh time in program history.
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The African, African American and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) department is in the process of developing a graduate program in Africana Studies, which will admit a first cohort of students in fall 2025. It has been in the works since November 2021 and continues to progress forward.
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These five Tar Heels conquered racial barriers to become significant athletic figures at the University.
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The domination for the sophomore pitcher began on Friday in the weekend's opening contest against Minnesota. With the Tar Heels being unable to produce anything from the plate, Backes took over, striking out seven Golden Gophers on her way to a complete game shutout in the team's 1-0 victory.
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After retaking the lead early in the first period, the Wolfpack controlled the remainder of the matchup and never allowed the Tar Heels within 2 goals of their lead.
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LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant joined UNC as the new director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. "What I liked about this job is that it seemed like it would give me the opportunity to do all of the things that I enjoy and I’m good at in one position,” she said.
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This month, the UNC School of Social Work began its second annual Black History Month Research Series. Throughout the month, the content has focused on discussing research on inequities within the field of social work.
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Transgender students at UNC are unable to be housed in a dorm according to the gender they identify as without government-issued documentation. Instead, they are assigned to housing based on the sex listed in official academic records, which can be an uncomfortable situation according to some students.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was renamed from Airport Road nearly 18 years ago — a decision by the Chapel Hill Town Council that community members still appreciate to this day. The renaming, which was supported by the local NAACP, was approved in December 2004 by the Chapel Hill Town Council, and dedicated in May 2005.
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Members of the Carrboro community gathered on at the Carrboro Century Center on Sunday, Feb. 19 to listen to Finesse, a rhythm and blues band, perform for the Black History Month concert series. The Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources Department organized the series — along with other events such as lectures and open mic poetry nights — to celebrate Black history and unite the community.
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"Taylor Residence Hall's inaccessibility has created an insupportable way of living for students. It’s a big concern yet to be addressed directly, and one the University needs to highlight and find solutions for immediately."
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A new grant will now allow UNC’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation to help create PowerUp, an initiative to address food insecurity and mental health challenges faced by Black North Carolinians. The institute, alongside the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Founders Initiative, will help source ideas from N.C. A&T and try to refine them into digital for-profit ventures.
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In 1969, Howard Lee won Chapel Hill’s mayoral election by about 400 votes, becoming not only the Town’s first and only Black mayor — but also the first Black mayor in a white-majority town South since the Reconstruction. Lee, who turns 89 years old in July, has left a large impact on the Chapel Hill community.
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