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SWE and UNC Police host Rape Aggression Defense course

By Catherine Tiddy | September 20

Students attended an introductory course for UNC Police's Rape Aggression Defense program on Sep. 18. While the UNC RAD program typically teaches practical ...

Rape reported near Undergraduate Library, no arrest made

By Abby Pender | August 7

UNC Police responded to a report of rape on Sunday evening around 6:07 p.m., according to an Alert Carolina sent on Monday afternoon.

The Carrboro Police Department is pictured on January 15, 2018.

Carrboro man arrested on sexual assault charge

By Emmy Martin | August 7

A 39-year-old man was booked into the Orange County Jail on a second-degree forcible sexual offense charge on Sunday evening. The police department has ...

Highest reports of on-campus sexual assult from 2015 to 2022 at Ram Village and Granville Towers

How sexual assaults are processed by the University Police

By Ashley Quincin | April 26

According to the UNC Police Department crime log, 76 sexual assault offenses occurred in either residence halls or fraternity houses between January 2015 ...

Compass Center remains Orange County's sole housing provider for domestic violence survivors

By Avery Baker | April 11

Though the Compass Center's Safe Homes, New Lives program raised over $1 million to address the lack of crisis housing in the county, they currently only ...

'You deserve support': Orange County Rape Crisis Center advocates for survivors

By Ginny Dempster | April 4

Through the month of April and beyond, the OCRCC is dedicated to supporting and advocating for survivors of sexual violence. Outside of direct support ...

Underwear hung by the Old Well on Tuesday, students bring attention to campus sexual assault

By Eileen Foster | March 28

A group of students in the class ART 490: Art as Social Action created the project to bring attention to sexual assault on campus. Beneath a display of ...

Former employees of IZA Whiskey & Eats allege owner allowed workplace misconduct, harassment

By Samuel Long | February 17

Several former workers at IZA Whiskey & Eats, a popular Carrboro restaurant, have brought forward allegations of employee mistreatment and negligence ...

Explaining The Clery Act and assault reporting on campus

By Zoe Frederick | November 30

Safety concerns and conversations about sexual assault prevention are key topics in campus conversations. Students and staff voice their thoughts on the ...

Editorial: UNC can do more to protect students from drink tampering

By Editorial Board | November 30

"Students should not have to normalize this risk when attending parties and social events. UNC needs to impose larger disincentives and crack down on ...

Editorial: The ugly politics of sexual assault in boarding schools

By Editorial Board | November 29

"Because most attendees of boarding schools are minors, statistics surrounding sexual misconduct on boarding school campuses are difficult to find. That ...

Mother of sexual assault victim in Carmichael Residence Hall petitions for more secure dorms

By Lauren Rhodes | November 9

Following the Oct. 22 sexual assault of a UNC student inside of Carmichael Residence Hall, the mother of the victim has partnered with other UNC parents ...

Students urge UNC to provide drink testing strips on campus

By Zoe Frederick | November 4

Three students at UNC, Tanner Stutts, Edda Yamada and Gavin George, have expressed concerns about the issue of date rape on campus. Together, they formed ...

Column: What my sexual assault taught me about abortion rights

By Brianna Brigman | October 11

"I strongly believe that if I was to get pregnant by any of my assaulters I would have had an abortion and that would be my choice. Not someone else's. ...

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Chapel Hill band coalition takes stand against unsafe fraternities and organizations

By Natalie McCormick | October 6

Over the past few weeks, bands in Chapel Hill and beyond have formed the Safer Shows Collective — a coalition against organizations accused of drink ...

Students at NCSSM protest how the school handles sexual assault cases

By Emmy Martin | May 6

Silent protesters gathered at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics with signs expressing their dissatisfaction with how school leaders ...

Farewell Column: UNC doesn’t protect survivors of sexual assault. I know because I am one.

By Savannah Bradley | April 25

"And I do represent Carolina. I represent the one in three women that are sexually assaulted on this campus. I represent the intelligent young women who ...

Column: Three years later — healing from my sexual assault

By Rajee Ganesan | April 12

"I began my undergraduate degree at a large state school in California. There, three years ago, I was the victim of a violent sexual assault."

Editorial: Minimal compliance with the Clery Act isn't enough

By Editorial Board | November 29

"Handling sexual assault properly doesn’t mean just checking boxes and meeting minimum compliance. Handling sexual assault means being proactive, taking ...

UNC reports 3 assaults involving same accused person over three months

By Praveena Somasundaram | November 19

An Alert Carolina sent by UNC Friday said there were three sexual assaults reported between August and October involving the same accused person. There ...