SILENT SAM MONUMENT
BREAKING: Interim UNC-system President Roper against Silent Sam returning to old site
He did not say what should ultimately happen to the statue.
Board of Governors denies Chancellor Folt, UNC's Silent Sam proposal
The UNC-system Board of Governors rejected the plan to house Silent Sam in a new on-campus on building on Friday.
Folt says her resignation and the removal of Silent Sam's base are unrelated
In a news conference, Folt explains that removing Silent Sam for the sake of public safety has been her stance all along.
How the law used to keep Silent Sam up is being used to defend the James Cates plaque
The memorial commemorating James Cates was placed by activists on Tuesday afternoon in the Pit, the same place he was killed 49 years ago. By the next morning, the memorial was gone.
Maya Little's Honor Court case has been dismissed
An appeal hearing took place on Tuesday for UNC doctoral student Maya Little, who was found guilty by the Honor Court in October of defacing Silent Sam. Little was sanctioned with a letter of warning and 18 hours of community service in her initial case hearing.
The University has removed the plaque honoring James Cates erected in the Pit last night
Activists placed a dedication plaque in the Pit on Tuesday honoring James Cates, a Black student activist who was stabbed to death in the Pit in 1970.
Days before Maya Little's Honor Court appeal, questions still remain
Little’s appeal argues that the initial judgement constituted a violation of her basic rights, insufficiency of evidence and severity of sanctions.
The Silent Sam decision could be taken out of UNC's hands with this proposed law
“I think the Board of Governors has had ample time to do something. And I believe they've just been dithering.”
Here's what to expect from UNC's new interim chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz
Kevin Guskiewicz's longevity at UNC is full of awards and accolades — though the student body, and even some faculty, are left with concern for the decorated interim chancellor.
Bill Roper names Kevin Guskiewicz as interim UNC Chancellor
Since 2016, Guskiewicz has been the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a college that has over 70 academic departments, programs, institutes and centers. The college has over 17,000 undergraduates and 2,400 graduate students.
Silent Sam may be gone, but it continues to weigh on the minds of students of color
“I think I could never forget it, regardless (of whether) I was a Black student,” UNC junior Sydney Adams said. “I don’t know if it’s something I can feel resolved about ever, especially because I don’t think the solution here is going to be to my benefit at all.” In the minds of UNC students of color, Silent Sam has remained a permanent presence. So much so, that for some it's been difficult to focus on their academics and extracurricular activities.
Everything that led to Silent Sam being toppled, according to an independent report
UNC "struggled to communicate, prepare, and execute their plans for the August 20, 2018 demonstration."
The newest statue on campus memorializes the 2017 Silent Sam protests
A new statue has been added to the Alumni Sculpture Garden to commemorate a 2017 Silent Sam protest. The statue is a visual representation of a sound wave where protesters are chanting, "Forward together, not one step back." The artist, Meredith Emery, is a recent UNC grad.
External investigation finds "serious deficiencies" on the night of Silent Sam's toppling
There was no evidence of conspiracy between UNC and any of the demonstrators involved in the monument's removal, the report states.
Students say goodbye to Chancellor Carol Folt before final day in office
Folt, who is entering her final day as chancellor, paid a visit to the students who gathered in her honor and couldn’t hold back the tears as she read the messages left for her.
Trespass notices were dropped for seven anti-Silent Sam demonstrators
On Aug. 30, Dwayne Dixon, an adjunct professor in the Department of Asian Studies, was charged with simple assault over allegations of striking editor-in-chief of Big League Politics, Patrick Howley. Along with his arrest, Dixon received a trespass notice, barring him from entering McCorkle Place, where Silent Sam once stood.
Are we any closer to finding an interim chancellor?
Interim UNC-system President Bill Roper laid out his main criteria for finding an interim chancellor at a Faculty Executive Committee meeting Friday.
This is what's up with the @sams_reckoning Twitter account
Just 10 days ago, a new Twitter account was created called @sams_reckoning in an effort to disperse a complete, intuitive history about the University’s slave-owning history, focused around the 287 Confederate soldiers memorialized by Silent Sam.
Why are graduate students often at the center of campus protests?
Graduate students have been at the helm of campus protests at UNC since the 1960s, from George Vlasits, an anti-Vietnam War protester in the 1960s, to Maya Little, a current UNC graduate student of history who faced Honor Court and criminal charges for staining Silent Sam with red ink and her own blood last April. We took a closer look at why that is.
