Both this year and semester were bookended by Silent Sam. What's next?
From the events leading up to its toppling to the plans for its relocation.
SILENT SAM MONUMENT
Nearly 2,200 grades will be held following a teaching assistant strike, N&O reports
According to the Office of the University Registrar, final grades are due to students on 72 hours after their final exam is taken. If grades are not withheld, they are due between Dec. 10 and Dec. 17.
BOG member Thom Goolsby chastises Silent Sam plan a week before he casts his vote
“If you try to be everything to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.”
Maya Little has headed the charge against Silent Sam, but not without consequences
“Maya is the bravest person in Chapel Hill. She put herself on the line, knowing that she faces violence not only from white supremacists, but also the police."
Silent Sam and Carolina Hall: The Board of Trustee's quest for context
A series of resolutions on contextualization rolled out by the UNC Board of Trustees in 2015 will play a role in how the University decides how to deal with Silent Sam.
Silent Sam painted red, protester arrested
Silent Sam was painted red around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The person has been identified as Maya Little, a UNC doctoral student, on Twitter. Little was arrested by UNC Police following the incident.
Maya Little has been charged following Monday's protest, along with another student
This arrest is in connection to the Monday night protest of Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees' proposed solution to Silent Sam.
Franklin Street filled with demonstrators opposing University's Silent Sam proposal
Traffic was stopped in all directions as demonstrators marched through both lanes of Franklin Street on Monday night. Demonstrators leading the way held a large sign that read, "Put it up. We'll tear it down. Anti-racists run this town." The protest was in response to the proposal by Chancellor Carol Folt and the UNC Board of Trustees to create a $5.3 million "History and Education Center," a freestanding single-use building, to house the Confederate Silent Sam monument on the UNC Odum Village site.
More details of Silent Sam plan emerge at Faculty Executive Committee meeting
On Monday morning, Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees officially made their recommendation to the Board of Governors about where to house Silent Sam, the heavily debated Confederate statue that was toppled in August.
Editorial: Silent Sam decision is disappointing but unsurprising
This decision was not made with the student’s best interests in mind. History will not look favorably on “the people’s University,” if the administration continues to advocate for wealthy donors instead of what is right for the University’s progress.
Silent Sam to be housed in new freestanding building, Folt and BOT recommend
The new building would be a center meant to contextualize UNC's history, Folt said at the Monday morning meeting.
Protesters oppose Chancellor Folt, Chief Blue's inclusion in UNC summit on student safety
“I don’t believe (Folt and Blue are) experts on student safety." “I believe their actions have been antithetical to student safety, especially on campus, but in the broader community as well.”
Ahead of Silent Sam decision, UNC trustee addresses his role in apartheid government
The Board of Trustees and Chancellor Folt plan to release their final decision regarding Silent Sam on Monday, with William Keyes, who worked with the South African government in the 1980s during apartheid, informing the BOT decision.
Protesters disrupt United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting
Tensions were high as the Daughters, all of whom trace their lineage to Confederate army servants, were met with protesters outside of their headquarters.
Student-produced documentary on Silent Sam asks UNC, 'Who are you really for?'
Students at UNC have created a documentary on Silent Sam to explore student activism and the underlying sentiments on campus that lead to its toppling in August.
Nearly 180 have joined boycott against UNC's Honor Court
The boycott includes 36 professors, almost 140 graduate students, many of whom work as teaching assistants and in other positions, and a handful of other University members.
Here's why Maya Little is appealing her Honor Court decision
Maya Little is appealing her Honor Court decision, citing a lack of a fair and impartial trial and saying that the UNC Honor Court has a history of silencing activists.
'We just need a little more time': BOT meets following Silent Sam deadline extension
As Chancellor Carol Folt acknowledges the "soul searching" she has undergone to consider the many groups that have a stake in the decision, she and the BOT requested an extension for the Silent Sam proposal.
Who is behind the @now_what_sam Twitter account?
Suggestions on what to do with Silent Sam posted by the account range from burying the statue like a Terracotta warrior to moving it off campus to a variety of locations.
