"The removal of Silent Sam was long overdue, but his departure mirrored its origins. Since that fateful protest, Black students have faced criminal charges while white supremacist and neo-Confederate groups have found ways to use the statue to promote their lost cause."
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“One thing is certain: somebody is not telling the truth,” UNC Black Pioneer Mel Watt said. “I wish there was some way to get to the bottom of that.”
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“The serial dishonesty displayed by the chancellor and his associates regarding the most sensitive and important matters confronting the University in recent years has eroded our confidence in UNC's leadership,” read the statement posted Thursday.
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Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he was aware discussions were "occurring through the UNC System" prior to the Nov. 27, 2019 Silent Sam settlement, in a campus message Thursday.
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Whipple’s name has now been removed from the BOG website directory after 18 months on the job. Jane Stancill, a reporter for the News & Observer and executive director of communications for the N.C. Community College System, replaced Whipple on Jan. 1.
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Here’s what the Editorial Board learned after reviewing the documents released through the DTH's settlement with the UNC System over Silent Sam, what it all means and why it matters.
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After another numerous delay and a lawsuit, it appears the BOG deliberately misled the public on the role of the five BOG members and their role in the Silent Sam settlements.
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DTH Media Corp., parent company of The Daily Tar Heel, settled its lawsuit against the UNC System over allegations of violating state Open Meetings Law that occurred in 2019.
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The Campus Y hosted a screening of the documentary film “Silence Sam” followed by a panel to discuss the future of anti-racist activism at the University. The film, created by a UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni, details student activism surrounding the toppling of the Silent Sam monument.
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A North Carolina Superior Court judge has dismissed a portion of the DTH Media Corporation's complaint against the UNC System and Board of Governors. The complaint accused the groups of violating North Carolina Open Meetings Law to negotiate its $2.5 million settlement with the Sons of Confederate Veterans in November 2019 and pay the group $74,999 in a separate agreement.
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In the weeks following the killing of George Floyd, several student groups, including UNC Black Congress and the Black Student Movement, have been involved in organizing protests against police brutality and systemic racism across the Triangle. However, given UNC’s safety guidelines for the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions remain as to how protesting efforts will be carried out on the University’s campus during the upcoming semester.
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Over $80,000 of the short-lived “Monument Trust” will be paid to non-UNC attorneys who played a role in the creation of a lawsuit settlement that temporarily gave Silent Sam to the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. on Nov. 27.
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The UNC System's now-infamous settlement with the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. was struck down last month after a swarm of public scrutiny and legal challenges. The reversal by Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour returned possession of Silent Sam to the state's higher-education authority, but a $2.5 million trust of UNC's money that the System forfeited in that deal may not be coming back in full. More than $80,000 of those funds in total are set to pay the Confederate group's lawyer and the attorneys involved in operating the trust after its creation. However, a new legal challenge by UNC students and faculty seeks to change that.
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This academic year has brought a report detailing Clery Act violations by the University, the reversal of the Silent Sam settlement between the UNC System Board of Governors and the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., a global pandemic and more. Kevin Guskiewicz began as interim chancellor in February 2019 and took on the position permanently in December 2019. The Daily Tar Heel sat down with Guskiewicz to talk about the challenges to the University during his time as chancellor so far, as well as his plans for the future.
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