Students will have a new way to support candidates for student body president this year — and it could work to upend the traditional campaign model.
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Starting today students will have a direct line to student government for problems ranging from registration to rising tuition.
Read More »In the 1970s, the threat of in-state tuition increases from the N.C. General Assembly hit the UNC system — but with the efforts of a student group, the proposals were taken off the table. Robert Lucas, a former student body president of East Carolina University, formed a group that encompassed all 17 institutions in the system — the N.C. Association of Student Body Presidents.
Read More »While reform to the honor system is already underway, faculty members are realizing there is still a long way to go.
Read More »The honor system will be promised $16,500 in funding each year if a new bill moving through Student Congress is approved next week.
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Women make up almost 60 percent of the UNC student body, but men are charged in almost 70 percent of Honor Court hearings, according to data released by the student attorney general’s staff.
Read More »It’s been almost two months since the Board of Trustees approved a 15.6 percent tuition hike to the dismay of dozens of student protesters lining the walls of the Carolina Inn.
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A new report has found sizable disparities between the number of cases reported to the honor system by UNC’s academic departments.
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The turnout for an optional potential candidates meeting held Tuesday — the unofficial kickoff of spring elections — was only half of what it was last year. Twenty-five students attended the meeting, designed to inform those interested in running for offices in student government next year of the process.
Read More »For the second time this semester, students will travel around the United States thanks to grants from UNC’s student government.
Read More »Fraternity and sorority houses might still get printers despite a failed initiative to integrate them into the University printing system.
Read More »New student elections regulations passed through Student Congress Tuesday seek to spare UNC students of a repeat of last year’s controversy.
Read More »Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday designed to make it easier for students seeking election to navigate through rules and regulations for campaigns.
Read More »The possibility of implementing plagiarism detection software across campus is figuring heavily into UNC’s efforts to reform the honor system.
Read More »The way Student Congress accounts for its property held by student organizations will be streamlined significantly if a bill presented before the body passes tonight.
Read More »The University has yet to implement new sexual assault guidelines prompted by the U.S. Department of Education last spring. While administrators planned to have new policies enacted this fall, the handling of sexual assault cases has instead fallen on the back-burner, leaving the University’s Honor Court in limbo.
Read More »Next week, Student Congress will review changes to election law that, if passed, could make this year’s elections dramatically more student-friendly. By reducing the number of signatures required to be placed on the student body president ballot and making minor changes to election law, Speaker Zach De La Rosa’s and Adam Horowitz’s bills take a step in the right direction, but still do not go far enough to change this mediocre process into one that adequately reflects potential candidates’ true legitimacy.
Read More »In a time of budget constrictions, every penny of spending is under review — and concerns about the UNC-sytem Association of Student Governments’ effective use of student fees have been pushed into the spotlight yet again.
Read More »Since assuming the student body presidency in April, Mary Cooper has wasted little time pursuing her platform goals. After putting a face on the deep cuts to the University’s funding with a coordinated summer lobbying effort, Cooper presented ambitious plans for her “big three” platform goals.
Read More »Student Body President Mary Cooper wants to step up her administration’s involvement in town government, but she is facing logistical challenges in passing a flat-rate taxi ordinance.
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