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Student Congress special elections have high turnout

By Kate Fedder | October 9

The Student Congress special elections held Monday featured an unusually high level of participation — both in voter turnout and in candidates running ...

Changes to come to Honor Court

By Hunter Toro | October 7

Students arrested by Chapel Hill police could soon see a new way in which their potential Honor Code violations are handled by the Honor Court.

Exercise and sport science requires Honor Code training

By Andy Willard | September 18

Students taking department of exercise and sport science classes now have to go through an extra step to prove their academic integrity.

Honor codes put in spotlight

By Andrew Edwards | September 5

Major cheating allegations at one of the nation’s top universities have sparked a national conversation about the necessity of honor codes.

New policy on cheating suggested

By Emily Overcarsh | August 27

A new policy has been suggested that would give them the option to do what many already do — settle the problem on their own.

Honor system’s autonomy intact after reform of sexual assault policy

By Caitlin McCabe | April 19

When Chancellor Holden Thorp issued a call for reform of the honor system last summer, the system’s student leaders vowed to retain the institution’s ...

Student government to analyze whether student fees are used efficiently

By Devyn McDonald | April 19

With in-state tuition set in stone, student government will have a chance to examine another area in which it has some influence: student fees. The UNC-system ...

Leimenstoll administration receives 231 applications for external appointments

By Liz Crampton | April 16

In March, a student government committee had trouble finding the right students to join Student Body President Will Leimenstoll’s closest team of advisers. ...

The Interview: Jon McCay on sexual assault

By Maggie Zellner | April 16

As someone who’s spent the past four years working on (and eventually leading) the student attorney general’s staff, Jon McCay is in a unique position ...

UNC honor system no longer to be in charge of sexual misconduct cases

By Andy Thomason | April 15

For the past year, students and administrators have been lobbying to change the way cases of sexual assault are handled on campus, calling it unfair, ...

Honor system task force considers making plagiarism module mandatory

By Caroline Leland | April 9

Officials have proposed requiring all incoming freshmen and transfer students to complete a teaching module about plagiarism in an effort to introduce ...

UNC Student Congress elects Paige Comparato new speaker

By Becky Bush | April 8

The new leader of Student Congress wants to emphasize the organization’s roots — student representation.

UNC Student Congress to elect new speaker

By Robert Bryan | April 3

The gavel that reigns over Student Congress will change hands tonight. Sophomores Connor Brady and Paige Comparato have announced that they are running ...

New UNC Student Body President Will Leimenstoll takes office

By Liz Crampton | April 3

Following a student body president election hurt by modest voter turnout, Will Leimenstoll took office Tuesday with a fix in mind.

Student Body President Mary Cooper fulfilled all ‘big three’ campaign points before leaving office

By Katie Quine | April 2

Mary Cooper was caught in the middle. In a year of unprecedented tuition hikes that often pitted student against administrator, the student body president ...

UNC administrators work to revamp sexual assault policies

By Chelsea Bailey | April 2

When dealing with reports of sexual assault from students, the University faces a complex problem. “We want to have a system that is ultimately sufficiently ...

De La Rosa, adviser bid farewell at final Student Congress meeting

By Edward Pickup | March 28

On the night that Speaker Zach De La Rosa said farewell to Student Congress, he did not have to say goodbye to Student Body President Mary Cooper.

Students could face penalties for failing to report Honor Code violations

By Vanessa Voight | March 26

In the future, UNC students who witness violations of the Honor Code might be bound to report them, or face prosecution.

Leimenstoll nominates student government’s top officers

By Liz Crampton | March 26

When Student Body President–elect Will Leimenstoll was choosing his executive branch officers, he said he kept the legacy of Eve Carson in mind. Leimenstoll ...

Leimenstoll picks executive officers

By From staff reports | March 26

Student Body President-elect Will Leimenstoll tapped his executive officers Sunday night, making the names public Monday morning.