Rifle and pistol club’s protest shot down
By Andy Willard | Oct. 16, 2012Members of the Tar Heel Rifle and Pistol Club threw themselves into the appropriations crossfire of Student Congress Tuesday night.
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Members of the Tar Heel Rifle and Pistol Club threw themselves into the appropriations crossfire of Student Congress Tuesday night.
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The Student Congress special elections held Monday featured an unusually high level of participation — both in voter turnout and in candidates running for office.
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The new leader of Student Congress wants to emphasize the organization’s roots — student representation.
Read More »The gavel that reigns over Student Congress will change hands tonight. Sophomores Connor Brady and Paige Comparato have announced that they are running for speaker of Student Congress, a position that moderates debate during congressional meetings and serves on various advisory committees.
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Mary Cooper was caught in the middle. In a year of unprecedented tuition hikes that often pitted student against administrator, the student body president had to serve as a mediator — and only had so much time to act.
Read More »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.
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In a deaf Jamaican community he visited last year, Zach De La Rosa was given a special sign — a Z drawn over the heart, meant to reflect his good character.
Read More »The student body presidential election season might have ended without conflict, but two days later, a violation led to the resignation of a member of the Board of Elections.
Read More »The bill in Student Congress to put a $500 cap on UNC employees’ speaking fees for on-campus events is a good idea, but it doesn’t go far enough.
Read More »Student Congress members almost unanimously came together Tuesday night in opposition of North Carolina’s Amendment One.
Read More »Student groups could have a harder time getting UNC faculty to speak at their events if a bill presented to Student Congress passes Tuesday.
Read More »He may no longer be in the race for president, but former Republican candidate Herman Cain still has a lot to say about politics, the economy and the 2012 election — and soon he’ll be able to share those thoughts with UNC students.
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 »The honor system will be promised $16,500 in funding each year if a new bill moving through Student Congress is approved next week.
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 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 »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 »Student Congress passed a resolution Tuesday opposing any tuition increase exceeding the 6.5 percent cap mandated by the UNC-system Board of Governors.
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