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Student Congress plans for spring at fall semester's last committee meetings

By Molly Looman | November 16

On Tuesday evening, Student Congress committees met for the last time before winter break to discuss new bills and propose future plans for the spring ...

GPSF plans to continue pursuing Two for Two referendum

By Charlotte Harris | November 2

The Graduate and Professional Student Federation met Tuesday to discuss upcoming programs and changes after the “Two for Two” separation referendum’s ...

GPSF talks next steps after referendum fails by 41 votes

By Natalie Conti | October 31

After two referendums to change the structure of student government failed in Friday’s vote, Dylan Russell, president of the Graduate and Professional ...

From left: Graduate students Emily Brennan Moran, Kasia Grzebyk, Brett Winters, and Amy Lin encourage students in the pit to vote to divide student government.

Student Congress, GPSF leaders spar before vote on separation

By Anish Bhatia | October 28

Today, the student body will vote to decide whether student government and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation will become two separate entities ...

Word on the Street: How will you be voting in Friday's referendum?

By Paige Nehls | October 28

Today, students will vote for the second time in 2016 on whether or not to separate the Graduate and Professional Student Federation from the undergraduate ...

Finance committee plans a more fair way to allocate funds

By Brinley Lowe | October 26

Student Congress’s finance committee members met Tuesday to discuss a new way to allocate funds.

The Graduate and Professional Federation voted on separating from the student body government Tuesday night.

GPSF asks for changes to ballot one week before vote on separation

By Madeleine Fraley | October 24

The student body will vote on Friday to decide whether student government and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation will split and become two ...

The Tuition and Fee Advisory Taskforce meets to discuss various fees students pay for the university.

Students play important role in student fee changes

By Madeleine Fraley | October 13

When it comes to changing student fees at UNC, students’ voices play an early and important role.

Student Congress meets with executive branch, discusses future of GPSF

By Aaron Redus | October 12

Student Congress met in full Tuesday night to hear messages from the executive branch and discuss the upcoming vote about the future of the Graduate and ...

Student Congress met Tuesday evening in the Genome Science Building

Student Congress creates gender-neutral Student Code

By Anish Bhatia | September 29

Student Congress has made it their mission to focus on diversity this year.

Student Congress approves funding for three organizations

By Adair Tompkins | September 28

Student Body Vice President Sam Green started the meeting announcing the executive branch’s plan to work with the sexual assault prevention task force ...

Students staged a die-in in the Student Union today in response to the demonstrations going on in Charlotte.

Die-in at the Union gave students space to express their reactions to the week's police shootings

By Jenni Ciesielski | September 23

For ten minutes on Friday afternoon, the usually bustling Student Union was silent as students lay down on the building’s ground floor with their fists ...

Four first-years take seats on Student Congress

By Allie Mobley | September 22

Rachel Augustine, a Peace, War and Defense and Mathematical Decision Sciences double major from Greensboro, was elected as a district four representative, ...

Chair and vice chair of the Finance, Infrastructure and Audit Committee Haywood D. Cochrane and W. Lowry Caudill have a discussion during a board meeting in Alumni Hall on Wednesday, September 21st.

Board of Trustees received an update on life at UNC

By Acy Jackson , Colleen Moir and Alexis Bell | September 22

When the Board of Trustees met in committees Wednesday, University Affairs chairperson Chuck Duckett opened his committee’s meeting by speaking on a ...

Student Congress elects 4 new members

By Acy Jackson | September 20

Four new students were elected to Student Congress on Tuesday, Board of Elections chairperson Paul Kushner said.

The Muslim Students Asscotiation pitched approvel for an exception to a policy prohibiting them from having an external bank account while maintaining current student government funding.

Student Congress approves bank account for Muslim Student Association

By Nic Rardin | September 14

Student Congress met on Tuesday night to approve a number of new appointments and grant an exception to the UNC Muslim Students Association for an external ...