Meet your 2019 student body president candidates
By Casey Quam | Feb. 11, 2019Before you vote for UNC student body president, get to know your candidates and their platforms.
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Before you vote for UNC student body president, get to know your candidates and their platforms.
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The second debate of the student body president campaign season ended with the host endorsing candidate Ashton Martin.
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The full Undergraduate Senate met Tuesday to discuss new appointments to various positions in the UNC Supreme Court, Board of Elections and full Senate. Here’s what you need to know:
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"And to the next generation of student leaders, I say this: Your leadership matters because Carolina needs leading. Now more than ever."
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After eight months in office, UNC Student Body President Savannah Putnam reflects on the work that her administration has completed — specifically emphasizing their effect on mental health.
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Check out what was passed and what was said at the Undergraduate Student Senate meeting on Tuesday.
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Arguments broke out in the Undergraduate Senate’s full meeting Tuesday as senators criticized each other and the nomination process that led to the failed bid of a nominee to the prestigious Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor.
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When the Board of Trustees huddled in closed session earlier this month, awaiting instruction on how to proceed on the delicate Confederate monument issue, Savannah Putnam met with them. As the SBP, her job is to act as a liaison between the students and administration. Yet despite her status as a voting ex-officio member of the BOT, she was asked to leave a conversation which took place before the official special meeting dates of both the BOT and BOG.
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All our student leaders have a responsibility to do what is right, regardless of how “contentious” it may seem. Students have been subject to this type of complacency for long enough with our University administration and should not undergo it with their student leadership as well. I hope that the trend of vetoing progress for the sake of pleasantness does not continue.
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On Monday, the Active Minds at Carolina and To Write Love on Her Arms clubs set up booths in Polk Place in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day. The two groups want students to know about all the mental health resources available on campus.
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On Sept. 4, the Undergraduate Senate met and discussed three top priorities for the upcoming year, including a mental health awareness week, amending the mission statement and creating a new position of a diversity and inclusion coordinator.
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Here's a summary of the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors meetings following the Silent Sam protests.
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The Undergraduate Senate’s select committee on Silent Sam held a hearing on Monday to discuss how to begin resolving the removal of the statue. Like the students, the Senate was divided.
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In an update sent by UNC Media Relations at 9:52 p.m. on Saturday, the 11 individuals that have been arrested during this week's protests of Silent Sam have been identified.
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After releasing a short statement Monday night following the Silent Sam protest where the Confederate monument was forcibly removed by demonstrators, UNC has released an updated statement.
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UNC Student Body President Savannah Putnam used racial slurs and offensive language in tweets from 2013 and 2014. What does that mean within the context of the present day?
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As the school year ends, junior Savannah Putnam is taking on the role of student body president in senior Elizabeth Adkins’ place. In her administration, Adkins focused on mental health, diversity and sexual assault prevention.
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The UNC Honor Court has increased its efficiency by 25 percent since last year, meaning that students get in and out of the system almost two weeks faster.
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The Daily Tar Heel was approved to receive funding from student fees to cover travel expenses. The DTH stopped receiving funding from the University in 1993, to avoid a conflict of interest. “Since we’re serving the University with our sports coverage, we’re serving our students that way. We think it’s fair that we ask for some money to cover that,” said Matt Queen, president of the DTH Board of Directors.
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The polls are now quiet, and a new term begins. From platform to policy, newly elected Student Body President Savannah Putnam talks goals for her time in office.
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