As plans emerge to tax student-athlete scholarships, the NCAA board speaks out against the bill, and experts share their opinions on whether on not this would be a worthwhile tax policy.
Amjad Ali Khan's performance, hosted by the Carolina Performing Arts on Nov. 13, aims to expose individuals to cultural music differences.
Claire Galt, a UNC student studying media and journalism, has applied what she's learning in her major to a radio show about campus and community news.
Redshirt seniors Jason Strowbridge and Nick Polino have been through plenty of highs and lows in their time with the North Carolina football team. Now, the pair has learned to blend head coach Mack Brown's win-now mentality with paving the way for the future of the program.
The Kenan-Flagler Business School is preparing for its centennial celebration in December — and the school is quite different from the School of Commerce run by Dudley Carroll in the 1920s.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson announced Tuesday that he will forgo reelection in 2020 and instead run for lieutenant governor.
The culture of these sites threatens to reverse whatever progress we’ve made in the past fifty years promoting sexual agency and reducing the shame and stigma of female sexuality. Personally, that’s not really a path I want to go down. Do you?
“Any new Chapel Hill regulations will affect not only those property owners who use the STR system for profit, but also residents like us for whom the system simply makes it possible to plan for the future." Following multiple other cities, including Raleigh, Chapel Hill's Short-Term Rental Task Force will be recommending regulations on short-term rentals, like Airbnb, to the Town Council. Chapel Hill residents have mixed opinions on short-term rentals as some think they are beneficial for the Town and some do not.
"Our solutions to affordable housing don’t have to be shining, happy, single family homes or gleaming apartment towers. Sometimes, one of the oldest solutions can be the best."
A documentary released by The Athletic in early October, based on a paper co-authored by Ted Tatos and Don Comrie, called into question the UNC Matthew Gfeller Center Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center — co-directed by interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Since then, researchers, faculty and more have reacted to these accusations.
Take a look at what the North Carolina women's soccer team is facing heading into the NCAA Tournament.
People throughout the UNC community are alleviating the effects of fast fashion by promoting thrifting and reusing clothes.
“In the midst of what our country’s going through right now, we need to be reminded of what unites us, and Veterans Day is a perfect reminder of that, what our country stands for, the values and commitments that our veterans have fought to protect,” Price said.
"She Who Tells a Story" is all about showcasing the experiences of Arab and Iranian women.
As the UNC System searches for a president and UNC searches for a chancellor, the prospect of a having a leader from the corporate world adds to the existing conversation among some faculty about the corporatization of higher education. Corporatization at colleges refers to the infusion of corporate values into higher education, and many faculty members see it as an issue because of its effects on shared governance between faculty and administrators. Here is why some think corporate values in higher education is a positive thing, and some fear their influence.
“I think the idea of being on a team where you can share the load and make something bigger as a group, rather than doing five minutes by yourself, and refining that by bouncing ideas or material off each other, is really attractive to me,” Lewis said.
“I think that a lot of times as artists we think that we should be working individually, and I believe that we only get things done when we work together,” Mattingly said. "I think art can do big things and can also be very poetic and personal, but I think there’s a lot of space for doing things together and doing things in a different way.”
“As a Southern community, there’s a lot that Margaret Wilkerson Sexton talks about in this book that is particularly tied to the South, like the legacy of the slavery and of the Southern white aristocracy,” Smart said. “I think both are legacies that are really influential on the way that UNC students engage with the world, so having a sort of insight on those issues from the perspective of someone that’s not a UNC student could be influential and important.”
Celebrate Arbor Day by entering the Town of Chapel Hill's "Tree of the Year" contest.
On Nov. 13, UNC professor Mark Katz will present his new book on the association of hip-hop with diplomacy, and how that affects others' impressions of the United States around the world.
The perfect gift for the UNC fan in your life. Celebrate UNC basketball's years of success with "A Century of Champions," a keepsake poster from The Daily Tar Heel and 1893 Brand Studio.
