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UNC ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ATHLETES
Debate on student-athlete compensation heats up in U.S. Senate
As indecision continues, debates on the compensation of student-athletes continue to intensify.
UNC athletes find allies in effort to avoid eating disorder risks
For more than a decade, UNC's Sports Nutrition department has worked to help its athletes avoid the all-too-common issue of eating disorder development.
How UNC got the tech to track men's basketball, football players' class attendance
Emails and financial agreements received by the DTH through multiple public records requests reveal details of the lead-up to and implementation at UNC of SpotterEDU. The technology, developed and operated by a Chicago-based consulting firm, tracks the class attendance of student-athletes through beacon devices with an automatic Bluetooth connection to their smartphones. Early last month, the DTH reported the existence of the new program at UNC. While the University declined at the time to state which sports it is using the new technology for, new documents suggest that SpotterEDU has been applied only to select players from the football and men's basketball teams.
UNC tracking student-athlete class attendance through third-party beacon tech
As an attempt to make sure the athletics attendance policy is being upheld by student-athletes, new beacon technology has been installed in classrooms throughout the University. The purpose of the beacons are to communicate with mobile devices to ensure that the athletes are attending class and in class for the duration of the period. Though the technology is promised by its distributing organization to be non-invasive and that the software lacks tracking capabilities outside of the classroom; some UNC professors are concerned that the technology poses a privacy threat and surveils student-athletes, with the potential to spread into further supervision of student whereabouts.
COLUMN: For UNC football, a potential return to prominence comes under Mack Brown
"While it remains to be seen, there is a good chance that the return of the Mack could yield good results for Carolina football, and return to dominance in the ACC."
UNC reveals academic data on student-athlete performance in report to BOG
During the Board of Governors meeting a report aiming to make UNC system athletics more transparent was revealed. Here are the findings of this report.
‘The type of person I want to be around’: Katie Hoeg drives UNC women's lacrosse
Katie Hoeg's lacrosse career took off and her work ethic and family would drive her to the success she's had, from being ranked the No. 6 recruit in the country to earning first-team All-American honors and breaking UNCs single-season points record as only a sophomore.
Here's a preview of what UNC's roster could look like for the 2019-20 season
The 2019-20 Tar Heels will inevitably have to lean more on their younger talent, which they hope will include Anthony and Achiuwa.
New bill in Congress could allow student athletes to profit off their image
A bill introduced in Congress may allow student-athletes to financially benefit from their name, image or likeness.
Chapel Hill Town Council approves bonds for up to $98 million to fund Rams Club projects
The bonds aim to fund old and new athletic construction projects at UNC and are expected to be issued in the first quarter of 2019.
Even after rising to UNC baseball stardom, Michael Busch is still 'same exact kid'
Read about Busch's journey from the Midwest to ACC baseball stardom.
UNC women's basketball feeds off electric crowd in 78-73 win over No. 1 Notre Dame
The Tar Heels seemed to feed off the crowd in its win over Notre Dame on Sunday. After an impressive third quarter that gave UNC a 62-53 lead, Notre Dame (19-2, 6-1 ACC) came storming back with a 12-1 run to begin the fourth quarter. The run was extinguished when redshirt junior guard Stephanie Watts and sophomore center Janelle Bailey each made a clutch basket to keep the Tar Heels in the game.
Will this weekend finally bring UNC a natty in hurling?
UNC Irish Sports Club has created a welcoming and talented community through "the fastest sport on grass."
This is why you never win the UNC basketball ticket lotteries
Do you ever wonder why you're so unlucky, especially when it comes to the UNC basketball lottery? Despite the "fair" lottery system in place, many students themselves without tickets time after time despite the benefits of Carolina Fever. Read more to discover the ins and outs of the lottery system and Carolina Fever.
Join us in our jealousy of this UNC first-year who met Ellen DeGeneres
Hunter Sigmund and his boyfriend's relationship has been thrust into the public eye. But they're using this attention to help other LGBTQ+ youth.
UNC student-athletes join the conversation over Silent Sam
“I'm not just important because I dribble a ball, or throw a football or I toss a softball around. That's not the only thing that defines me, so I like this new realm.”
Relive the biggest moments in UNC field hockey and women's soccer's 2018 season
From victory to heartbreak, the North Carolina field hockey and women's soccer teams dominated the fall season.
Year in Review: How Mack Brown replaced Larry Fedora as UNC football head coach
Mack Brown is back as head coach and ready to reassemble North Carolina to become the successful team as it was years before.
Thanks to the NFL, UNC is participating in a CTE study with part of a $14.7 million grant
You may have heard about the tragic death of a former UNC football player who was homeless and nearly unrecognizable in 2015. But his story highlights the way C.T.E. brain injuries follow and affect athletes long after they hang up their jerseys and walk across the stage at graduation. Stories like these and years of research have culminated with the NFL offering UNC, along with other partners, a grant to help develop new findings on catching and preventing C.T.E.
