Carolyn Coons
Articles
Social media policies of student-athletes criticized
Last year, UNC softball players were not allowed to post any of their photos from Halloween on Franklin Street to Facebook — at least, not without a coach’s permission.
More student groups push for men to get involved in gender violence prevention
The sound of hundreds of heels on the brick walkways of Polk Place preluded a serious conversation about interpersonal violence prevention last Thursday.
UNC responds to mental illness with limited resources
Battling anxiety and depression, former UNC student R. struggled daily to get to class and contemplated suicide last fall.
Dawkins-Law to lead grad students
As a UNC undergraduate, Shelby Dawkins-Law flunked her freshman year. But now, the Ph.D. candidate is running uncontested for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation.
New drop/add policy to apply to class of 2018
Current UNC-CH students will not be subject to the UNC-system shortened drop/add period, but future Tar Heels will be.
Wendy’s slashes hours, no longer 24/7
Students will no longer be able to get their Wendy’s frosty and fries fix at all hours of the morning.
Balloon ceremony honors students who lost lives
Dozens of balloons dotted the sky Tuesday night as people gathered not to mourn, but to celebrate the lives of the nine UNC students who have died in the last year.
Mary Junck talks industry in Women in Media series
Junck, the CEO of the news organization Lee Enterprises and chairwoman of the Associated Press Board of Directors, spoke to students in Carroll Hall Auditorium as part of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Women in Media Leadership Series.
Rooting out violence in an NC county
When UNC professor Rebecca Macy was a social worker, she never knew if her clients would survive until her next meeting with them.
Cuts affect honors courses
After two years on the varsity swim team at UNC, junior John Paul Gaylor retired from swimming to pursue a passion for gene therapy research — inspired in part by his involvement with Honors Carolina.