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UNC fans rush Franklin Street after UNC's basketball team triumphs over Duke despite COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Many fans and students were not wearing masks despite the state and university mandates.

Morgan Pirozzi

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'We have to care about people': Students react to Franklin Street rush amid pandemic

By Clay Morris | Feb. 10

Some students found the choice by their peers to rush as an example of privilege and an extension of irresponsibility on behalf of UNC’s administration, especially as in-person classes resumed Monday. Following concerns after the events of Saturday night, UNC announced that faculty had the option to delay a return to in-person classes until Feb. 17.

DTH Photo Illustration. A student throws test materials in the air. UNC, along with other universities, waived their SAT requirement for admissions, providing relief to many applicants.

Maris Ava Cruz

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End of SAT subject tests, essay bring minimal changes to UNC admissions

By Clay Morris | Feb. 9

UNC and additional universities waived their test score submission requirement for the 2021 admissions cycle due to COVID-19. With the College Board's recent announcement that it would no longer offer the optional essay on the SAT or supplemental subject tests, students applying to the University experience a modified application process that could carry on after the pandemic.

DTH Photo Illustration. Students can now purchase over-the-counter medications at the newly installed medicine vending machines located in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union and Rams Head Recreation Center.

Nour Zarrouk

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What's medicine doing in that vending machine?

By Clay Morris | Feb. 1

A group of UNC students partnered with Campus Health to introduce medicine vending machines on campus. The goal is to make over-the-counter drugs and self care items more accessible to students.

Erin Day, a graduate student in UNC's chemistry department, stands in front of her car in a disabled parking lot near Caudill Labs on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. "It's such a complicated path," says Day of her struggle to obtain a disabled parking permit. "It feels like the university at large doesn't want you to get it."

Cynthia Liu

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Grad student's experience highlights parking accessibility challenges at UNC

By Clay Morris | Jan. 24

Over the summer, graduate student Erin Day faced multiple obstacles while applying for a disabled parking permit at UNC. After repeated requests in both 2018 and 2020, Day's path to accommodations on campus highlights the challenges in parking experienced by the University's disabled community. To Austin Tyner, a chairperson of the Disability Advocates for Carolina committee within the Campus Y, Day’s experience is an unfortunate example of the barriers that UNC students with disabilities face.

Morrison Residence Hall as pictured on Sunday, June 6, 2020.

Angelina Katsanis

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UNC lacks plans to remove white supremacist name from Morrison Residence Hall

By Clay Morris | Oct. 22

UNC still hasn't made moves to rename Morrison Residence Hall despite his ties to white supremacy.

Pauli Murray Hall, previously known as Hamilton Hall, houses UNC's history department, among other social sciences. The building, pictured here on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, was recently renamed after civil rights activist Pauli Murray.

Cynthia Liu

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UNC’s history department suspends graduate program admissions for fall 2021 cycle

By Clay Morris | Sep. 20

The UNC History Department announced earlier this month that it will not take applications for graduate students for the 2021 cycle Decision comes after a culmination of years of issues with the department's funding model and the University's multi-million dollar loss due to COVID-19 UNC is not alone in its decision, other universities including Brown, NYU, Stanford, etc. have made a similar call