Hannah McClellan
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Waitlists and frustrations grow as UNC's computer science department tries to keep up
Student participation in the computer science department at UNC has skyrocketed over the last decade, but issues have emerged from the department's inability to accommodate its newfound demand. While the number of declared or intended computer science majors has increased by more than tenfold since fall 2009, the department's faculty total has risen only 8.2 percent over the same time period. While the University recently extended a hint of incoming relief, the expectation remains that class cuts, reduced enrollment availability and other restrictive measures will make life increasingly difficult for computer science majors.
![Alexandra Smith, a senior media and journalism and Hispanic linguistics double major is photographed in her apartment on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. “I just wish people at UNC realized [mental health is] something that shouldn’t be stigmatized,” Smith said. “It’s something that should be normal and prioritized just as much as your physical health is.”](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dth/ea968028-9315-489b-bf0d-54d0fdbeeb89.sized-1000x1000.JPG?w=350)
Students work to improve their mental health as UNC works to improve its resources
Several UNC students are speaking out about their mental health, and how they feel UNC should better accommodate students with mental illnesses. In April 2019, the Mental Health Task Force at UNC released a report showing that counseling services on campus are being used at an increasing rate. This trend also exists at colleges and universities nationwide. UNC is making a variety of changes, such as introducing a 24/7 CAPS hotline, to improve mental health care at UNC. Still, some students think the University should be doing more to provide this type of care.
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.
In less than a month, the Board of Governors will present a plan for Silent Sam
The Board of Governors extended their deadline on deciding the fate of Silent Sam until May. Here's what the Board of Governors has said about the plan of action for the confederate monument.
Here's what we know about UNC and Duke's 'Conflict over Gaza' conference
After a video from a conservative filmmaker gained traction on Twitter, conversation arose surrounding a performance by Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar of DAM at the conference.
UNC and 11 other system schools fail to meet student voter ID requirements
The law requires that the student ID cards contain photographs taken by the school, government or its contractors. Schools that issue IDs where students can upload their own pictures could not be approved.
Two months after General Counsel Mark Merritt resigned, there's still no replacement
The position of UNC General Counsel remains unfilled, with two long-time UNC Office of the University Counsel members holding the position temporarily.
Here's what to expect from UNC's new interim chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz
Kevin Guskiewicz's longevity at UNC is full of awards and accolades — though the student body, and even some faculty, are left with concern for the decorated interim chancellor.
So what is the UNC-system Board of Governors? What does it do? How did it start?
Here's how the Board of Governors began, what they do, and how they stack up against other boards.
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Morehead Planetarium
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, one of the oldest planetariums in the United States, is located on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
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UNC-system President Margaret Spellings met with reporters on Wednesday to discuss her early resignation, Silent Sam and her relocation to North Carolina.
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The Board of Governors' Nov. 9, 2018 meeting included remarks from Margaret Spellings on her announcement to resign as UNC-system president, a public comment session on Silent Sam and a grant supporting adult students.
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Morehead Planetarium- Scare-olina skies
Joseph Caddell
Joseph Caddell, a visiting lecturer in the History department, sits in his office — which is brimming with books and posters.
