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UNC students join organization to support solar energy

By Jack Davis | April 21

Solar Head of State, an international nonprofit dedicated to awareness and solar energy usage, has strong ties to UNC.

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They came in like a handball: UNC hosts national handball championship

By Jack Davis | April 21

UNC Team Handball Club will be hosting the 2016 Team Handball College National Championship this weekend. Nick Colaianni, a member of the UNC men’s handball team, said UNC had to submit a bid in order to be considered as the host team.

Civil and Human Rights leader Ben Jealous spoke about Race in America, in Memorial Hall on Monday.

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Former NAACP president says race is a universal topic

By Jack Davis | April 11

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Fraternities and sororities team up to combat sexual assault at UNC

By Jack Davis | April 7

Greek organizations are bringing the national “It’s On Us” campaign to Chapel Hill to raise money and awareness for sexual assault for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.

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Students snap, crackle and pop over missing cereal choices

By Jack Davis | March 31

If there is one thing that's certain about UNC students, it’s that they are passionate about their dining hall cereal options.

Two UNC professors started the Resurrection Church in Hillsborough, NC.

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Hillsborough church co-founded by UNC professors focuses on resurrection

By Jack Davis | March 27

A typical church service at Resurrection Church, which happens every Sunday at 11 a.m., is surprisingly similar to a traditional church, co-founder Chris Lundberg said — until the end.

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Q&A with 2016 commencement speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter

By Jack Davis | February 23

Anne-Marie Slaughter is UNC’s spring 2016 commencement speaker. Slaughter is known for her work as an advocate for gender equality in the workplace while serving in leadership roles in the public and private sectors. Staff writer Jack Davis talked with her about her past and her excitement about being named commencement speaker.

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'I had no idea how I would tell a teacher:' gender pronouns aren't on rosters

By Jack Davis | February 18

Several times a day, Finn Loendorf faces two doors — bathroom doors. Both are labeled with simple, geometrically shaped stick figures: a slender man on one door and a woman in a dress on the other. The people are black and white — but for Loendorf, gender is something much grayer.

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May 2016 commencement speaker will be Anne-Marie Slaughter

By Jack Davis | February 11

Writer and women's rights advocate Anne-Marie Slaughter will deliver the May 2016 commencement address in Kenan Stadium.

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Bradley Opere wins with no need for a runoff election

By Karli Krasnipol , Jack Davis and Belle Hillenburg | February 10

Junior Bradley Opere won the race for student body president with 53 percent of the overall vote.