Mary Mac Porter

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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Blouin discusses various changes to "digitial education" at UNC-Chapel Hill. Blouin placed a moratorium on third-party OPMs "mainly because [Blouin] felt that [UNC] needed to adopt a campus philosphy and a campus strategy towards digital residential and non residential education," Blouin said.

Faculty discussed report on UNC's political climate and more at Monday meeting

A new data science initiative, survey on campus free speech and programs to support public debate were on the agenda for the most recent Faculty Executive Committee meeting.

Two Boba shops have arrived on Franklin Street in the past coupel of years: Yaya Tea and Cha House. Boba, a fairly new genre of food shop in America, has quickly risen to popularity from Asian countries. Yaya Tea and Cha House both have standard options for boba, such as the black milk tea with tapioca, taken here on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 on a park bench in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Tar Heels’ tastes on boba vary

By Mary Mac Porter

Boba tea shops are a popular fad among UNC students, here's why.

Paula Vogel will be leading her signature "bake-off" workshop on April 6. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author's play "How I Learned to Drive" will be running at Playmakers Repertory Company throughout April. Photo courtesy of Playmakers Repertory Company.

The great playwriting bake off comes to Chapel Hill

By Mary Mac Porter

"You don't have time to think. You don't have time to edit yourself or do the normal tricks that you would do as a writer to kind of finesse how words come out."

The Aces perform live at Cat's Cradle's Back Room on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.

Check out the concerts coming to Chapel Hill this March

By Mary Mac Porter

Artists like MILKK, Max Frost, Fireside Collective, and more are coming to local venues in the area throughout the month.

Sophie Feierman, Sophie Lowry, Kaitlyn Pedde, Casey Cheatham, members of Alley Seventeen, winner of Battle of the Bands in 2018.
Photo courtesy of Alley Seventeen

Battle of the Bands at Cat's Cradle aims to be a collaboration, not a competition

By Mary Mac Porter

Cat's Cradle is holding a Battle of the Bands on Friday. The competition will include more than eight local bands made up of mostly high school students.

Hanif Abdurraqib, a New York Times bestselling author, will be coming to the North Carolina Book Festival. Photo by Andrew Cenci.

NC Book Festival brings community together in unique music festival-esque way

By Mary Mac Porter

The NC Book Festival visited various venues in the Triangle, from art museums to bars, to create a modernized book festival meant for the broad community to enjoy and connect with both local and national authors.

Is hookup culture helping us or hurting us?

By Mary Mac Porter

"I think people should value themselves more and have people value them before they just do it."

Dusty Cagle, Tyler Wood, Alex Denning, Reid Pegram are members of Attention Horse Comedy group, are known for their unique combination of comedy and comic-cons. Photo Courtesy of Attention Horse Comedy

Watch your favorite X-Men get torched at a roast hosted by The PIT Chapel Hill

By Mary Mac Porter

Members personify X-Men characters participating in a classic Comedy Central-style roast led by Wolverine.

Noni Shemenski, a senior communications major and member of the all-female comedy group Eyes Up Here, will be performing a standup routine at the Galentines standup event on February 13th.

Galentine's Day comedy event provides space for non-male performers to shine

By Mary Mac Porter

"Dudes will be like, 'Every woman was so unique and had her own voice and had her own stories.' We're like, 'Shocking, yes, that is a thing that happens.'"