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Micheline Amisi crowned Miss Black and Gold 2015-16

By Gwendolyn Smith | April 7

On Monday night in the Miss Black and Gold Pageant, freshman Micheline Amisi was asked what advice she would give her 13-year-old self. Her response: ...

Q&A with filmmaker and professor Marc Grimmett

By Trevor Lenzmeier | April 7

UNC Men’s Project is hosting a screening of the film, “My Masculinity Helps” tonight, followed by a conversation with filmmaker and associate professor ...

Skinny Bag of Sugar, a Carrboro rock band, performs in Pulso Pulso, a performance celebrating Spanish and English cultures (Courtesy of Augusta DeKemper).

Pulso Pulso show fuses Spanish into songs

By Madison Flager | April 6

When students in JOMC 491 walked into class the first day this semester, all they knew was that they’d be working on a creative project for a local ...

False Profits puts on "musical" full of musical elements

By Elizabeth Baker | April 2

Kenan Bateman knows "False Profits, the Musical" is a misnomer.

Top of the Hill hosts "Meet the Maker" series to kick off NC Beer Month

By Christine Bang | April 2

To kick off North Carolina Beer Month, Our State magazine is hosting a craft beer event — the first event of the “Meet the Maker” series — tonight ...

Survivors promote ‘Hunting Ground’ film

By Katia Martinez | April 2

A lot has happened since Andrea Pino and Annie Clark were last in Chapel Hill.

Cat’s Cradle helps draw alt-J to Raleigh

By Jamie Stuart | April 2

When alt-J plays Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater on Friday, concertgoers will have Cat’s Cradle to thank for the pairing of artist and venue. ...

Sophomore psychology major Alopi Modi (right) applies henna on freshman public health major Simran Khadka Wednesday afternoon.

CHispA, Sangam host fake wedding to celebrate Indian and Latino culture

By Trevor Lenzmeier | April 2

Prior to their mock engagement, junior Pratik Patel and sophomore Vanessa Delvillar had never even met.

Global studies major Daleah Wilkerson paints at Healing Arts Night, hosted by Rethink: Psychiatric Illness in the Student Union on Tuesday.

Rethink: Psychiatric Illness hosted a healing arts night

By Gwendolyn Smith | March 31

When students left the Union on Tuesday night, many parted with personalized artist trading cards in their pockets. The cards — pieces of paper with ...

UNC student Alicia Chen will be holding a benefit night at Rumors on Wednesday in order to raise money for her Bike & Build trip. Chen hopes a portion of the money raised will go back to the Carrboro community.

Student plans bicycle ride to California

By Paige Connelly | March 31

Junior Alicia Chen is about to take biking to a whole new level — from cross-campus to cross-country.

Musicians invited to improvise at UNC

By Chloe Lackey | March 31

To the untrained musician, original compositions and improvisation may seem worlds apart. But today, as part of the UNC Department of Music’s Talking ...

Writers from all over set works in the state

By Morgan Vickers | March 31

Not everyone is from North Carolina, but almost everyone knows a story that takes place in the state.

Lady Jane Scandal stands by Chapel Hill Underground bar before performing.

UNC’s 13th annual Unity Conference hosts drag show

By Erin Wygant | March 30

Junior Alex Ponikvar shed his economics major persona Friday night and strutted across the stage in stilettos and a platinum wig as drag queen Diana Thurst. ...

Some students prefer casual hookups to committed relationships

By Kristina Kokkonos | March 30

For many UNC students, a large, populous university is an open space to explore a variety of majors and interests — but also casual relationships and ...

Franklin Street restaurants help art groups raise money

By Madison Flager | March 30

Everyone has received a Facebook invitation, or 20, for benefit nights.

Students celebrate the Persian new year, Nowruz

By Elizabeth Baker | March 27

Hilda Tajalli said the Persian new year celebration of Nowruz is like Christmas for many Iranian-Americans like herself because they get money or gifts. ...

Third annual ConvergeNC shakes up Southern music conceptions

By Paige Connelly | March 27

Today, the third annual ConvergeNC Southern Music Festival will hit UNC, this time with a new location and unique acts.

Mixed Concrete, an art show benefiting UNC Habitat for Humanity, will be held on Saturday evening from 6:30 to 11:00 at Tru Deli and Wine.

Mixed Concrete to give UNC employee a home of her own

By Zhai Yun Tan | March 27

Valinda Pherribo works at UNC School of Medicine’s The Beach Cafe, and she has been renting houses for 33 years.

Harmonyx, an acapella group on campus, is celebrating their 20th anniversary this Friday with a concert. Erika Baker, a senior biology major, sings a new song in the pit on Friday afternoon. She explained that the best part of Harmonyx is "hanging out with some really great, genuine people."

Harmonyx celebrates 20 years of music, friendship at concert

By Gwendolyn Smith | March 27

This year alone, Harmonyx has performed in the Dean E. Smith Center and the Alumni Center, and has been personally requested by Chancellor Carol Folt ...

HBO miniseries The Jinx edited by UNC alumna

By Liz Bell | March 26

When Caitlyn Greene was a UNC freshman, she found herself at the desk in her Ehringhaus dorm room, flipping through a thick directory of courses.