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Scott Diekema (left), Keegan McBride and Lauren Eaves pose in front of the new sign for Meantime Coffee.

New coffeeshop opening in the Campus Y aims to invest in students

By Alexis Bell | August 24

A new coffee shop on campus promises to be for the students and by the students. Sophomore Scott Diekema, junior Lauren Eaves and senior Keegan McBride ...

Feminist Friday event addresses rape culture

By Megan Stout | April 24

It starts young.

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.

Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), holds a talk discussing the lack of free speech permitted on American college campuses.

Atlantic author advocates campus free speech

By Caroline Metzler | April 7

According to Greg Lukianoff’s campus rights advocacy organization, UNC has a green light rating for free speech — meaning while there are no policies ...

NAACP President Barber kicks off nationwide moral revival tour

By Olivia Slagle | April 4

The Rev. William Barber, a social justice advocate and North Carolina NAACP president, kicked off a national moral revival tour at Riverside Church in ...

Former poet laureate Natasha Tretheway joins panel on literature and race

By Amy Nelson | March 23

On Wednesday afternoon, the Campus Y's Anne Queen Lounge was at capacity for a panel discussing race and the arts in a forum called "Literature, Historical ...

The background checks required for some volunteers are expensive

By Erin Friederichs | February 10

University programs that sponsor volunteering with children have encountered an expensive problem.

New Campus Y co-presidents will start work after spring break

By Dylan Tastet | February 10

Members of the Campus Y, an on-campus student group that promotes social justice, elected Lauren Eaves and Regan Buchanan as their new co-presidents on ...

Eric Lee and Ali Alford are co-chairs of Build the Hill, a micro-finance group based in the Campus Y.

Microfinance finds a new name and a new focus

By Natalie Conti | February 4

With a new name, Build the Hill, a Campus Y committee formerly called Carolina Microfinance Initiative, is looking to localize its work.

Story of Emmett Till's murder comes to UNC

By Elizabeth Barbour | February 4

In 1955, a 14-year-old teenager was brutally murdered. Sixty years later, his story is coming to the Sonja Haynes Stone Center.

Noah Ponton (left) and Monique Laborde, Campus Y co-president candidates, participate in a forum on Wednesday night.

Two pairs campaigning to be Campus Y co-presidents debate

By Amy Nelson | February 4

Standing in front of a full house, four candidates explained how they would push to make the Campus Y more inclusive in the upcoming year.

Year in Review: Margaret Spellings will take the helm after a long year for the UNC-system

By Hayley Fowler | December 2

Campus Y calls for Margaret Spellings' dismissal

By Grant Masini | November 24

One of UNC’s largest student groups is challenging Margaret Spellings’ appointment as UNC-system president.

New system saves Campus Y fees

By Sarah McAdon | October 12

UNC’s Campus Y recently created a new, more efficient way to distribute and keep track of money.

Deborah Weissman, the Reef Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, spoke with students about the problems associated with North Carolina's use of solitary confinement in prisons Wednesday.

Professor: solitary confinement is torture

By Olivia Bane | April 9

Imagine being confined to an area no bigger than a parking space almost all day.

Students gather in Manning Hall on Thursday evening to hear from a panel of speakers who work in the justice system within the community. Panelists answer questions about topics such as the juvenile justice and the racial disparity they have witnessed. Sophomore Brandon Morrissey said he attended the event "to hear what's being done to combat the sad truths of a juvenile justice system which pushes students from a harsh education system to the prison system."

Panel: courts too tough on teens

By Tyler Fleming | March 20

In North Carolina, no one can buy a lottery ticket, watch an R-rated movie or vote for a lawmaker at 16 — but courts still prosecute many 16-year- olds ...