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| December 4

Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

Activists continue the fight to rename Saunders Hall

By Stephanie Lamm | February 2

Students of color are joining together on campus to support each other in ways they feel the University is unable.

A group of on lookers pay their respects to those who have been persecuted because of their gender on Transgender Remembrance day, Wednesday afternoon in the Pit.

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors 81 killed this year

By Sofia Edelman | November 21

The UNC LGBTQ Center did not let the issue of gender-prejudiced violence go unnoticed or unaddressed on the international Transgender Day of Remembrance ...

Emilio Vicente, senior public policy major from Siler City, leads a discussion on financial aid and other student issues at a meeting for the North Carolina Student Power Union at Campus Y on Wednesday night based around the UNC Board of Governors.

Students teach and learn about BOG representation

By Sarah Brown | November 13

A poster at the front of the room stated the facts: 91 percent white, 5.9 percent black, 3.1 percent Asian, 0 percent Hispanic, 80 percent men, 20 percent ...

Roderick Gladney (right) helps recruit new members during Carolina Cupboard's opening week of events in the Pit on Monday .

On-campus food pantry Carolina Cupboard set to launch Friday

By Katie Kilmartin | October 21

On Friday, the basement of Avery Residence Hall will be the site of a food pantry for hungry, low-income students.

Lindsay Carroll looks on at her new spouse Desiree Peterson during Sunday dinner. The two exchanged vows Friday at the Wake County Justice Center.

In NC, gay couples tie a historic knot

By Mary Tyler March | October 13

For some LGBT couples in North Carolina on Friday, patience wasn’t a virtue.

Tim McMillan, senior lecturer in UNC's Department of African, African-American and Diaspora Studies, talks to students and local residents on the Black and Blue Tour about historical landmarks on campus related to UNC's racial history.

Black and Blue Tour focuses on UNC's racial history

By Ashlen Renner | October 13

To some, the Unsung Founders Memorial in McCorkle Place, dedicated to the people of color, both enslaved and free, who helped build the University, is ...

Hold lifted on NC lawsuits, giving hope for quick ruling on state ban against gay marriage

By Lindsey Brunson | October 9

A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday lifted a stay on two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s gay marriage ban — likely rendering imminent ...

A panel of undergraduate and graduate students share their coming-out experiences for the LGBTQ Center’s Coming Out Week on Wednesday.

Students get emotional during Coming Out panel

By Bradley Saacks | October 9

Travis St. Brice began to choke up.

Supreme Court lets marriage rulings stand

By Mary Tyler March | October 7

In a landmark decision for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to let stand rulings in five states striking down gay marriage bans — ...

Courtesy of Justo Miko Marquez Photography

The brief, wondrous visit of Junot Diaz at UNC

By Katie Reilly | October 6

Junot Diaz spent a couple of hours challenging convention in Memorial Hall on Saturday night.

Q&A with Census analyst Kurt Bauman

By Elizabeth Matulis | October 6

After growing by 3.2 million between 2006 and 2011, college enrollment in the United States has declined for the past two years, according to data from ...

Student group event delves in Latina/o identity issue

By Victoria Mirian | October 2

It's not something that's talked about a lot. But for the Latino students at UNC, it's something that's felt everyday.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships revoked at last minute

By Brielle Kronstedt | October 2

The federal government confirmed funding for a substantial fellowship program Wednesday — two months after UNC students needed to hear it.

Only 9 male undergraduates are education majors at UNC

By Sara Salinas | September 25

The population of undergraduate men in UNC’s School of Education can be counted on two hands.

The UNC chapter of the NAACP and the Xi Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity hosted "I Am A Human", a panel that discussed recent minority injustices and possible strategic solutions featured the UNC Harmonyx on Tuesday evening.

'I am a human' panel discusses racial tensions at UNC

By Megan Morris | September 17

Ferguson, Mo., is more than 800 miles away from Chapel Hill, but conversations surrounding civil rights issues have become a topic of relevance everywhere. ...

Freshmen Janice Ezenwa and Shawn Hines attended the First Year Experience basketball and volleyball tournament in Rams Head Recreation Center on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.

Freshman class is more diverse but UNC is not yet satisfied

By Langston Taylor and Bri Cotton | September 16

Freshman Juan Ortiz was told repeatedly to expect to have mostly white classmates at UNC, but it still came as a surprise.

Diversity Job and Internship Fair kicks off three days of career fairs

By Bradley Saacks | September 10

For freshman Jeremy Cleary, Wednesday’s Diversity Job and Internship Fair was his first real opportunity to explore his career options.

Charlotte advocates for immigrants want community centers

By Virginia Weir | May 19

Laundromats in Charlotte, N.C., may see more change than loose coins in the future.

Recent court rulings affect UNC committees

By Jenny Surane | April 25

New federal legislation has forced some UNC Faculty Council committees to rethink how they will recommend and implement changes to the University. ...

People rally outside of Saunders Hall Wednesday afternoon. The Real Silent Sam Coalition is calling for the Board of Trustees to rename the building, because its namesake, William L. Saunders, directed North Carolina KKK activities in the late 1860s.

Students call on trustees to rename Saunders Hall

By Julia Craven | April 23

“We will not bow down to racism. We will not bow down to injustice. We will not bow down to exploitation.”