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N.C. Black Artists for Liberation members discussed art, process and identity

By Sophia Ramirez | September 28

The first lecture of the Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Series was Thursday, featuring visiting artists Carmen Neely and Antoine Williams. These artists ...

Music, the Olympics and Pokémon Go: students reminisce on summer 2016

By Aditya Surana | September 28

The internet is obsessed with the year 2016. The eventful year, filled with record-breaking music, the Olympics and Pokèmon Go is considered by many ...

Order your PSL: It's Christian Girl Autumn again

By Madison Ward | September 27

The leaves are turning red and orange, cool breezes beckon and pumpkin spice is in the air. This can only mean one thing: Christian Girl Autumn is back ...

This Hispanic Heritage Month, people are celebrating culture virtually

By Taylor Molina | September 27

Even in a pandemic, Hispanic Heritage Month is still a time to become exposed to various Latinx cultures connected around the world, and Latinx students ...

Students customize homescreens in iOS 14 update

By Savannah Gunter | September 24

The update has been an outlet for self-expression for students everywhere, to the point that reorganizing your home screen has become a TikTok trend. ...

UNC student finds TikTok fame, joy through coding

By Caroline Nihill | September 21

“I was so happy in the video, and that resonates with a lot of people,” UNC sophomore Ibrahim Shakhtour said.” People could connect to the fact ...

Students turn to dating shows in quarantine

By Rylee Parsons | September 21

Who got the final rose? Who fancies who? Students asked themselves these questions as they binged "The Bachelor," "Are You The One," "Love is Blind," ...

Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film goes virtual

By Chloe Joseph | September 21

Stone Center Director Joseph Jordan hopes the short films selected will inspire conversations about the cultures and challenges of the African diaspora. ...

FRANK Gallery exhibit features work from Karen refugees

By Mika Travis | September 20

Showcasing students’ art from the Karen Youth Art Group, the FRANK Gallery is taking one of their community outreach groups online due to the impact ...

Art meets nature at N.C. Botanical Garden's annual exhibit

By Maggie Dunn | September 20

An annual occurrence, Sculpture in the Garden has been open each fall since 1988, said the botanical garden’s Communications and Exhibits Coordinator ...

Pets make appearances at Zoom University

By Lucy Smithwick | September 17

Students and professors alike are embracing their pets as a source of humor and love amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

'You know why I'm here': Students swarm McDonald's for Travis Scott burger

By Madison Ward | September 17

UNC students, along with other college students around the nation, are raving about the new tasty collaboration between McDonald's and Travis Scott.

N.C. Art Therapy Institute shifts to provide creativity online

By Macon Porterfield | September 16

Carrboro’s N.C. Art Therapy Institute has developed therapy even more to focus on using its tools across a wide range of communities.

Carrboro Farmers' Market takes safety precautions to stay open

By Taylor Molina | September 16

Farmers have been working overtime to accommodate their customers. Many now do pre-sales and drop off deliveries that most did not do before.

Grammy-nominated UNC alum Tift Merritt to host livestream interview series for CPA

By Avery Baker | September 15

Carolina Performing Arts' upcoming virtual series, “The Spark,” is being hosted by Grammy-nominated musician and UNC alum Tift Merritt. ...

From left, Taylor Springs of the NC State chapter of the Native American Sorority Alpha Pi Omega and Brooke Spaulding of the Campbell chapter pick up carnations for the silent walk held for the anniversary of Faith Hedgepeth's death on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013.

Eight years after her murder, Native American sorority remembers Faith Hedgepeth

By Lily Chubb | September 15

On the evening before Faith Hedgepeth died in 2012, she attended an event for Alpha Pi Omega, the nation’s oldest and largest Native American Greek-letter ...

Meet five of the members of newly-formed UNC first-years' band Gum Box

The Suite Life of Gum Box: First-year suitemate band optimistic despite move back home

By Liz Johnson | September 14

Just weeks after they arrived, the members of Gum Box — along with thousands of other students — were moving off campus again. Instead of having impromptu ...

'A little slice of that nostalgia': UNC student recreates campus on Minecraft

By Maggie Dunn | September 14

What began as a fun experiment would morph into a full-fledged passion project to build the entire campus as part of the Build the Earth project, an effort ...

Change is in the hair: Students try new cuts during quarantine

By Sophia Ramirez | September 13

Mullets, buzz cuts, and bleached hair dominate as students choose to change up their hairstyles during the pandemic. Faced with months of social distancing, ...

Student, filmmaker and adrenaline junkie Josh Neuman is facing his fears head-on

By Emma Craig | September 13

UNC junior Josh Neuman, pushes past fears and racks up views as a professional downhill skateboarder, filmmaker and adventurer. Sitting on roof tops or ...