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Heel Talk 27: Voter trends impacting the election

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Data Editor Michael Taffe talks about salient voter trends in different demographic groups and whether those trends are expected to impact the election tomorrow.  University Desk Assistant Editor Anna Neil talks about what University administrators are saying ...


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Heel Talk Episode 25: Fans are welcomed back to Kenan Stadium

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Fans were allowed back into Kenan Stadium on Oct. 10 for the UNC v. Virginia Tech game. Host Evely Forte talks to Co-Photo Desk Editor Morgan Pirozzi about what it was like to cover the first in-person game of the year.  Then, University Desk Editor Maddie Ellis ...


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Heel Talk episode 15: UNC works toward renaming campus buildings

Host Evely Forte spoke to incoming Sports Editor Brian Keyes, Summer University Desk Editor Maydha Devarajan and University desk writer Kate Carroll to break down recent updates to the Board of Trustees' building renaming policy, a report on renaming four campus buildings by the Commission on Race, History and a Way Forward and a multi-departmental request to rename Hamilton Hall, Pauli Murray Hall. 


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Heel Talk episode 12: Faculty and staff petition UNC against return to campus

In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to DTH reporter and incoming Assistant Copy Editor Sasha Schroeder and incoming Assistant Online Editor Praveena Somasundaram to understand why many UNC faculty members, professors and teaching assistants are petitioning UNC administration about the fall 2020 semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, what the petitioners are really demanding and how they hope the University will implement potential changes. 


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Heel Talk episode 11: Board of Trustees lifts 16-year moratorium on renaming buildings

In this week's episode, host Evely Forte spoke to Maydha Devarajan, summer University desk editor, and former DTH reporter Hannah McClellan to better understand what the Board of Trustees decision to lift a 16-year ban on renaming buildings, monuments and landscapes on UNC’s campus meant, how this decision will affect the University moving forward and how campus leaders are responding.


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Heel Talk episode 10: UNC leaders discuss racial equity plans for the 2020-21 school year

In this episode, host Evely Forte spoke to incoming senior class president Chris Suggs; incoming Black Student Movement president Tamiya Troy; Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach committee co-chairpersons Chaz Crosby and Maya Logan; and Interim Chief Diversity Officer Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, to better understand what impact the movement, against police brutality and for racial equity, will have on the upcoming semester.