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Editorial: The Editorial Board reflects on its 2024 coverage

By Editorial Board | December 2

"With the year coming to a close, we reflect on our coverage — what we did well and what we can improve on moving forward."

Transition to a professional staff-led Conduct Board begins

By Caleb Herrera | August 19

The UNC Honor System shifted from a student-led to staff-led model Aug. 12 after the University announced changes to the system this July.

Column: Student Honor Court decision reduces already low trust in administration

By Connor Foote | August 18

"Now, as we return to campus en masse, the University should have taken the opportunity to try to build some of that lost trust back. In dissolving student ...

Student representatives, UNC administration reflect on future Honor System changes

By Ananya Cox | August 8

UNC student leaders, groups and administration spoke about changes to the University's Honor System, which will no longer be student-led.

UNC plans to make Honor Court staff-led after over 100 years of student leadership

By Ananya Cox | July 17

In an email to the campus community on July 17, UNC announced that it plans to shift the student-led honor system, which has existed at ...

UNC's Honor System explained, from investigation to appeals

By Catherine Tiddy | October 30

The UNC Honor System, which has been student-led for over 100 years, includes three stages: investigation, hearing and post-hearing.

Graduate Honor Court is still without a chairperson or attorney general for next year

By Taylor Buck | April 11

“I don’t know what will happen to the Honor System. That’s a question for GPSF leadership, and ultimately University administration."

Maya Little's Honor Court case has been dismissed

By Praveena Somasundaram and Evelyn Gandy | February 13

An appeal hearing took place on Tuesday for UNC doctoral student Maya Little, who was found guilty by the Honor Court in October of defacing Silent Sam. ...

Days before Maya Little's Honor Court appeal, questions still remain

By Charlie McGee | February 11

Little’s appeal argues that the initial judgement constituted a violation of her basic rights, insufficiency of evidence and severity of sanctions. ...

Maya Little has headed the charge against Silent Sam, but not without consequences

By Preston Lennon | December 4

“Maya is the bravest person in Chapel Hill. She put herself on the line, knowing that she faces violence not only from white supremacists, but also ...

Nearly 180 have joined boycott against UNC's Honor Court

By Charlie McGee | November 28

The boycott includes 36 professors, almost 140 graduate students, many of whom work as teaching assistants and in other positions, and a handful of other ...

How stripping helped one UNC student pay her drug citation fees

By Kate Karstens | November 14

After being caught with under an ounce of marijuana, one student said she turned to stripping to cover the hundreds of dollars in fees and court costs. “My ...

'Blatant violation of ethics': UNC Honor Court criticized for Maya Little trial

By Charlie McGee | November 4

The UNC Graduate and Professional Student Honor Court's high-profile trial of Maya Little has risen again in the community, but this time to question ...

Maya Little walks out during second day of Honor Court hearing

By Preston Lennon | October 26

Graduate student Maya Little walked out of her Honor Court hearing Friday afternoon. Here's why.

Here's what to expect from the Honor Court process in Maya Little's trial

By Hannah McClellan | October 25

“I don’t think there is any University interest in charging a student for raising awareness and contextualizing the University’s history of white ...

Maya Little's honor court hearing complicated by resurfaced Silent Sam comments

By Preston Lennon | October 25

As Maya Little awaits her verdict from the Graduate and Professional Honor Court, it has been discovered that UNC law student Frank Pray, one of the five ...

Before Maya Little's Honor Court trial, activists gathered to support her

By Ellie Heffernan and Elizabeth Moore | October 25

Maya Little, a UNC student found criminally guilty of defacing the public monument Silent Sam began her student-led Honor Court trial this afternoon.

Physics and Astronomy department releases statement supporting arrested students

By Lindsey Banks | October 16

On Monday, the UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy released a statement condemning Silent Sam and supporting the students affected by the protest. ...

11 Anti-Silent Sam activists appear in court

By Emily Galvin | October 9

26 people have been arrested since Silent Sam was toppled on Aug. 20.

Honor Court attempts to balance increased efficiency with fairness

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | April 18

The UNC Honor Court has increased its efficiency by 25 percent since last year, meaning that students get in and out of the system almost two weeks faster. ...