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$Photo illustration. In response to a series of serious infractions at fraternities across the country, UNC system schools have cracked down on codes of conduct violations.$

UNC-system schools are cracking down on fraternities for violations

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | April 2

Schools in the UNC system have cracked down on fraternities for violating student codes of conduct after a series of deaths at fraternities in 2017.

Thinking about selling your Duke ticket? Think again.

By Suzanne Blake | February 7

Selling student basketball tickets, including coveted Duke tickets, is considered a University policy violation and subject to punishment by honor court. ...

More than half of Honor Court academic cases are students of color

By Kelly Jasiura | April 26

Fifty-six percent of academic cases in the University’s Honor Court concern students of color, said Honor Court Vice Chairperson Marty Davidson at the ...

Honor Court penalties for DWI vary

By Bradley Saacks | April 13

Two UNC students can be arrested for the same crime, go through the same Honor Court proceedings and receive completely different punishments.

NC public defenders face budget change

By Corey Risinger | October 19

After the state budget passed in September, some say a shift in control of funding for North Carolina’s public defenders might have passed through the ...

Q&A with Honor Court Chairperson Will Almquist

By Anna Freeman | September 21

Will Almquist is a senior from Charlotte. He came to UNC as a Morehead-Cain Scholar and served on the undergraduate Honor Court for two years before being ...

Student Congress confirms new student leaders

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | March 25

The Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee confirmed the director of state and external affairs position Tuesday night, helping to fill the cabinet ...

Students split on policy protecting Rita Balaban's unmasking

By Katie Reeder | October 21

Economics professor Rita Balaban has no regrets, and the general opinion around campus seems to be that she doesn’t need them.

Working group talks athletic department's interactions with Honor Court

By Sarah Headley | September 30

Less than a month after four football players were sent to the student attorney general for being accused of assaulting redshirt freshman wide receiver ...

UNC evaluated on freedom of speech

By Jane Wester | September 24

To Greg Lukianoff, the fact that UNC celebrates First Amendment Day shows the University is at least trying.

Investigation of UNC football team handed to Honor System

By Jordan Nash and Bradley Saacks | September 12

Student Attorney General Raquel Dominguez will determine whether an investigation will continue in the case regarding the alleged assault of UNC redshirt ...

UNC Honor System informs with food

By Jane Wester | September 2

The list of what Student Congress cannot pay for is short: no firearms, no T-shirts, no lobbying and no food.

New Honor Court rules for hearings, penalties

By Langston Taylor | August 16

The Honor Court will now need less evidence to convict students after major changes were implemented to the student Honor Code this month.

Honor court panel to add faculty

By Maura Devetski | June 9

Academic dishonesty cases will go before a faculty member as well as students when UNC’s honor system revisions go into effect Aug. 1.

Raquel Dominguez, if approved by Student Congress, will be the UNC Honor Court's next Attorney General.

Attorney General, Honor Court chairwoman chosen

By Wei Zhou | March 23

As two students take the helm as the leaders of UNC’s Honor Court, they hope to smoothly implement changes that have been worked on for years.

Honor Court faculty to receive training session

By Jake Barach | October 9

Faculty members’ limited comfort with the processes of UNC’s honor system was the driving force behind new faculty roles to be implemented next fall. ...

New Honor Court leaders push transparency

By Amanda Albright | August 29

ånna Sturkey, the student attorney general for the Honor Court this year, said she knows there are a lot of eyes on the honor system. The Honor Court ...

Sexual Assault Task Force continues work

By Andy Willard | August 15

The University’s Sexual Assault Task Force will continue rewrites of the Honor Code this fall — despite its original goal to have recommendations ...

Student Congress gears up for upcoming school year

By Leeann Chen | July 17

At the second Student Congress meeting of the summer Tuesday, Student Body President Christy Lambden announced one step being taken to address the University’s ...

New retaliation probe announced

By Megan Cassella | July 10

Despite a pre-emptive external review completed by the University weeks ago, a third federal investigation regarding UNC’s handling of sexual assault ...