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Task force debates definition of sexual assault

By Andy Willard | June 11

The University’s Sexual Assault Task Force is taking a measured approach as it attempts to bring clarity and accessibility to UNC’s Honor Code — ...

Administrators should redefine Honor Court's reach

June 11

Chancellor Holden Thorp’s recent decision to suspend and review a provision of the Honor Code is a step in the right direction for the University — ...

The call for help

By Megan Cassella | June 5

With the number of calls to emergency medical services for student alcohol overdoses rising, and new statewide legislation in place to encourage calling ...

Law ?rm offers students criminal, Honor Court counsel

By Katharine McAnarney | April 23

Students might soon have the opportunity to hire legal counsel for cases of disciplinary misconduct tried by the honor system — but one law firm already ...

Faculty Council to hear proposed Honor Court changes

By Zach Freshwater | April 11

Faculty might soon serve on the traditionally student-led Honor Court if the Committee on Student Conduct and the Faculty Council approve a series of ...

Inside the honor system

By Mary Scott Kennedy , Elizabeth Ireland and Amanda Claire Grayson | March 7

Campus has been filled with talk of our Honor Code, with students and faculty alike voicing concerns and questions about the Honor System. As members ...

Faculty proposes new honor system

By Taryn Rothstein | November 7

The honor system intends to hold students accountable for academic discrepancies — but many faculty members see flaws in the system.

Changes to come to Honor Court

By Hunter Toro | October 7

Students arrested by Chapel Hill police could soon see a new way in which their potential Honor Code violations are handled by the Honor Court.

Exercise and sport science requires Honor Code training

By Andy Willard | September 18

Students taking department of exercise and sport science classes now have to go through an extra step to prove their academic integrity.

Honor codes put in spotlight

By Andrew Edwards | September 5

Major cheating allegations at one of the nation’s top universities have sparked a national conversation about the necessity of honor codes.

New policy on cheating suggested

By Emily Overcarsh | August 27

A new policy has been suggested that would give them the option to do what many already do — settle the problem on their own.

Honor system’s autonomy intact after reform of sexual assault policy

By Caitlin McCabe | April 19

When Chancellor Holden Thorp issued a call for reform of the honor system last summer, the system’s student leaders vowed to retain the institution’s ...

The Interview: Jon McCay on sexual assault

By Maggie Zellner | April 16

As someone who’s spent the past four years working on (and eventually leading) the student attorney general’s staff, Jon McCay is in a unique position ...

UNC honor system no longer to be in charge of sexual misconduct cases

By Andy Thomason | April 15

For the past year, students and administrators have been lobbying to change the way cases of sexual assault are handled on campus, calling it unfair, ...

Honor system task force considers making plagiarism module mandatory

By Caroline Leland | April 9

Officials have proposed requiring all incoming freshmen and transfer students to complete a teaching module about plagiarism in an effort to introduce ...

UNC administrators work to revamp sexual assault policies

By Chelsea Bailey | April 2

When dealing with reports of sexual assault from students, the University faces a complex problem. “We want to have a system that is ultimately sufficiently ...

Students could face penalties for failing to report Honor Code violations

By Vanessa Voight | March 26

In the future, UNC students who witness violations of the Honor Code might be bound to report them, or face prosecution.

Honor court to focus on increasing student education, building culture of integrity next year

By Devyn McDonald | March 19

A module educating students about integrity and the honor system might be mandatory for incoming students as early as the fall of 2013.

Faculty Council may cosolidate UNC's many separate graduate Honor Courts

By Megan Cassella | March 15

UNC’s Faculty Council is poised to vote on a graduate-level honor system reform — one that is long overdue, proponents say.

UNC's honor system has yet to see reforms from a task force

By Caitlin McCabe | March 14

As the University debates changes to its student-run honor system, outgoing Student Attorney General Jon McCay said he is worried.