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UNC baseball falls, 13-9, to Stanford resulting in first loss of season

| March 7

Silent Sam Monument

Sons of Confederate Veterans members oppose $2.5 million Silent Sam reward

By Charlie McGee | December 14

Multiple current member of the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. spoke to The Daily Tar Heel in the aftermath of the Confederate ...

Guskiewicz sends letter to BOG, UNC System addressing Silent Sam settlement concerns

By Erich Hess | December 9

The Faculty Executive Committee met Monday to discuss the legality of the Silent Sam decision and the UNC System hierarchy that caused the settlement ...

Police presence, settlement plan and UNC donations brought up at Silent Sam rally

By Maeve Sheehey | December 5

Black Student Movement and Black Congress organized a rally on Thursday to protest the Silent Sam decision.

On the steps of South Building: The decade according to UNC's chancellors

By Hannah Lang | December 4

Three chancellors have served this decade. The DTH talked to each of them about their time in the position.

'Victory': Confederates tout backdoor dealings of $2.5 million Silent Sam settlement

By Charlie McGee | December 3

In an email recently leaked by one of its recipients, Kevin Stone, leader of the N.C. Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., detailed secret negotiations ...

Faculty sign letter in support of student activists arrested in Pittsboro protests

By Allie Kelly | December 2

UNC faculty from different departments signed a letter in support of graduate students who were arrested in Pittsboro during a protest.

Silent Sam blindfolded by a Confederate flag in 2015. The statue was recently given to Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Questions surround UNC's surprise Silent Sam settlement with Confederate group

By Preston Lennon | December 1

UNC has given the Silent Sam statue to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and established a $2.5 million trust fund for it, but many questions surrounding ...

‘It’s a disgrace’: UNC will give Silent Sam to Sons of Confederate Veterans after suit

By Maeve Sheehey | November 27

The UNC System Board of Governors postponed its decision on Silent Sam multiple times after the monument's toppling in August. On Wednesday, it announced ...

UNC students hope to transform McCorkle Place through new art installation

By Anna Neil | November 7

A group of journalism students is fighting to revamp McCorkle Place by campaigning for art that recognizes the history of the location.

Some worry Reckoning program doesn't measure up to peer institutions

By Ramishah Maruf | September 22

“I can't pinpoint why some other universities have gotten ahead of this issue more than UNC,” Hinson said. “But UNC has been actively resisting ...

Chapel Hill Public Library launches podcast about town and University monuments

By Anna Pogarcic | September 22

The Chapel Hill Public Library has launched a new podcast series in order to tell lesser-known stories about local public spaces and monuments.

DOJ arrests man known as 'Jack Corbin,' who threatened UNC students, others online

By Charlie McGee | September 19

Jack Corbin, an alias under which 31-year-old Daniel McMahon promoted fascist rhetoric, has been tied to several attacks on UNC students and faculty over ...

Guest column: Thoughts from beneath the tarp

By Paige Masten | September 15

"Wait, have I been ghosted? I don’t know what to do. Should I text them? Or would that seem too clingy?"

Silent Sam has been found according to UNC student radio; University cannot confirm

By Anna Pogarcic | September 14

The Daily Tar Heel found what appears to be the statue and pedestal of Silent Sam.

silent sam toppling one year anniversary

Six months later, the pair that vandalized Unsung Founders Memorial were found guilty

By Hannah Lang | September 12

Ryan Barnett and Nancy Rushton McCorkle were arrested in April for vandalizing the Unsung Founders Memorial. Last week, they were sentenced to 200 hours ...

'UNC Anti-Racist Alerts' system aims to promote safety when Confederates are on campus

By Charlie McGee | September 3

A rise in Confederate-based demonstrations led to the creation of a text message alert system by community activists. As implications of hostility toward ...

Protesters call for action on 'monuments to white supremacy' beyond Silent Sam

By Maeve Sheehey , Evely Forte and Hannah Lang | August 20

On the one-year anniversary of Silent Sam's fall, anti-confederate protesters marched across campus to fight the memorialization of white supremacy that ...

Rise and fall: The 110 year history of UNC's Confederate monument, Silent Sam

By Preston Lennon | July 23

Conceived in 1908, completed in 1913, then torn down in 2018, Silent Sam was a lightning rod symbol on UNC's campus for over 100 years. Even now, as the ...

Meet interim Police Chief Thomas Younce: from the Air Force to UNC

By Preston Lennon | July 19

Members of the campus safety commission say there's a "crisis of trust" at UNC between law enforcement and the community. Thomas Younce has a wide background ...

Carol Folt Alexandra Mauney Felicia Washington

More than just Folt: meet the seven UNC administrators who left this past year

By Addison Skigen | July 8

The University has seen a large turnover in its administration over the past year. Here's a recap of who has left the University since the beginning of ...