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Incident reports provide more detail to defacement of the Unsung Founders Memorial

By Myah Ward | March 31

UNC Police also discovered an art installation outside Hanes Art Center was also vandalized with hateful language and slurs.

TEDxUNC - Saturday, Feb. 10 in Memorial Hall

Kevin Guskiewicz is the Kenan Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related TBI Research Center, and Director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Over the past 18 years, his clinical research program has investigated the effect of sport-related concussion on balance and cognitive function, the biomechanics of sport concussion, and the long-term neurological effects of concussion in professional football players. Dr. Guskiewicz has received 24 funded research grants, and published over 130 journal articles and 8 textbook chapters on sport concussion. Additionally, he has presented over 250 national and international lectures on this topic. He teaches courses in sports medicine, anatomy, and research methods at UNC, and has been awarded fellowship in the American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Kinesiology, and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. He serves on NCAA’s Concussion Committee, NFL’s Head, Neck, and Spine Committee, and NFLPA’s Mackey-White Committee. In 2011, Kevin was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.

This UNC activist group is calling for the disarmament or disbandment of UNC Police

By Elizabeth Moore | March 28

Defend UNC sent Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz a letter in response to an event on March 16 when UNC campus police only gave a warning to pro-Confederate ...

A UNC Police officer has been accused of lying under oath in a Silent Sam arrest case

By Charlie McGee | March 27

The motion to dismiss Pulawski’s charges also includes a request that either Bostelman be sanctioned for false testimony under oath or that the case ...

UNC anti-Silent Sam activists spoke out against Silent Sam documentary, 'The Commons'

By Nathan Wesley | March 25

Two filmmakers features student activists in their film without consent.

ACTBAC founder pleads 'extremely, 100 percent guilty' to misdemeanor charge

By Janet Haver | March 25

The only person arrested on the night that the Silent Sam pedestal was removed in January has now appeared in court for his misdemeanor charge.

Confederate group brings guns to campus; no arrests made

By Charlie McGee | March 21

On Saturday, a confederate group showed up to UNC's main campus near Silent Sam's former location in McCorkle Place. The group was joined by members armed ...

BOG member said its chairperson is responsible for UNC-system resignations, per WUNC

By Myah Ward | March 19

Board of Governors member Steve Long told WUNC on Tuesday that BOG Chairperson Harry Smith is the reason for not only the resignation of ECU's chancellor ...

Here are the rulings on four anti-Silent Sam demonstrators' charges

By Cynthia Dong | March 17

Many anti-Silent Sam protesters were in the courthouse during all four trials, and some mentioned a discomfort with the judge handing down the rulings. ...

It was a rough year for some Franklin Street businesses. Here’s why:

By Sophia Wilhelm | March 6

Read about what has caused some Franklin Street businesses to see one of their worst years yet.

BOG Comittee Meetings Kellie Hunt Blue, Wendy Floyd Murphy, Matt Brody

Extended Silent Sam decision perpetuates uncertainty of statue's future

By Elizabeth Thompson | March 6

The Board of Governors has extended the deadline for their decision on the future of Silent from March 15 to their May 2019 meeting, a cause of concern ...

The Silent Sam decision has been extended for a second time

By Taylor Buck | March 4

The email did not cite reasons for the extension.

Chapel Hill's Town Manager tells us about leaving Charlottesville & recent protests

By Henry Haney and Anna Pogarcic | February 27

Maurice Jones was appointed as Chapel Hill's newest town manager in July 2017 and began in August. Prior to joining the Town of Chapel Hill staff, he ...

Pro-Confederate and anti-Silent Sam activists clash following tensions over plaques

By Stephanie Mayer and Cynthia Dong | February 24

Despite the rain, cold and mud, members of a pro-Confederate group and counter-protesters turned up at UNC for clashing demonstrations on Saturday. ...

The second dedication plaque that was stolen on Friday has been put back on Franklin

By Julia Masters | February 20

The memorial plaque removed by Confederate supporters has been reinstalled on Franklin Street, according to the Town of Chapel Hill.

Column: Through a townie's lens

By Jock Lauterer | February 17

So, when you look at this photograph, don’t just see what you think you see. I invite you to see the layers of meaning.

Vaults, concrete and holograms: Here's what people wanted done with Silent Sam

By Bailey Aldridge | February 15

How the law used to keep Silent Sam up is being used to defend the James Cates plaque

By Charlie McGee | February 14

The memorial commemorating James Cates was placed by activists on Tuesday afternoon in the Pit, the same place he was killed 49 years ago. By the next ...

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. ...

Second dedication plaque on Franklin Street has been stolen

By Bailey Aldridge | February 12

Activists placed a dedication plaque in the Pit on Tuesday honoring James Cates, a Black student activist who was stabbed to death in the Pit in 1970. ...

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. ...