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UNC Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at the 2017 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Kenan Memorial Football Stadium.

Folt and the Board of Trustees are asking for your opinion on Silent Sam's future

By Sarah Lundgren | September 24

The Chancellor and Board of Trustees have opened the floor to suggestions regarding Confederate monument Silent Sam's future.

Chapel Hill Mayor, Town Council reaffirm their support of Silent Sam relocation

By Anna Pogarcic | September 23

The Chapel Hill Town Council, including Mayor Pam Hemminger, sent a letter to UNC Chancellor Carol Folt, the University's Board of Governors and its Board ...

Duke University student government proposes renaming the controversial Carr Building

By Hannah McClellan | September 21

Julian Carr's namesake, whose white supremacy and racist links are infamous, is being challenged and students and residents are attempting to drive the ...

Cases resolved for two Silent Sam demonstrators

By Myah Ward | September 21

The hearings for six demonstrators were held at Orange County Courthouse.

UNC students hold demonstration against police brutality

By Jessica Snouwaert | September 20

UNC Students Against Police Brutality held a rally outside the South Building Thursday afternoon.

SBP Savannah Putnam's 'Catch-22': Power dynamics in the BOT

By Preston Lennon | September 20

When the Board of Trustees huddled in closed session earlier this month, awaiting instruction on how to proceed on the delicate Confederate monument issue, ...

Letter written by Black faculty on Silent Sam receives support

By Hannah Lang | September 18

More than 400 UNC faculty members have weighed in on the Silent Sam debate, signing a letter stating their support for 54 Black faculty who called for ...

The history behind the names of UNC's academic buildings

By Hannah McClellan | September 18

UNC has 30 buildings with names tied to white supremacy, and the UNC community has mixed opinions about the potential renaming of buildings.

'What a mess. Won’t be texting': More messages from UNC post-Silent Sam revealed

By Charlie McGee | September 14

On Friday, WRAL released texts and emails exchanged between UNC faculty and administration before and shortly after Confederate monument Silent Sam fell. In ...

'Somebody is going to die': Community weighs in on police conduct at protests

By Charlie McGee and Maria Elena Vizcaino | September 13

The Community Policing Advisory Committee heard several speakers who denounced police officers for escorting groups supporting the monument into campus, ...

Folt, McCracken receive dozens of emails and voicemails after toppling of Silent Sam

By Myah Ward | September 12

Following a public records request by the DTH for communications to the Chancellor's Office on Aug. 20 and 21, the University released 18 emails, one ...

UNC administrators at South Building after fire

Read the transcripts of calls the Chancellor's Office received after Silent Sam fell

By Sarah Lundgren | September 12

After Confederate monument Silent Sam was toppled on Aug. 20, Chancellor Carol Folt's office received over 100 calls regarding the event, many from concerned ...

Free speech is protected on public campuses like UNC, but isn't guaranteed elsewhere

By Blake Weaver | September 10

As emails from UNC administrators reaffirming their support of First Amendment rights become almost a weekly tradition, students at other universities ...

'We’re talking about a $100K gift': 2017 emails reveal donor concern over Silent Sam

By Hannah Lang | September 9

Released emails from 2017 reveal donor concerns over Silent Sam as the as the Nov. 15 deadline to create a plan for the monument's future approaches. ...

Updated: UNC releases arrest information from Saturday's Silent Sam rally

By Charlie McGee and Myah Ward | September 8

“Until the school moves Silent Sam and the pedestal off campus, this is going to keep happening." Another clash between two groups of demonstrators ...

Silent Sam was located on McCorkle Place in Chapel Hill.

Letter: UNC Black Faculty call on the University to permanently remove Silent Sam

September 6

"To reinstall the Confederate monument to any location on UNC’s campus is to herald for the nation and for the world that UNC is not a welcoming place ...

Supporters gather outside Orange County courthouse as Silent Sam cases move forward

By Preston Lennon | September 6

As the Orange County courthouse goes through its docket full of Silent Sam, defendants see support from students, citizens and many others.

Campaign for Carolina leaders support Silent Sam relocation

By Hannah Lang | September 5

These eight co-chairs join a growing list of faculty, Chapel Hill businesses and local organizations that have publicly opposed reinstating Silent Sam ...