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What we know about the anonymous faculty demanding Silent Sam's removal

By Kiana Cole | February 28

On Wednesday night, the group alleging to be comprised of 17 senior faculty at UNC – "G17" – released a series of updates regarding their demand to ...

Folt to ask Gov. Cooper to petition for removal of Silent Sam, says anonymous faculty group

By Ana Irizarry | February 27

Silent Sam was located on McCorkle Place in Chapel Hill.

Anonymous faculty group threatens to take down Silent Sam

By Ana Irizarry | February 25

A group of 17 senior faculty – all at the full or endowed chair level – have sent a letter to UNC Chancellor Carol Folt demanding the University take ...

What you missed in the N.C. General Assembly this week

By Michael Meeks | February 22

Despite being out of session, the NC General Assembly continues conversations about gun control, Silent Sam and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Asian studies professor Dwayne Dixon was among the faculty members receiving death threats from white supremacist groups. Dixon spoke during Wednesday's anti-fascism rally on UNC campus.

When rumors of a white supremacist rally at UNC circulated, only counterprotestors showed

By Charlie McGee | February 21

Rumors of white supremacist organizations coming to protest against a UNC employee motivated students and workers to rally together in opposition on Wednesday. ...

Op-ed: Why Silent Sam can be moved

February 20

The law’s pretty clear, actually. And it allows Silent Sam to be moved.

DPS came to McCorkle Place to vacate the immediate area surrounding the Silent Sam statue Aug. 31, 2017.

Local legislators collaborate with community leaders to relocate Silent Sam

By Carlyann Edwards | February 11

Mayor Pam Hemminger says Confederate statue Silent Sam should be relocated to a place where it can viewed in an educational context.

Attendees of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP MLK Day Rally and March walk down Franklin St. in 2018.

Franklin Street March and Silent Sam Sit-In: Events for week of MLK Jr. Day

By Hannah Lang | January 15

Citizens of Chapel Hill braved the cold weather and gathered together on Monday to fight for racial justice in their community in celebration of Martin ...

The UNC Board of Trustees replies to Silent Sam comments in latest full board meeting

By Giselle Pagunuran and Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | November 16

The UNC Board of Trustees met in full Thursday, Nov. 16 and discussed Silent Sam, Daniel Reichart and the Horace Williams Airport. Here's what you ...

Students express Silent Sam concerns at Board of Trustee's public talk

By Emily Galvin | November 15

Nearly 30 community members directly addressed the University’s Board of Trustees concerning the presence of the Silent Sam statue on campus. Chairperson ...

University Affairs Committee discusses fees, admissions and history task force

By Kate Karstens | November 15

The University Affairs committee assembled on Wednesday. Here’s the rundown:

Kansas State University hopes to inspire colleges nationwide with diversity event

By Emma Boggess | November 15

Kansas State University cancelled classes and closed offices for two hours Tuesday afternoon so faculty and students could participate in a campus-wide ...

Angum Check, a columnist for the DTH, participated in the Silence Sam Rally at South Building on Nov. 14.

Hand in hand, protesters once again call for removal of Confederate statue

By Suzanne Blake | November 14

Holding hands in a circle around Silent Sam, around 150 protesters chanted at the closing of their demonstration Tuesday afternoon, which called to remove ...

Police formed a barricade to hold off protestors around Hyde Hall after detaining a man during a protest in August.

Silent Sam protesters discover undercover campus police officer

By Preston Lennon | November 8

Randy Young, media relations manager for UNC Public Safety, said in a statement that the purpose of assigning officers, rather in uniform or not, to the ...

The Unsung Founders Memorial was a subject of debate earlier this year, 2017, during the Silent Sam sit-in.

Task Force to tell the history of the University from its builders to its first students

By Madeleine Fraley | November 6

Underneath the changing leaves in McCorkle Place stand Silent Sam and the Unsung Founders Memorial — symbols of the University’s rich history. But ...

Silent protest over confederate monument speaks volumes

By Emily Galvin | October 12

Half an hour into the annual University Day performance, students rose from their seats and exited Memorial Hall silently. The students conducted this ...

Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the UNC School of Law's Center for Civil Rights, stood and questioned the UNC Board of Governors' decision following the vote to ban litigation at all UNC System academic centers Sept. 8. Dorosin has been terminated from his position at the Center.

Students could be expelled for disrupting campus free speech, according to a policy drafted by UNC-system BOG

By Ana Irizarry | October 11

A Board of Governors committee began drafting a policy that would allow the expulsion of students who repeatedly disrupt freedom of speech or expression ...

Tim Osborn, physics graduate student, was one of many community members to spend the night of Aug 24 at the monument.

Demonstrator safety threatened

By Cailyn Derickson | October 4

A UNC football fan yelled “I will kill him. He will be done.” Three men threatened to bring their guns to campus. Two students found a tiki torch ...

Potential lawsuit, boycott, protests loom over Silent Sam

By Lauren Talley | October 3

Since the first day of classes, the effort to remove Silent Sam from McCorkle Place has evolved from a protest, to a sit-in and then to a boycott. With ...

Board of Trustees reviews state of UNC

By Ashley Cruz , Emily Galvin and Molly Looman | September 28

The Board of Trustees met in full on Thursday, September 28, to discuss tension on campus, hear budget proposals and give the state of the University ...