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Amidst a campus of memorialized objects, Silent Sam stands out. Here's why:

By Celia McRae | September 25

Michelle Brown is reminded of UNC’s historic racism by sights she passes every day — Pettigrew Hall on north campus, Aycock Residence Hall near the ...

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

Campus community continues to boycott, Folt responds

By Preston Lennon | September 24

In response to continued inaction in the case of Silent Sam, a collection of staff, faculty, community members, and both undergraduate and graduate students ...

Students and community members began a 24/7 demonstration at Silent Sam on Aug. 22.

BOG and university counsel respond to threatened lawsuit concerning Silent Sam

By Jessica Swanson | September 23

On Sept. 18, representatives of both the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees wrote to attorney Hampton Dellinger and the students he represents. ...

Police watch over a group of protestors near the Silent Sam statue during a demonstration on Thursday afternoon.

Students explain legal push to remove Silent Sam

By Cy Neff | September 14

Citing Titles IV and VI of the Civil Rights Act, students and faculty from UNC signed onto a letter threatening a lawsuit if the University did not take ...

Lawsuit threatened if Silent Sam is not removed

By Leah Asmelash | September 13

Representatives of UNC Student Organizations and a lawyer representing the UNC Black Law Students Association sent a letter to Chancellor Carol Folt, ...

Top four takeaways from the Faculty Council's first meeting

By Charlie McGee | September 10

The Faculty Council members met for the first time this school year Friday, tackling topics like Silent Sam and the Center for Civil Rights. ...

Protestors march from South Building to Silent Sam during the Solidarity Rally and March for the Center for Civil Rights Thursday.

Students, faculty and community members march in anticipation of Center for Civil Rights BOG vote

By Becca Heilman | September 7

Students, University faculty and community members gathered Thursday to protest the potential Board of Governors decision to stop the UNC Center for Civil ...

Young Democrats open conversation on Silent Sam

By Charlie McGee | September 6

When the UNC Young Democrats hosted a discussion Wednesday night on the recent tensions regarding Silent Sam, American studies professor Michelle ...

A noise demonstration was held outside South Building on Wednesday afternoon. Demonstrators used drums, pots, pans and noise makers to protest the Silent Sam statue on campus.

Students continue to make noise about Silent Sam

By Lorcan Farrell | September 6

“If we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no peace,” was the chant ringing out from a crowd of protesters gathered on the steps of the South ...

Silent Sam raises questions about free speech on campus

By Charlie McGee | September 5

For Campus Y Co-President Alexander Peeples, the recent push to remove Silent Sam has shown more than the power of unification; it has shown a university ...

Chamber of Commerce calls for removal of Silent Sam

By Samantha Scott | September 5

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce released a statement on Aug. 28 that supported the recent requests for the removal of UNC’s confederate ...

The Community Issue: Staff, faculty and community members

September 4

For our Labor Day edition and in light of recent events on campus concerning Silent Sam, we've dedicated most of our print edition for Sept. 4 to publishing ...

Hiding for our Lives is a book about a 93-year-old Chapel Hill resident who survived the holocaust.

Q&A with Esther Lederman, Holocaust survivor and author

By Erik Beene | August 31

Esther Lederman is a 93-year-old Chapel Hill resident, Holocaust survivor and author of "Hiding for our Lives." Senior Writer Erik Beene talked with her ...

After rallying against the shut down of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, protesters march to Silent Sam to show solidarity with the sit-in.

'It's just flat out wrong': Students and faculty protest BOG litigation ban and Silent Sam

By Natalie Short and Ana Irizarry | August 31

Students donned orange in the Pit Thursday to protest the possible closing of the Center for Civil Rights.

Items removed from surroundings of Silent Sam

Signs and student belongings removed from in front of Silent Sam

By Leah Asmelash | August 31

The UNC Department of Public Safety removed signs and belongings of the Students of Silent Sam at around 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, as the group responded ...

Chapel Hill Public Library hosted panel about confederate statues and free speech

By Chantal Shine | August 30

The Chapel Hill Public Library hosted a panel to discuss Silent Sam, the purpose of Confederate monuments and free speech on Wednesday night.

Town council member asks community to sponsor hateful comments in #DonateAgainstHate campaign

By Chantal Shine | August 29

Chapel Hill town council member Jessica Anderson took to Facebook to express her disdain for Silent Sam after last week's protests at the monument. ...

Faculty Executive Committee discuss Silent Sam solutions

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | August 28

Silent Sam dominated the conversation at the Faculty Executive Committee Meeting Monday afternoon, with some members calling on Chancellor Carol Folt ...

Confederate counter-protestors assemble in front of sit-in

By Nic Rardin | August 26

Counter-protestors sporting confederate flags assembled on McCorkle Place in response to the Student sit-in at Silent Sam. The sit-in started on ...

BOT says UNC lacks legal authority to remove Silent Sam

By Corey Risinger | August 25

The UNC Board of Trustees said the University does not have the legal authority to remove Silent Sam — after announcements by Gov. Roy Cooper and Chapel ...