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Word on the Street: What are Tar Heels wearing for Halloween?

By Sofia Edelman | October 31

UNC students will flock to Franklin Street dressed to the nines tonight for Halloween. Assistant University Editor Sofia Edelman talked to students about ...

APO started a GoFundMe to raise money to send people to DC in order to advocate the national group to switch to gender neutral language.

Service fraternity APO advocates for gender-inclusive language

By Sarah Moore | October 31

UNC’s chapter of Alpha Phi Omega will be sending seven members to the fraternity’s national convention in Pittsburgh, Penn. in December to advocate ...

Student Fees Advisory Subcommittee makes no recommendation on business school fee

By Nic Rardin | October 29

The Student Fees Advisor Subcommittee met on Friday afternoon to discuss changes to both the undergraduate and graduate application fees, and a proposed ...

From left: Graduate students Emily Brennan Moran, Kasia Grzebyk, Brett Winters, and Amy Lin encourage students in the pit to vote to divide student government.

Student Congress, GPSF leaders spar before vote on separation

By Anish Bhatia | October 28

Today, the student body will vote to decide whether student government and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation will become two separate entities ...

On Monday August 10, 2015, the Department of Public Safety held an emergency response drill in response to a communication failure that happened in July 2015.

Department of Public Safety officers undergo 12 weeks of training

By Natalie Conti | October 28

The Department of Public Safety aims to serve and protect the UNC community, and members of the department say being an officer involves extensive and ...

Word on the Street: How will you be voting in Friday's referendum?

By Paige Nehls | October 28

Today, students will vote for the second time in 2016 on whether or not to separate the Graduate and Professional Student Federation from the undergraduate ...

UNC's Latinx community still waiting for a center

By Dhvani Bhatia | October 27

Latinx students and faculty have spent the last eight years fighting for a physical center on the UNC campus.

Chancellor Folt (right), Rumay Alexander (middle), and Christi Hurt (left) introduce the topic of sexual assault at Wednesday's Carolina Conversations event.

Carolina Conversation sparks discussion on campus sexual assault

By Allie Mobley | October 27

Students discussed experiences with sexual assault and prevention at a Carolina Conversation held in the Carolina Union Wednesday evening.

UNC leads study on PTSD and traumatic brain injuries

By Charlotte Harris | October 27

A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes because of psychological disorders such as PTSD, according to emergency medicine and anesthesia professor Sam ...

Laura Mindlin is the new initiative coordinator for Edible Campus.

Q&A with new Edible Campus coordinator Laura Mindlin

By Danielle Bush | October 27

Edible Campus, the on-campus group that provides landscaping and edible gardens around campus, hired a new Initiative Coordinator, Laura Mindlin.

Ryan Merkley, Director of Research Advocacy at the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, speaks at Saving Animal and Human Lives

Law school students organize against the use of animals in emergency medical training

By Nic Rardin | October 27

Though many medical schools across the country have put an end to animal testing, UNC School of Medicine still has students operating on live animals. ...

Carmen Huerta-Bapat, Coordinator for Carolina Firsts, expresses her excitement regarding the development of the website and the perspective that it provides.

New website launched to help first-generation college students

By Ashley Cruz | October 27

College students at UNC can now read stories from faculty and staff on their experiences as first-generation college students thanks to the new Carolina ...

Word on the Street: What do you like best about on-campus housing?

By Ashley Cruz | October 26

Most students start out living on campus and have different experiences in different dorms. Staff Writer Ashley Cruz asked students: What did you like ...

Townhouse Apartments located on Hillsborough are now leasing rooms.

Q&A with J. Tristan Routh on leases

By Brinley Lowe | October 26

J. Tristan Routh is a staff attorney at Carolina Student Legal Services Inc. Daily Tar Heel staff writer Brinley Lowe spoke with him about what students ...

Smokers gather around the flagpole Wednesday afternoon.

Student smokers don't get support from RHA but find it for themselves

By Nic Rardin | October 26

Students who smoke and live in residence halls have to face an ultimatum: hike up to the quad or keep their cigarettes in the pack.

Information on 350 students' tuition balances accidentally released in batch email

By Sofia Edelman | October 26

Approximately 60 students woke up this morning to an email containing information on tuition balances for more than 350 students.

Brian Smith, the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Finance & Accounting Operations, goes over the changes to tuition and fees.

Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force discusses incoming first-years' tuition, application fee

By Leah Moore | October 26

The Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force reviewed a variety of fee requests and recommended increases in areas such as student health fees, graduate school ...

Finance committee plans a more fair way to allocate funds

By Brinley Lowe | October 26

Student Congress’s finance committee members met Tuesday to discuss a new way to allocate funds.

After a revised proposal, SFAC still doesn't recommend business school fee

By Aaron Redus | October 26

Representatives from the Kenan-Flagler undergraduate business school presented a revised fee proposal in front of the Student Fee Audit Committee Tuesday ...

Alban Foulser directs students to Speak Out!, an event held in The Pit Tuesday evening by the Project Dinah organization. Members of the group read anonymous testimonials from survivors of sexual assault to students and onlookers.

SpeakOut! event gives a voice to survivors' stories

By Molly Looman | October 26

Project Dinah will be providing a safe space for the discussion and reflection on sexual assault and interpersonal violence with their semiannual SpeakOut! ...