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Campus Recreation opens new specialized training center

By Brinley Lowe | February 16

Campus Recreation opened a new facility this semester for students interested in Olympic weightlifting and other forms of intense exercise.

Research program receives $1 million grant to help diverse students reach graduate school

By Belle Hillenburg | February 15

A 10-week summer research program, that aims to diversify graduate programs by bringing undergraduates from around the U.S. to UNC, received a $1 million ...

Planters representatives Alejandra Galindo and Dylan Eikes with their "nutmobile" on Saturday afternoon.

UNC grad ditches academia for macadamia

By Terrance Hudson | February 15

A 26-foot-long motorized peanut has arrived on campus, making Chapel Hill the latest stop on what recent UNC graduate Alejandra Galindo calls “East ...

UNC students on why Donald Trump supporters are more likely to film themselves having sex

By Rashaan Ayesh | February 14

According to a study done by Match.com this month, Donald Trump supporters are 1,104 percent more likely to expect sex on the first date and 99 percent ...

What did you do for Valentine's Day?

By Matt Lopez and Rebekah Guin | February 14

Maybe all you need is love, but friends, food and a good book can make even the coldest Valentine’s Day a little warmer. Staff writers Rebekah Guin ...

UNC celebrated Hinton James Day in honor of Hinton James, the university’s first student, on Friday. Michael Ham dressed as James.

Q&A with Hinton James

By Megan Stout | February 14

On Friday, UNC celebrated Hinton James Day in honor of Hinton James, the first UNC student. James arrived at UNC after walking 170 miles from Wilmington ...

May 2016 commencement speaker will be Anne-Marie Slaughter

By Jack Davis | February 11

Writer and women's rights advocate Anne-Marie Slaughter will deliver the May 2016 commencement address in Kenan Stadium.

Hundreds of mourners came to the Three Winners vigil to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Chapel Hill shootings.

Condom show penetrates sexual stigma

By Cate Alspaugh | February 11

That’s a wrap!

Grant would endow permanent African-American archivist at Wilson Library

By Brinley Lowe | February 11

Wilson Library’s Southern Historical Collection might soon have a permanent archivist for its African American Collections.

Stacy and Everett to reopen for incoming first-years

By Sarah Watson | February 11

Two empty residence halls on North Campus will reopen to first-year students during the 2016-17 school year.

Hanging in there: CAPS needs to expand to meet increasing need

By Piper Anderson | February 10

If the number of students visiting UNC’s Counseling and Psychological Services keeps increasing, something will have to change.

The background checks required for some volunteers are expensive

By Erin Friederichs | February 10

University programs that sponsor volunteering with children have encountered an expensive problem.

UNC student’s bully puppy wins hearts of all

By Zoe Hazerjian | February 10

There’s one creature that can go anywhere on UNC’s campus and be welcomed by all — a dog.

New Campus Y co-presidents will start work after spring break

By Dylan Tastet | February 10

Members of the Campus Y, an on-campus student group that promotes social justice, elected Lauren Eaves and Regan Buchanan as their new co-presidents on ...

Bradley Opere to be next student body president

By From staff and wire reports | February 10

Bradley Opere will be the next student body president. The referendum to separate the Graduate and Professional Student Federation from student government ...

Graduate student referendums did not pass, governance will remain the same

By Jamie Gwaltney | February 10

Neither the “Better Together” nor the “Two for Two” referendums passed in an instant runoff vote in the spring election, so graduate governance ...

Bradley Opere wins with no need for a runoff election

By Karli Krasnipol , Belle Hillenburg and Jack Davis | February 10

Junior Bradley Opere won the race for student body president with 53 percent of the overall vote.

Remembering students with a day of light

By Felicia Bailey | February 9

Today will be filled with remembrance and celebrations of life as UNC and N.C. State University hold memorials for the three students who were killed ...

UNC STV finds drama in business dealings

By Jenni Ciesielski | February 9

There’s no business like show business, and UNC Student Television station managers Gabrielle Garland and Christian Wisseh want to make it clear — ...

Students weigh in: what motivated you to vote or not vote?

By Emily Wakeman | February 9

On Tuesday, students could log into the Student Life website to vote for a new student body president, among other positions. Staff Writer Emily Wakeman ...