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New student organization brings film to UNC

By Kaitlin Barker | October 20

While UNC has approximately 800 student organizations listed online, only a small handful of those are devoted to film. This is something the Carolina ...

Melissa Cordell, Sia Kennedy, Sidney Morris, Jenny Kim, and Courtney Staton.

From students to cinematographers

By Zoe Hazerjian | October 19

Few students wouldn’t want a week to play around with high-tech movie-making equipment with friends and produce a short film that could win $15,000 ...

NC public defenders face budget change

By Corey Risinger | October 19

After the state budget passed in September, some say a shift in control of funding for North Carolina’s public defenders might have passed through the ...

Column: Do not assume about majors

By Alice Wilder | October 19

The woman sitting next to me on the flight collapsed into her seat, exhausted. She slid her carry-on under the seat and introduced herself. We did the ...

Senior Jared Scruggs adopted a now 10-month-old pointer fox terrier named Willow in March 2015 for support. (Courtesy of Jared Scruggs)

Support animals help UNC students

By Cailyn Derickson | October 19

Senior Jared Scruggs is the proud owner of a small 10-month-old pointer fox terrier mix named Willow. But Willow isn’t any regular puppy — she is ...

Freshmen Ethan Butler and Andrew Burchins, who were both humans as of Monday afternoon, participate in the campus-wide Humans v. Zombies game.

Zombies infect UNC campus for the week

By Rachel Jones | October 19

This week, the walking dead will infect campus — and not just those with an 8 a.m. class. Today marks the start of the Urban Gaming Club’s “Humans ...

Master bell ringer plays Morehead’s tunes

By Elizabeth Barbour | October 19

When the tones of “Carolina Victory” or “Hark the Sound” emanate from the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower after a UNC victory, a student is playing ...

The Unsung Founders Memorial, found in McCorkle Place, reads "The class of 2012 honors the university's unsung founders- the people of color, bound and free, who helped build the Carolina that we cherish today."

Forgetting the founders causes frustration

By Belle Hillenburg | October 14

A debate erupted over the weekend on a popular UNC Facebook page, Overheard at UNC, about the functionality of a monument on campus — the Unsung Founders ...

On Oct. 12, members of the media gathered in Dorton Arena in Raleigh to taste the different foods that will be available at the 2015 N.C. State Fair. Inside the arena, tasters could sample foods such as deep-fried pimento cheese, corn in a cup and deep-fried s’mores and Pop-Tarts. The fair will run from Oct. 15 to Oct. 25

New fried foods, mascot grace NC State Fair

By Lobke Van Meijel | October 14

The N.C. State Fair — historically a bucket list item for students at UNC — returns Thursday boasting homegrown music acts, peanut butter and jelly ...

Faculty Athletics Committee talks student-athlete admissions

By Maria Prokopowicz | October 14

The Faculty Athletics Committee discussed student-athlete admissions in a joint meeting with the Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions Tuesday ...

Adventures in procedure at Student Congress

By Cain Twyman | October 13

Full Student Congress dissolved into a committee for approximately 10 minutes in the middle of its meeting Tuesday evening.

Reese News Lab's Capitol Hound transcribing outsourced to Nepal

By Felicia Bailey | October 13

Capitol Hound, Reese News Lab’s online database, gives subscribers the ability to sift through hours of N.C. General Assembly meetings by typing a single ...

UNControllables host spray paint workshop

By Maggie Mouat | October 13

The street art workshop put on by the student-run organization known as the UNControllables and started off with an introduction to the difference in ...

Edible Campus project would turn UNC into living garden

By Colleen Moir | October 12

Students, faculty and community members could soon harvest a snack while they walk around campus.

Zakyree Wallace, a senior communication studies major, reads a slave narrative in front of "Silent Sam."

Slaves' stories told for 24 hours

By Sofia Edelman | October 11

For 24 hours, the voices of slaves rang out from the base of Silent Sam.

‘Outside In’ boxes will help build Orange County Habitat home

By Piper Anderson | October 9

It is hard to miss the giant boxes scattered around the quad, but most people haven’t considered what the wood the boxes are made of.

RDU says ‘bonjour’ to Paris flights

By Eric Schwartz | October 9

A million dollar backing will propel Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s new flight expansion with direct flights to Paris beginning in May 2016. ...

Plans for free Uber rides aren't solid yet

By Jamie Gwaltney | October 8

UNC students might soon have access to free Uber rides around Chapel Hill.

Study abroad initiative sets sail at more than 350 colleges, universities

By Lobke Van Meijel | October 8

Over 350 American universities and colleges have already committed to the Generation Study Abroad initiative and the number is growing—but UNC-CH has ...

UNC rapper "Bazanji" to perform at The Library Saturday

By Emily Perry | October 8

For senior Shad Albarazanji, rapping is more than just a hobby. Albarazanji, or Bazanji as his fans know him, juggles both the demands of his biology ...