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No. 1 seed UNC field hockey fell to No. 4 seed Saint Joseph's, 2-1, in the semifinal of the NCAA tournament

| November 22

Student Life

A panel of undergraduate and graduate students share their coming-out experiences for the LGBTQ Center’s Coming Out Week on Wednesday.

Students get emotional during Coming Out panel

By Bradley Saacks | October 9

Travis St. Brice began to choke up.

Alpha Phi sorority starting in spring

By Tyler Fleming | October 9

The newest member of UNC’s Panhellenic Council — Alpha Phi sorority — will begin making its presence known on campus within the next few ...

Members of the Black Student Movement release balloons in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month Wednesday afternoon in the SASB courtyard. Members wrote message such as "stay strong" and "just keep fighting" on the balloons to be released in the sky.

Breast cancer ‘plague(s) the minority community at large’

By Mona Bazzaz | October 9

Students made cards, attended a lecture and released pink balloons into the sky all in the name of breast cancer awareness among minorities.

Despite cuts to health fees, Campus Health services will stay

By Jane Wester | October 8

After the student health fee was cut by 4 percent this academic year, Winston Crisp spent the summer finding new ways to keep programming — like ...

UNC senior poses for special ACC Playboy issue

By Colleen Moir | October 8

Playboy Magazine’s October edition included a “Girls of the ACC” section, featuring UNC senior Brittany Leppert, a drama major. Leppert took the ...

Fishing Club and Geology Honors Society get funding for rods, flights

By Emily Lowe | October 8

Members of Student Congress had tough decisions to make Tuesday as student clubs came before the Finance Committee asking for everything from money for ...

Campus Rec entertains building lazy river

By Danny Nett | October 7

Potential renovations to UNC’s recreation facilities might be making a splash on campus in 2015.

The UNC chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. held a voter education forum which hosted arguments from both the Carolina College Republicans and Young Democrats. Topics discussed included reform for health care, immigration and education. Kathryn Walker, the College Republicans Chair, answers a question from the panel.

College Republicans, Young Democrats argue politics at forum

By Kate Grise | October 7

UNC’s two major political student groups sparred in a debate on Monday, defending the respective positions of U.S. Senate candidates Kay Hagan and Thom ...

From left to right, Sam Lin, Kathleen Cheng, Christie Leung, Tim Kang, and Kiko Wong stand together to support Hong Kong, sponsored by the Asian Students Association at UNC. Christie and Kiko are students from Hong Kong studying at UNC through the GLOBE program, Sam and Tim are students at UNC and members of the Asian Students Association, and Kathleen graduated from UNC with the Class of 2014.

Asian Students Association stand with Hong Kong

By Brielle Kronstedt | October 7

The UNC Asian Students Association filled the Pit with yellow ribbons and umbrellas Monday in support of the current protests in Hong Kong calling for ...

Zeta Tau Alpha's "Think Pink" campaign will start at the end of the month.

Zeta Tau Alpha ‘thinks pink’ for breast cancer awareness

By Bradley Saacks | October 6

For senior Lauren Kangas, Breast Cancer Awareness Month hits close to home.

Courtesy of Justo Miko Marquez Photography

The brief, wondrous visit of Junot Diaz at UNC

By Katie Reilly | October 6

Junot Diaz spent a couple of hours challenging convention in Memorial Hall on Saturday night.

UNC student brings first American Mock World Health Organization to Chapel Hill

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | October 3

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will host students from across the country this weekend for the first American Mock World Health Organization ...

Freshman Jimmy Messmer, left, graduate student Weilin Zou, and senior Tyler Crews play the video game Super Smash Bros. in an Everett dorm room. Inspired by the 2013 film "Super Smash Bros.," members compete against one another in each others dorm rooms, referred to as "smash houses" by the group, and in common areas where a television is present.

Chapel Hill Melee brings students together through video games

By Paige Hopkins | October 3

Gathering in front of bright dorm room television screens and over elaborate board games, UNC gamers have built a community of those who love to play. ...

J.R. Reid, a former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball player, talks about his post-athletic career at a meeting of the Carolina Sports Business Club in the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Tar Heel legend returns to talk sports business

By Mohammed Hedadji | October 2

For UNC basketball alumnus J.R. Reid, the question of whether student-athletes should be paid isn't a question at all.

Student group event delves in Latina/o identity issue

By Victoria Mirian | October 2

It's not something that's talked about a lot. But for the Latino students at UNC, it's something that's felt everyday.

Student racer Ben Albano hits the books and the track

By Kristen Chung | October 2

Long before he started racing a Mazda MX-5, freshman Ben Albano had an interest in cars.

From left to right, co-founders of Buzz Rides Parker Draughon (President), a Business Administration and Romance Languages major from Atlanta, Ga., and Joey Skavroneck (CEO), a Business Administration major from Waxhaw, N.C., stand with Chris Jones (CFO), a Business Administration major from Charlotte, N.C.

Buzz Rides loses fight for student fees

By Kate Albers | October 2

When Buzz Rides founders Joey Skavroneck and Parker Draughon came up with the idea for the student startup while in India, they never thought they’d ...

Airport cites ride-share service Uber

By Sara Svehla | October 2

As fall break approaches, some UNC students might rely on a ridesharing service for cheaper transportation to and from the airport — but companies ...

ArtHeels, an organization of students that participates in art-therapy for mental illnesses, held a game of "Messy Twister" with colorful paint on Wednesday afternoon in the pit for students to de-stress during midterms.

Student group puts on paint-covered Twister in the Pit

By Wei Zhou | October 2

To relieve some midterm stress, students turned to getting their hands and feet a little dirty in the Pit.

Students to ‘speak out’ about sexual assault today

By Jamie Stuart | October 2

About one month after the University released its new sexual assault policy, members of Project Dinah will gather in the Pit to read aloud anonymous testimonials ...