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Class of 2014 graduates bid adieu to UNC

By Bradley Saacks | May 12

There were a lot of firsts during UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2014 graduation weekend.

Graduation hosted 33,000 people on Sunday afternoon in order to honor degree earning students of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nearly 6,000 graduate in Kenan Memorial Stadium on Sunday

By Bradley Saacks | May 11

33,000 people took time out of their Mother’s Day to honor the class of 2014 Carolina graduates in Kenan Memorial Stadium.

Move out day system at the dorms frustrates students

By Bradley Saacks | May 9

The sense of relief Ian Ebert felt when he was done with finals was extinguished when he realized how quickly he had to move out of his Morrison ...

Students encouraged to donate unwanted items in Move-out Reuse Rodeo

By Mark Lihn | April 24

Students who are moving out of college have a new place to put unwanted items in place of the dumpster.

Student officers for 2014 were inaugurated in the Great Hall on Tuesday.

Former Student Body President Christy Lambden takes job at UNC

By Andy Willard | April 24

The man who acted as the voice of the student body for the past year will spend the next year working with administrative insiders.

United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) protested for Bangladeshi workers' rights in front of and inside the South Building. Some students occupied Chancellor Folt's office before being removed by the police.

Students protest unjust working conditions in Bangladesh

By Kate Albers | April 24

“Hey, Folt! Step off it! Put people over profit!”

Undocumented students pushing for immigration reform for college tuition

By Sharon Nunn | April 24

Marco Cervantes applied to five colleges and was accepted to all of them. His plans after high school were filled with libraries, books and a prospective ...

Opening up about addiction at UNC

By Sarah Niss | April 23

The image of senior Owen B. sitting in the afternoon sun discussing post-graduation plans could have been plucked from any UNC admissions brochure.

People rally outside of Saunders Hall Wednesday afternoon. The Real Silent Sam Coalition is calling for the Board of Trustees to rename the building, because its namesake, William L. Saunders, directed North Carolina KKK activities in the late 1860s.

Students call on trustees to rename Saunders Hall

By Julia Craven | April 23

“We will not bow down to racism. We will not bow down to injustice. We will not bow down to exploitation.”

Junior Lauren Toppin has speech disfluency. Toppin is a co-president of Advocates for Carolina, a student disability advocacy group.

Junior Lauren Toppin navigates a speech impediment across languages

By Danny Nett | April 23

In elementary school, most students believed Lauren Toppin was simply quiet or nervous.

UNC Students Justin Bucher, Nick Peterson, Quinton Grady, Alex Joiner and Jorge Martinez-Blat (left to right) are members of the band Sky Cloud.

SkyCloud started in a bathroom, now an EP

By Josephine Yurcaba | April 23

It all started two years ago in the corner bathroom of the 10th floor of Morrison Residence Hall in rooms 1055-1058.

UNC graduate directs PBS’s ‘A Chef ’s Life’

By Liz Bell | April 22

Most people would not expect to find butter bean hummus on a Southern menu, but one UNC graduate is attempting to put a new spin on the image of the ...

The General Alumni Association hosted the annual Senior Belltower Climb on Tuesday. Chancellor Folt stopped by to hand out cookies to those waiting in line and do the climb as well.

UNC seniors climb bell tower, embrace their last week

By Sara Salinas | April 22

It takes eight semesters to make it to the top of the Bell Tower to sign your name to a brick.

Grant Bisher, a junior German and comparative literature major, has worked at WXYC since his first semester at UNC.

Late night beats on WXYC; Just because you're not listening doesn't mean they aren't playing

April 22

Instead of packing his bags and leaving the library at midnight, freshman Griffin Allen walks against the crowd. He heads toward a room at the second ...