Student Life -

New draft of UNC's sexual assault policy criticized by task force

By Jane Wester | April 2

The Sexual Assault Task Force met Wednesday to revise the most recent draft of the University’s new sexual assault policy.

Trey Mangum, a junior Journalism major, is the new president of the Black Student Movement.

Black Student Movement’s new president Trey Mangum focused on campus visibility

By Sara Salinas | April 2

UNC’s Black Student Movement will have a booming voice on campus next year if Trey Mangum dirhas a say in the matter.

Ivy Hardy named speaker of next student congress

By Sarah Chaney | April 2

Student Congress began Wednesday with members cheerfully singing “Happy Birthday” in early recognition of former Speaker Connor Brady’s birthday ...

Students share orientation memories

By Kristen Chung | April 1

At New Student Orientation, incoming students get a taste of all things UNC from residence hall-living to academic advising to the Honor Code to ...

Students from different organizations gathered in front of Wilson Library to form a human chain and to protest the anti-abortion displays.

Students protest anti-abortion display on campus

By Julia Craven | April 1

Several student organizations and numerous protesters came together to form a human chain in front of a large anti-abortion display on Tuesday, chanting ...

Patrick O'Neill, a sophomore business major, sits in his hammock in the Arboretum on Monday afternoon with Rachel Helms, a junior psychology major.

Hammock use ban reinforced at UNC

By Jaclyn Lee | April 1

Margo MacIntyre, curator of the Coker Arboretum, enjoys a sunny day at UNC just as much as any student.

Alix Desch is the Operations Manager of the 2014 Tunnel of Oppression. The Tunnel of Oppression is a tour that engages participants in a number of first hand forms of oppression through interactive acting, viewing monologues and forms of multimedia. The tours began on Monday, March 31 and will continue until Wednesday, April 2 in Cobb Residence Hall.

Tunnel of Oppression puts focus on discrimination

By Tyler J. Rouse | April 1

UNC’s interactive multicultural tour, Tunnel of Oppression, is back for its fifth consecutive year to challenge students to rethink their role ...

Andrew Powell was inaugurated as Student Body President on Tuesday. Student officers for 2014 were inaugurated in the Great Hall on Tuesday.

Powell officially takes helm as student body president

By Kate Albers | April 1

Student Body President Andrew Powell said he is ready to lead what he called the nation’s best public university — and will do so with students in ...

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan will perform tonight with 3.5 tons of rice on stage. Courtesy of Joe Florence.

Taiwanese dance company performs with tons of rice

By Ally Levine | April 1

Three and a half tons of rice will arrive on campus tonight. Not at the dining hall, but on the stage of Memorial Hall.

Pianist Tian Tian to perform at UNC

By Robert McNeely | April 1

It was in the throes of first grade when a curious teacher asked Tian Tian why it was she never seemed to turn in her homework.

Junior Jennifer Surane is the sole candidate for editor-in-chief. She is a business journalism major from Cornelius.

Jenny Surane is the sole candidate in The Daily Tar Heel's race for editor

By Michelle Neeley | April 1

Jenny Surane has a long history of seeing her ideas in print, but now she’s ready to take them beyond the page.

On Monday, March 31, 2014, Tom Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina school system, appeared at UNC Chapel Hill to speak with students about the recent changes in the Honor Code policy. This event, made possible by the Student Advisory Committee and the Honor Court, took place in the second floor lounge of the UNC Student Union.

UNC-system president Tom Ross talks Honor Court, UNC culture

By Lauren Kent | March 31

UNC System President Tom Ross visited campus on Monday to engage with students and faculty about the importance of the honor system at UNC-Chapel Hill. ...

Yousuf Al-Bulushi, left, Nathan Swanson, middle, and Neel Ahuja participate in a forum.

Panel holds discussion on American Studies Association boycott of Israeli institutions

By Rachel Schmitt | March 31

Fighting, interruptions and high emotions took over what was supposed a calm explanation Monday night of the national American Studies Association’s ...

Kendrick Hales, freshman and undecided major from Chicago, smokes an e-cigarette outside of Rams Village. "E-cigs save you a lot of money and they taste better so they don't give you the harshness of smoking real cigarettes. Real ones burn in your throat." Hales was smoking a cotton candy flavored e-cigarette.

UNC's e-cigarette policy to be determined

By Colleen Moir | March 31

For smokers, the choice to use electronic cigarettes boils down to two things: convenience and carcinogens. E-cigarettes are a battery-powered alternative ...

Beau Mills is the new director of UNC’s Office of Federal Affairs.

Beau Mills chosen to lobby for UNC as director of Office of Federal Affairs

By Amanda Albright | March 31

Universities such as UNC have placed an added emphasis on lobbying in Capitol Hill to support funding sources like the National Institutes of Health ...

Student activism is a staple of UNC culture

By Carolyn Ebeling | March 31

Some of those movements have resulted in major political and cultural changes such as the overturning of the state’s Speaker Ban Law in the 1960s and ...

Visual tactics of anti-abortion protest in front of Wilson Library questioned

By Danny Nett | March 31

The definitions of genocide, free speech and safety were all in contest Monday. A display depicted graphic images of abortions alongside examples ...

Bart Ehrman is a UNC professor and the former chairman of the department of religious studies.

Q&A with UNC professor, author Bart Ehrman

By Chinelo Umerah | March 31

New York Times bestselling author, UNC professor and former department of religious studies chairman Bart Ehrman is the author of more than ...

Apartments vie for UNC student renters in Chapel Hill

By Dree Deacon | March 31

The competition is heating up between apartment complexes in Chapel Hill. This year two new luxury student apartment complexes — LUX at Central ...

Students, classrooms slow to adopt e-books at UNC

By Taylor Carrere | March 31

E-books are offering students new and cheaper ways to access textbooks, but they have yet to be fully embraced in the classroom. As Kindles and Nooks ...