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Tim Osborn, physics graduate student, was one of many community members to spend the night of Aug 24 at the monument.

Demonstrator safety threatened

By Cailyn Derickson | October 4

A UNC football fan yelled “I will kill him. He will be done.” Three men threatened to bring their guns to campus. Two students found a tiki torch ...

Word on the Street: How do you feel about NFL players kneeling?

By Vennela Medapati | October 4

Colin Kaepernick began a sea of controversy over a year ago when he began his peaceful protest of kneeling during the National Anthem. This season, after ...

Qué Rico explores Latin American culture through dance

By Katie Rice | October 4

With performance season in full swing, Que Rico is feeling the pressure to succeed.

Q&A with Thomas Wolfe Award winner Kevin Young

By Leah Asmelash | October 3

Kevin Young is the author of 11 books of prose and poetry. Two of his books, "Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015" and "Bunk: The Rise ...

Graduate and Professional Student Federation discusses fees after split from Undergraduate Student Government

By Preston Lennon | October 3

“We raised Hell last year,” President Madelyn Percy said to the Senate, clapping her hands together down at the podium in the front of the auditorium. ...

SHHO shows how hip-hop drives social change

By Joseph Keys | October 3

Hip-hop transcends all barriers, and the Student Hip-Hop Organization (SHHO) wants to make that clear to the student body as it focuses on the creation ...

The Wall Street Journal ranked UNC No. 3 among public universities

By Kayla Boswell | October 3

UNC ranked No. 3 among Public Universities in Graduate Student Success and Student Learning by the Wall Street Journal.

Roderick Gladney (right), founder and chairman of Carolina Cupboard, an organization that provides free food to the UNC campus community, helps recruit new members in the Pit in October 2014. DTH file photo by Johanna Ferebee.

Rising numbers of college students experiencing basic needs insecurity

By Keely Hendricks | October 3

With the high prices of college tuition, a growing number of students are experiencing food and housing insecurity in both community colleges and four-year ...

Carmen Gonzalez is looking out for first-generation students

By Cole del Charco | October 3

It’s 3:20 p.m. and students start to fill seats in a second floor classroom in Peabody Hall. One student turns to another, asking about how her week ...

Gratitude is more than just manners, according to UNC research team

By Madeleine Fraley | October 3

Research has shown that gratitude is a vital human emotion and value, resulting in more satisfactory personal relationships and more positive health outcomes. ...

Best Buddies wants to bring basketball tradition to everyone

By Nicole Booth | October 3

If you think you’re athletic, you should try wheelchair basketball. You may have to rethink it. Best Buddies, an organization at UNC that is ...

The Carolina Veterans Resource Center sits on Branson Street.

The Carolina Veterans Center is a space for student veterans to gather

By Brooke Bauman | October 2

The transition from high school to university life is hard enough for new college students, but for student veterans who have been out of school for several ...

Students walk around the pit before announcing who will be performing at the Carolina Union Activities Board homecoming show. Accounts managed by the Student Activities Fund Office, which control money distributed to student organizations by the Undergraduate Senate, will be managed by CUAB as SAFO is phased out.

SAFO phase out means funds must change hands

By Preston Lennon | October 2

Student organizations — the University’s clubs, fraternities and other groups whose operation depends on funds allocated by Student Government — ...

The Helping Hand Project aims to serve the community in any way they can

By Hannah McClellan | October 1

Food trucks, ukuleles and excitement over the chance to win a signed 2017 UNC National Championship basketball on Friday made the third annual Bands for ...

University of Louisville to stop funding for student newspaper

By Grace Carney | October 1

The University of Louisville announced it will discontinue financial support for "The Louisville Cardinal," its student newspaper, by the end of the Spring ...

Carolina Fever succeeds in rallying support for relocated sports

By Charlie McGee | October 1

For three UNC athletics programs, this season has given a whole new meaning to the phrase “home away from home.”

Board of Trustees reviews state of UNC

By Ashley Cruz , Emily Galvin and Molly Looman | September 28

The Board of Trustees met in full on Thursday, September 28, to discuss tension on campus, hear budget proposals and give the state of the University ...

UNC dental school commemorates loss of 'Our Three Winners'

By Marine Elia | September 28

Three years ago, the Chapel Hill community lost the young lives of husband and wife Deah Shaddy Barakata and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, along with Yusor’s ...

Carolyn Caggia, the Transportation Outreach Coordinator of UNC Transportation & Parking, presents information at a booth in the UNC Children's Hospital lobby.

Transportation fair hopes to help people get around town

By Giselle Pagunuran | September 28

On Thursday, representatives for various transportation organizations were ready to help commuters find the best ways to travel around the UNC campus ...

Men's club soccer set sights on strong start

By Jacob Hancock | September 28

UNC’s men’s club soccer team will travel to Clemson University this weekend for their first tournament of the season. While the tournament doesn’t ...