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ASG use of student fees in question

By Madeline Will | November 14

In a time of budget constrictions, every penny of spending is under review — and concerns about the UNC-sytem Association of Student Governments’ ...

UNC Student Congress passes tuition resolution

By Jordan Carmichael | November 8

Student Congress passed a resolution Tuesday opposing any tuition increase exceeding the 6.5 percent cap mandated by the UNC-system Board of Governors. ...

Student Congress asks for legal aid

By Jordan Carmichael | November 1

The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would provide students legal representation in front of the Student Supreme ...

Student Congress to divide South Campus into two districts

By Jordan Carmichael | October 25

Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday that will divide South Campus into two congressional districts. Effective April 1 of next year, the redistricting ...

Student Congress considers redistricting South Campus

By Jordan Carmichael | October 18

The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress considered a bill Tuesday that would divide South Campus representation into two separate districts. ...

Student Congress appropriates about $20,000 to organizations’ funding requests

By Jordan Carmichael | October 12

About $20,000 was appropriated to the seven organizations that came before Student Congress Tuesday. Funding proposals were brought forward by several ...

UNC’s Student Congress fills 13 vacant seats in special election

By Grace Raynor | October 3

All 13 of the vacant seats in Student Congress were filled Monday after a special election that saw 564 students vote online. But write-in candidates, ...

Administrators to consider gender-neutral housing proposal

By Megan Cassella | September 28

After receiving a vote of symbolic support from Student Congress on Tuesday, a proposal to create a gender-neutral housing option is primed for consideration ...

College Republicans to seek new speaker after $20,000 request denied

By Lauren Piemont | September 28

After full funding to bring Republican pundit Ann Coulter to campus was denied for a second time by Student Congress Tuesday, leaders of the College Republicans ...

UNC Student Congress denies College Republicans’ request for funding, votes to support gender-neutral housing

By Nicole Kraemer | September 27

At a packed meeting of Student Congress Tuesday night, the body denied a funding request of about $20,000 by the College Republicans to bring pundit Ann ...

UNC Student Congress to vote on gender-neutral housing option

By Leda Strong | September 26

Tonight Student Congress will vote on whether it will show support for an effort to institute a gender-neutral housing option— an issue that will ultimately ...

Ann Coulter speech still possible at UNC

By Josie Hollingsworth | September 21

On Tuesday, the UNC College Republicans will go before Student Congress for the second time in less than a month requesting about $20,000 to bring conservative ...

Student Congress passes changes to Student Code

By Riley Davis | September 20

On Tuesday night, the rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress passed changes to two titles of the Student Code, while eliminating another. Speaker ...

Updated Student Code to be posted online today

By Kelly Williamson | September 15

An outdated version of the Student Code, UNC’s primary document governing student affairs, has been posted online for several months. But that should ...

Congress decoded: Congress must provide an updated Student Code to organizations.

By Editorial Board | September 13

Student Congress has kept itself busy lately, expanding its power and taking on new responsibilities — but you wouldn’t know it from reading the Student ...

College Republicans forced to scrap Ann Coulter event

By Caitlin McCabe | September 5

The College Republicans decided Monday to postpone Coulter’s speaking event following Student Congress’ allocation of funds on Aug. 30 for the event. ...

Misplaced priorities: Speaker pro tempore Kristen Johnson should resign immediately.

By Editorial Board | September 5

Kristen Johnson is setting quite the example as speaker pro tempore of Student Congress. After being elected last spring to represent District 7, Johnson ...

UNC Student Congress talks funding for groups

By Kaitlyn Knepp | August 30

The first meeting of the 93rd session of Student Congress Tuesday night was defined by one of the body’s main responsibilities — allocating funds ...

UNC Christian a cappella group ousts gay member

By Andy Thomason | August 30

The Christian a cappella group Psalm 100 voted unanimously Sunday night to remove one of its members, senior Will Thomason, because of his views on homosexuality, ...

UNC Student Code to undergo a rewrite

By Katyayani Jhaveri | August 29

Speaker of Student Congress Zach De La Rosa is championing an effort to rewrite the entire Student Code during the course of this school year.