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Joe Nail is currently running for student body president. Photo courtesy of Joe Nail.

SBP elections: Joe Nail brings global experience to the role

By Celia McRae | February 8

Policy has impacted sophomore Joe Nail’s entire life — from his father’s service in Afghanistan, to his mother’s job as a nurse and his care for ...

Matthew McKnight is a junior public policy and history major and is running to be the Student Body President.

SBP elections: Matthew McKnight wants to help the common student

By Paige Nehls | February 8

Junior Matthew McKnight said he has always had a commitment to public service. His father, who died when McKnight was young, was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, ...

Student Congress talks impeachment and freeze of student body president elections

By Nic Rardin | February 8

Student Congress put a hold on impeachment proceedings against Board of Elections chairperson Paul Kushner at its Tuesday meeting.

GPSF heard from 4 of the 6 student body president candidates

By Celia McRae | February 8

The Graduate and Professional Student Federation met on Tuesday to vote on 12 bills and resolutions as well as to hold a 2017 student body elections open ...

Board of Elections asks to extend elections delay

By Jamie Gwaltney | February 6

The Board of Elections is asking the UNC Supreme Court to further delay student elections.

SBP candidate Joe Nail's disqualification ruled invalid by UNC Supreme Court

By Acy Jackson and Jamie Gwaltney | February 6

The UNC Supreme Court ruled Sunday night to postpone elections and invalidated the UNC Board of Elections’ ruling to disqualify Joe Nail from the student ...

Joe Nail files appeal after being disqualified as SBP candidate

By Jamie Gwaltney | February 5

Joe Nail has been disqualified as a candidate for student body president.

Student body election signature deadline extended by 48 hours due to water crisis

By Jamie Gwaltney | February 5

The deadline for candidates to gather signatures has been extended by 48 hours due to the water crisis in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Signature deadline for spring election extended due to water crisis

By Jamie Gwaltney | February 4

The UNC Board of Elections extended the deadline for candidates to gather 1,250 student signatures due to the water crisis and suggested evacuation from ...

Andrew Clark is running a fake campaign for student body president.

Junior Andrew Clark mocks student body presidential campaigns with fake site

By Tiffani Gibbs | February 3

While other candidates are collecting signatures, junior Andrew Clark is causing confusion over his campaign.

Historical SBP campaigns involved horses, narwhals and renaming the town

By Charlie McGee | February 3

This is part of a series of stories looking into different parts of UNC’s long history and how life at the University has changed over time.

A meeting was held in Carroll Hall on Monday for students to announce their intent to run for Student Body President.

Meet the six student body president candidates for 2017-18

By Celia McRae and Brinley Lowe | February 1

UNC students have six choices for who will lead them in the 2017-18 academic year — Sammie Espada, Matthew McKnight, Elizabeth Adkins, Joe Nail, Maurice ...

The Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee discussed the proposal to separate the undergraduate and graduate student government on Tuesday.

Student Congress committees review bill for split government

By Nic Rardin | February 1

Student Congress revealed more details of the potential split between undergraduate and graduate student governments at its Tuesday night committee meetings. ...

Bradley Opere talks student government split with Board of Trustees

By Paige Nehls | January 27

At the Board of Trustees full body meeting, Dwight Stone, chairperson of the board, presented a summary of reports about Chancellor Carol Folt that were ...

Student Activities Fund Office, Student Fee Audit Committee plan for student government split

By Aaron Redus | January 27

The Student Fee Audit Committee discussed how the proposed split in student government will affect the budget and student fees in a meeting with the Student ...

Student Congress changes fee request system

By Celia McRae | January 25

At the first Student Congress general body meeting of the semester, representatives discussed the split between graduate and undergradute student governments ...

Wilson Sink (left) and John Taylor participate in the Student Body President debate hosted by Student Congress Tuesday evening. Bradley Opere was present, however could not participate.

Student Congress, finance committee struggle with gender diversity among members

By Brinley Lowe | January 19

When Ivy Hardy was elected to Student Congress in 2013, she decided to join finance committee so the committee, which had about 20 members at the time, ...

Student Congress committees discuss new funding bill and student government split

By Aaron Redus | January 18

On Tuesday night, three of the Student Government committees — finance, oversight and advocacy and rules and judiciary — met to discuss plans for ...

Student government will be split into undergraduate and graduate bodies

By Allie Mobley | January 11

After months of conflict among students, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp stepped in to resolve the question of a divided student government. ...

Crisp intervenes: Graduate students will now have their own government

By Acy Jackson | January 7

Student governance will be split into two governing bodies — an undergraduate student government and a graduate and professional student government. ...