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Airport shuttle service to be more consistent

By Amber Zee | October 18

As many out-of-state students board the free shuttle to the airport today for Fall Break, they can count on the service being more consistent for the ...

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 ...

Enrich the fund: The Student Enrichment Fund needs to pick up steam to last

By Editorial Board | October 4

If there is one thing every UNC student should be encouraged to do during their college experience, it is explore. Whether it be in the classroom, in ...

GPSF discusses gender-neutral housing, fee increases

By Kate Caison | October 4

The Graduate and Professional Student Federation voted to support a gender-neutral housing initiative Tuesday night and debated the merits of student ...

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, ...

UNC student government launches student enrichment fund

By Meredith Hamrick | October 3

The opportunity for students to attend off-campus events this year will come straight out of two student leaders’ pockets, at least initially. The ...

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 ...

UNC Student Congress has trouble filling graduate seats

By Sarah Niss | September 18

The problem of vacant seats — largely fueled by problems of interest among graduate students — has plagued Student Congress for years. Sixteen of ...

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 ...

Student Congress doles out $40,000 after debate over speaker fees

By Melvin Backman | September 6

The finance committee of Student Congress approved more than $40,000 in funding requests from student groups Tuesday.

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, ...