Student Groups and Organizations -

J.R. Reid, a former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball player, talks about his post-athletic career at a meeting of the Carolina Sports Business Club in the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Tar Heel legend returns to talk sports business

By Mohammed Hedadji | October 2

For UNC basketball alumnus J.R. Reid, the question of whether student-athletes should be paid isn't a question at all.

Student group event delves in Latina/o identity issue

By Victoria Mirian | October 2

It's not something that's talked about a lot. But for the Latino students at UNC, it's something that's felt everyday.

ArtHeels, an organization of students that participates in art-therapy for mental illnesses, held a game of "Messy Twister" with colorful paint on Wednesday afternoon in the pit for students to de-stress during midterms.

Student group puts on paint-covered Twister in the Pit

By Wei Zhou | October 2

To relieve some midterm stress, students turned to getting their hands and feet a little dirty in the Pit.

Students to ‘speak out’ about sexual assault today

By Jamie Stuart | October 2

About one month after the University released its new sexual assault policy, members of Project Dinah will gather in the Pit to read aloud anonymous testimonials ...

Dan Ariely, TED speaker and author of three New York Times bestsellers, speaks at the October 2014 Carolina Science Cafe. The event was held at TOPO Back Bar and sponsored by Sigma Xi. Ariely spoke about the psychology of money. He is a James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University.

Dan Ariely debunks opportunity cost at Science Cafe meeting

By Tyler Fleming | October 2

Ideally, people would think about the opportunity cost of making a purchase, but Duke economics professor and best-selling author Dan Ariely knows people ...

SafeWalk appropriated enough money for October

By Langston Taylor | September 29

Of the $25,000 Student Congress gave to SafeWalk during its meeting Sept. 21, $5,000 is a stopgap while the group meets with student government representatives ...

Relay For Life kicks off year of cancer fundraising Friday

By Sarah McQuillan | September 26

Performers will take the outdoor stage at Forest Theater tonight, but they won’t be affiliated with the theater department.

Andrew ___, President of the Banned Books Club meet in the Donovan Lounge in Greenlaw Hall on Wednesday night.

SOUL talks banned books, censorship

By Mohammed Hedadji | September 25

A group of about 15 students gathering Wednesday night in Greenlaw Hall to discuss the history of banned books agreed that banning literature keeps people ...

Omololu Refilwe Babatunde, a geography and African studies major from Newark, Del., speaks about the Unsung Heroes Memorial on Wednesday.

Real Silent Sam group draws attention to memorials

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | September 25

The Real Silent Sam, an activist group of students, faculty and community members, created a human replica of the Unsung Founders Memorial Wednesday to ...

UNC Student Congress sets limits on funding

By Megan Morris | September 24

The Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee met Tuesday to discuss proposed amendments to the Student Code dealing with the May allocation of student ...

Peter McClelland, Executive Director with the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans and the current Speaker Pro-Tempore in UNC's Student Congress looks forward to his political involvement on campus for his senior year.

Student Congress’ longtime veteran: Peter McClelland

By Eric Surber | September 23

Senior Peter McClelland can claim something most UNC students cannot — he has been a member of three different UNC Student Congresses.

Amanda Roth (left) and Emili Hall, both juniors, participate in Southern Smash, an event hosted by UNC Panhellenic Council that allows participants to break scales that represent the things that weigh them down.

Students smashed scales to challenge body image issues

By Tyler Fleming | September 18

Students attacked eating disorders with sledgehammers and baseball bats outside Davis Library Wednesday afternoon.

Roundup of trainings around campus: Sept. 18, 2014

By Mona Bazzaz | September 18

Helping Advocates for Violence Ending Now, or HAVEN, is a campus organization that educates students on sexual and interpersonal violence.

The UNC chapter of the NAACP and the Xi Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity hosted "I Am A Human", a panel that discussed recent minority injustices and possible strategic solutions featured the UNC Harmonyx on Tuesday evening.

'I am a human' panel discusses racial tensions at UNC

By Megan Morris | September 17

Ferguson, Mo., is more than 800 miles away from Chapel Hill, but conversations surrounding civil rights issues have become a topic of relevance everywhere. ...

McKinney Brown, left, and Ariel Eure call the SafeWalk dispatcher on January 19, 2010.

SafeWalk loses student fee funding

By Sam Shaw | September 16

After years of protecting students late at night, SafeWalk has found itself in a danger of its own.

Hal Cooley (center) and Anna Currie (right) of the International Justice Mission leads worship and prayer for issues surrounding human trafficking at the Old Well Monday evening.

Student group holds Worship at the Old Well

By Mohammed Hedadji | September 16

More than 20 students gathered around the Old Well Monday, singing and praying for the victims and perpetrators of human trafficking around the world. ...

Over 400 UNC students attended the Resident Housing Association Silent Disco in Fetzer Hall on Saturday, in which students were given wireless headphones and could choose between two DJ's, good ratio and Emma Rich.

Silent disco hosted by RHA quietly owns the night

By Cain Twyman | September 15

More than 500 students partied in silence at a disco hosted by the Residence Hall Association on Saturday — the largest event in the organization’s ...

Radical Rush Week kicks off

By Caroline Leland | September 2

As part of the kickoff of a week of anarchist-themed events, about 20 students gathered in the Pit Monday afternoon to learn about social divisions and ...

Apartheid divestment spurs Beyond Coal campaign

By Sarah Niss | March 21

Students calling for UNC to divest from coal are looking to the 1980s for inspiration in their ongoing campaign asking administrators to take a moral ...

New bills in state legislature seek to constitutionally define marriage

By Meghan Gilliland | May 23

North Carolina might be one step closer to becoming the final Southern state to ban same-sex marriage in its constitution if legislation at the General ...