Arabella Saunders

Sergio Osnaya-Prieto

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'hmu for my premium:’ UNC student’s Snapchat porn scam exploits rising industry

By Arabella Saunders | April 9

Offering a range of subscription packages to customers who can pay up at the tap of their phone screens, sexual content creators in the "Premium” Snapchat industry have found it a lucrative one. But the relatively-new Premium world has proven ripe for scammers. Vanessa, a 20-year-old sophomore at UNC, is one of those scammers. She can make $1,000 in a single day without ever taking a picture for her Premium subscribers, but the strategy is a complicated one. “I make sure it’s never anyone from (my hometown) or really anyone from North Carolina, because I’m not trying to get murdered."

Helen McGinnis

University

Animal rights organization asks USDA to investigate UNC for lab violations

By Arabella Saunders | November 7

An animal rights group has asked the USDA to look into mistreatment of animals in UNC labs. While the USDA is aware of the request, it has yet to respond as it explores potential violations.

Matthew Meyers

University

New records show years of UNC's animal research violations, but others go unreported

By Arabella Saunders | October 23

The Daily Tar Heel obtained through a federal public record request 40 separate reports of lab-animal welfare violations at UNC over the last four and a half years. The records document numerous University research incidents that violated federal guidelines or institutional protocols, including a pig's death caused by human error, confusion among researchers that led to 11 mice starving to death and a biology class that for years had students perform undisclosed experiments on various animals without proper approval or adequate training. While the records are expansive, further reporting by the DTH found other violations have occurred at UNC in recent years that have not been documented by the appropriate federal agencies, raising questions as to the frequency of animal welfare violations that have remained under wraps.

Angelica Edwards

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'It broke us' : Parking fees strain cancer patients while building revenue for UNC

By Arabella Saunders and Eva Ellenburg | October 2

Most long-term patients, such as those with cancer, pay the same amount for parking at UNC Hospitals as every other visitor throughout the state. Some are exasperated over the additional toll those parking fees add to their week-by-week treatment schedules. While alternative options have been created for a few specific circumstances, many patients don’t qualify and have seen parking expenses pile up. Meanwhile, the University generated $3.7 million in revenue last year through its Dogwood Parking Deck, one of two primary parking areas for UNC Hospitals patients and visitors.

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UNC researchers find only 17.1% of employers offer comprehensive health programs

By Arabella Saunders | April 24

The study found that while workplaces are increasing health and wellness measures for their employees, there is still much work to be done.

Alicia Robbins

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Cherríe Moraga asks UNC, 'If We Forget Ourselves, Who Will Be Left to Remember Us?'

By Arabella Saunders | April 9

Chicana writer Cherríe Moraga’s “Native Country of the Heart: If We Forget Ourselves, Who Will Be Left to Remember Us?” paints a portrait of her mother's life.

Lucas Pruitt

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Thank your TA: It's Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

By Arabella Saunders | April 3

Grad students are what make so much of what happens at Carolina possible! Make sure to show some gratitude for your TA's, research mentors and lab instructors because it's Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week!

Sarah Bird

University

Check out Dean Smith's fan mail and more at this new Wilson Library exhibition

By Arabella Saunders | March 27

The exhibit will also include a UNC professor's Grammy-winning album and multiple rare books and artifacts.

UNC surgeon study on sexual harassment among surgeons

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Over half of female surgeons are sexually harassed at work

By Arabella Saunders | March 21

A team led by members of UNC Surgery conducted an anonymous online survey that asked recipients to identify whether or not they had experienced sexual harassment within the past year.

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How much do you know about the Lenoir Dining Hall employee strikes in 1969?

By Arabella Saunders | March 1

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the strikes, University Libraries has curated a special exhibit titled “Service, Not Servitude: The 1969 Food Workers’ Strikes at UNC-Chapel Hill.”