Barinka to head journalism school's Reese News project
By Meredith Hamrick | April 17After being chosen to serve as managing editor of Reese Felts Digital News Project next year, junior Alex Barinka is ready to get down to business.
After being chosen to serve as managing editor of Reese Felts Digital News Project next year, junior Alex Barinka is ready to get down to business.
Despite common stereotypes, student athletes at UNC have been found to choose many of the same majors as their non-athlete peers.
Will Leimenstoll was elected student body president Tuesday night, capturing 62.7 percent of the vote and decisively defeating his opponent Calvin Lewis Jr.
When it comes to choosing their representatives in student government, UNC students like to think outside the box.
In a surprising turn of events Tuesday night, Will Leimenstoll and Calvin Lewis Jr. moved on to a run-off election for student body president.
For student body president candidates, it seems technology just can’t replace face-to-face interaction. Though candidates were allowed to collect petition signatures online for the first time this year, all three still collected the large majority of their signatures the old-fashioned way — with paper and pen.
Four student body president candidates will spend today scrambling for extra petition signatures in hopes of securing a spot on the ballot.
The University’s switch to the Common Application has admissions staff reviewing 5,468 more applications than last year — a jump of 23 percent.
Seven juniors declared their candidacy for student body president Tuesday night, expressing a desire to avoid the sort of controversy that defined the race last year.
The UNC Ticket Office accidentally charged more than 70 students to enter the ticket lottery for the Nov. 30 basketball game against the University of Wisconsin.