Myah Ward

Granville Towers residents aren't the only UNC students dealing with mold

Carolina Housing received over 400 reports of mold in residence hall rooms between August 2018 and May 2019. Some students living in rooms with mold have complained about the University's response to the issue — especially as it was recently announced that Granville Towers residents will be relocated to nearby hotels as the mold in their rooms is cleaned. 

Defying expectations: It's Megan Crowley's 'normal'

“I don’t know anything different,” she said. “It’s my normal.” Megan Crowley doesn't let her rare disease dictate her life. She has two degrees from Notre Dame and is working on a a third one in social work at UNC. After being diagnosed with Pompe at 15 months, Crowley's family was told she would never be able to walk or stand on her own, requiring 24-hour nursing care. Told she probably wouldn't live past her first few years of life, Crowley is refusing to conform to the odds she was given. 

We sat down with interim Chancellor Guskiewicz to talk about UNC's present and future

Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to his new position in February, following the unexpected resignation of former Chancellor Carol Folt.  Following a controversial year on UNC’s campus, and a little over a month from the Board of Governors’ May meeting, University desk editor Myah Ward sat down with Guskiewicz to discuss recent incidents and the future of UNC’s campus.  

Drafts of Folt’s resignation letters shed light on her frustration with BOG

On Thursday, the Triangle Business Journal released emails from former Chancellor Carol Folt, drafting the public announcement of her resignation and the removal of Silent Sam's base. 

UNC police begin investigation after anti-Semitic posters found in Davis Library

"This is the second time in two weeks I have had to share information with you about the discovery of racist or hateful messages on our campus," Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz wrote in an email to campus. 

Incident reports provide more detail to defacement of the Unsung Founders Memorial

UNC Police also discovered an art installation outside Hanes Art Center was also vandalized with hateful language and slurs.

BOG member said its chairperson is responsible for UNC-system resignations, per WUNC

Board of Governors member Steve Long told WUNC on Tuesday that BOG Chairperson Harry Smith is the reason for not only the resignation of ECU's chancellor this week, but for many of the recent UNC-system departures.

Terry Rhodes appointed as interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences

As interim dean, Rhodes will oversee nearly 17,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, in addition to more than 70 academic departments, curricula, programs, centers and institutes, the announcements said. 

Statement claims SBP candidate Tarik Woods challenged leadership capabilities based on gender

Katharine Shriver, speaker of the 99th Undergraduate Senate, released a statement Tuesday about student body presidential candidate Tarik Woods. 

Bill Roper names Kevin Guskiewicz as interim UNC Chancellor

Since 2016, Guskiewicz has been the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a college that has over 70 academic departments, programs, institutes and centers. The college has over 17,000 undergraduates and 2,400 graduate students. 

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DTH Photo illustration. Cutouts of old Daily Tar Heel articles about the unsolved murder of Faith Hedgepeth lay arranged on a table.

Myah's headshot

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Students and community members walked from Silent Sam to the Peace and Justice plaza Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. 

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The University Affairs Committee met on Sept. 28.

The Daily Tar Heel v. UNC hearing today had lawyers on both sides present their arguments. No resolution was made.