The Ballroom Dance Team is a club that makes ballroom dance financially accessible to students for those that want to try the style. The team focuses on Latin and International Standard styles of ballroom dancing.
Later this month, hundreds of students will spend their Saturday dancing for a cause. This year, Carolina For The Kids is celebrating their 25th annual Dance Marathon. CFTK is the largest student-led nonprofit in North Carolina whose purpose is to help with childrens’ medical bills. They help with multiple fees, including meal distributions, pediatric playroom staffing and helping families pay for medical equipment, gas, and electricity bills.
The grand opening of the Student Life and Leadership’s Black History Month Art Gallery Exhibition was held on Friday in the Carolina Union Art Gallery. The exhibition came after the SLL held a Black History Month Art Contest, which encouraged students to submit pottery, photography, digitals, painted works or poetry for the chance to be featured in the gallery.
UNC junior, Raj Aghera was recently awarded $30,000 through Kaplan’s 2022 Tuition Sweepstakes. He plans to use this money to help further his academic career through medical school.
The Campus Y has been a home for student activists at UNC since the 1860s. Today, approximately 30 student-run committees dedicated to various aspects of social justice operate out of the Y. Current Co-presidents Laura Saavedro Forero and Megan Murphy have emphasized campus accessibility, support of local workers and student-led mutual aid. "I think people feel more so like humans and individuals and friends, before feeling like organizers and activists and all of that, which was definitely a goal of ours," Saavedra Forero said.
Fueled by Cosmic Cantina and inspired by WXYC, the local band is solidifying its place in the Chapel Hill music scene. Hiding Places, whose music encompasses genres spanning from neo-psychedelic to Americana, is made up of Anthony Cozzarelli, UNC alumni Nicholas Byrne and Henry Cutting and UNC senior Audrey Keelin.
Sophomore Katie Chai never imagined her interest in technology would lead her to the basement in Phillips Hall modifying popular children’s toys. However, that is exactly where she found herself after she joined Carolina Adapts Toys for Children, affectionately known as "CATCH."
UNC students studying abroad in London arrived in the city on Sept. 2, mere days before the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Along with the emotional and cultural experience, students have undergone an immersive learning opportunity through watching history happen first-hand.
