Margaret Spellings takes over as the new UNC System President and looks to move past the controversy over her hiring. Spellings apologizes for a remark about LGBTQ “lifestyles.” A cemetery marker leads to controversy in Chapel Hill. Pokemon remains popular even among college students.
As she takes over as UNC System President. Margaret Spellings talks about the controversy over her hiring, as well her plans to improve educational opportunities for poor and minority students.
New UNC System President Margaret Spellings is apologizing for a comment on LGBTQ equality, and she says she’s committed to civil rights and equal opportunity.
UNC leaders say they’ll seek a delay in a new program that was intended to help students get into a four year university if they attend community college first.
The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery erected a monument to mark 361 graves in the African-American section. But less than a month later, the Town Council ordered it removed.