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Month: March 2024

News

Students seek to bring attention to the war in Sudan, which has killed thousands and displaced millions

March 8, 2024 Sofia Casini

UNC’s Community Justice, Abolition, and Anti Racism Collective held Sudan Week, for students to engage with Sudanese culture, learn about the crisis, and donate to humanitarian efforts.

Features

Crochet frogs are sparking scavenger hunts … with the goal of improving students’ mental health

March 8, 2024 Sarah Ellis

A UNC student is leaving the frogs around campus for her peers to find. She hopes it will raise awareness of mental health resources following August’s fatal shooting.

Features

The newest member of the UNC Police will offer hugs and comfort around campus

March 8, 2024 Editor

On Valentine’s Day, UNC Police shared news of their furry new addition to the team: Mia, an 8-week-old Goldendoodle, the department’s new therapy dog.

Features

It’s starting to look a lot like spring, even before the official start of the season

March 8, 2024 Editor

Spring, a season that is associated with allergies, blooming flowers and warmer weather, is just around the corner.

Features

Safewalk provides protection and companionship for people out at night

March 4, 2024 Sarah Ellis

For more that a decade, the student-run organization has been helping students, faculty, and other people on campus get home safely.

News

Vice president returns to North Carolina to promote minority investment

March 3, 2024 Hamsini Sivakumar and Sierra Pfeifer

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a crowd on West Parish Street in Durham about the Biden Administration’s support for historically underserved small businesses and entrepreneurs.

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News

UNC System considers reinstating admission test requirement

March 3, 2024 Taylor Holbrooks

A proposal before the UNC System Board of Governors would require some applicants to submit standardized test scores, which haven’t been required since the start of the pandemic.

News

Altering a longstanding tradition, UNC’s graduation will be held on Saturday – not Sunday – this year

March 3, 2024 Helen Wickett

After decades of holding graduation on Mother’s Day mornings, UNC will move the ceremony to Saturday evening at 7:00.

Features

Student group sets goal of providing 10,000 meals to the community this semester

March 3, 2024 Jessica Simmons

A new UNC student non-profit organization, Stomp Out Hunger At NC, strives to combat local hunger by providing meals one step at a time with donations from campus fraternities and sororities.

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Legalized sports betting is coming to N.C., but gambling ads on college campuses are banned

March 3, 2024 Hamsini Sivakumar

While ads for sportsbooks are flooding North Carolina, newly-adopted state rules ban sports betting ads on college campuses.

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