February 2025 Archives

UNC study has alarming findings about suicide among Black teens

February 28, 2025 Regan Rhymes

The study an increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Black adolescents. It’s led to calls for more support and safe spaces, as well as more education about existing resources available inside and outside of school.

A UNC student is helping draft N.C. legislation to address social media addiction

February 28, 2025 Mia Khatib

Senior Sam Hiner is helping legislators write a bill that would regulate the algorithms social media sites use to keep young people scrolling longer.

The Daily Tar Heel seeks to make its coverage more representative of diverse communities

February 28, 2025 Maya Hagan

While the Daily Tar Heel has long faced criticism for its coverage of the Black community, leaders of the student newspaper say they’re working to make it more representative.

Carolina Connection – Feb. 21, 2025

February 22, 2025 Editor

The community memorializes the tenth anniversary of the murders of three local Muslim students. The Trump Administration’s funding cuts have brought an end to some UNC programs, and faculty members worry that more will be eliminated. Advocacy groups aim to address fears and rumors about potential ICE raids on campus. A longstanding campus publication amplifies Black voices. And we hear from some musically-inclined students. Some sing a cappella. Others work all night on the student radio station.

’36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime’ honors murdered students memory

February 21, 2025 Mia Khatib

A new film remembers the 2015 murders of three Muslim students – two from UNC and one from N.C. State. Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha were shot by a neighbor at the Finley Forest condo complex.

UNC has begun to have federal grants canceled and paused, and others remain at risk

February 21, 2025 Lily Kane and Twumasi Duah-Mensah

UNC’s DREAM program, part of the School of Education, has had its funding terminated, while UNC says its received about 25 stop work orders from federal agencies.

Immigration experts discuss ICE on campus amid community anxiety

February 21, 2025 Mia Khatib

With the threat of potential ICE presence on college campuses – and UNC’s announcement that it will comply with ICE requests – students and faculty questioned experts about how they should respond.

‘Too long have others spoken for us’: 58 years of journalism in Black Ink

February 21, 2025 Maya Hagan

Like other Black publications that were created to counter the mainstream press, UNC’s Black Ink serves as a space for Black students to find their voice and tell Black stories their way.

When most of Chapel Hill is sleeping, these WXYC DJs provide 24/7 music and mood to the community

February 21, 2025 Andy Zhao

New disk jockeys at WXYC are often assigned to the graveyard shift, where despite the late hours, they find personal fulfillment is spinning freeform music.

UNC a capella groups get vocal in an international competition

February 21, 2025 Regan Rhymes

UNC singers were among those competing at the annual International Competition for Collegiate A Cappella. They hope to qualify for semifinals and bring home the win with their originally arranged and choreographed set.