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The moon is full, the air is cool, and UNC students are thinking of hibernating for the winter

November 15, 2024 Ava Mayo

Friday night featured a full moon known as the “Beaver Moon,” which is said to mark when beavers begin hibernating for the winter. So we spoke with UNC students about their plans to hibernate.

Bird enthusiasts urge you to turn your lights out to protect migrating birds

November 8, 2024 Ava Mayo

For a second year, the Town of Carrboro and New Hope Bird Alliance urge locals to switch off lights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., easing birds’ journeys by reducing light pollution.

A crowd gathers at the rally of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris visits Raleigh, Trump visits Rocky Mount as campaigns appeal to swing state voters

November 1, 2024 Ava Mayo

Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump are making multiple visits to North Carolina in the campaign’s closing days.

Doug Emhoff and Maya Harris urge students to vote Democratic at Carrboro event

October 25, 2024 Ava Mayo

Kamala Harris’s husband and sister appeared at the Cat’s Cradle as part of a day of campaigning in the Triangle.

Reversing an earlier ruling, an NC court has blocked the use of digital OneCards as voter IDs

October 4, 2024 Ava Mayo

In August, the NC Board of Elections announced that UNC’s digital ID would be allowed at the polls as a voter ID. But state and national Republicans challenged the decision, and now the NC Court of Appeals has sided with the GOP.

A lawsuit over a ‘ballot selfie’ could be a test of the First Amendment

September 20, 2024 Ava Mayo

Should a selfie of a ballot be protected as political speech? That’s the question at the center of a lawsuit against the North Carolina Board of Elections.

GOP sues to stop digital OneCards from being used as voter IDs

September 13, 2024 Ava Mayo

Though a growing number of UNC students have transitioned to digital ID cards on their phones, the suit argues that the state voter ID law allows only for physical cards.