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Sierra Pfeifer

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Planners consider options to repair and improve UNC’s iconic Pit

April 26, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

UNC leaders say the Pit needs major renovations to address stormwater and drainage issues. They’re considering options that can make it more welcoming, accessible, and sustainable.

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UNC is asking pro-Palestine protesters to stop wearing masks, citing a 1953 anti-KKK law

April 17, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

A campus activist group, Students for Justice in Palestine, has urged its members to wear masks during protests. UNC’s administration says the group is violating a state law preventing masks in public spaces.

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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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North Carolina’s first ‘Safe Parking Site’ creates space for homeless people in cars

January 14, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

The Greensboro site is intended to be a place where anyone can stay in their cars for free overnight or during the day, without being hassled and asked to move.

Features

‘Larks and ravens’: a new spin on contra dancing

January 12, 2024 Sierra Pfeifer

As contra dancing has spread beyond its country roots to bigger cities, suburbs and college towns, many groups have started using gender neutral terms instead of “ladies” and “gents”.

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Guskiewicz named finalist for Michigan State presidency, ‘weighing’ whether to leave UNC

November 17, 2023 Sierra Pfeifer

A report from the Michigan State student newspaper said Guskiewicz is the only remaining finalist for the MSU presidency.

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With war in the Middle East, Rep. Foushee says it’s the ‘worst possible time’ for the U.S. House to be leaderless

October 14, 2023 Sierra Pfeifer

Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee says there’s a sense of urgency that Congress get back to work.

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N.C. Congressman reflects on a week of “chaos and confusion” in the U.S. House

October 6, 2023 Sierra Pfeifer

13th District Congressman Wiley Nickel, a first term Democrat, said young people shouldn’t become disillusioned with politics, despite the dysfunction in the Republican-led House.

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Professor remembered as dedicated teacher and devoted father

September 15, 2023 Sierra Pfeifer

On August 28, just a week into the semester, Professor Zijie Yan was shot and killed while working in Caudill Laboratories on campus. Police arrested one of his graduate students, Tailei Qi, who has been charged with first degree murder. Fellow faculty members paid tribute to Professor Yan at a faculty council meeting. Sierra Pfeifer reports.

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