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22 Chapel Hill restaurants have closed during the pandemic; others are trying to adapt

September 10, 2021    

The closings have left three empty storefronts at the main intersection of Franklin and Columbia Streets.

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UNC students work to bring back a pre-pandemic tradition: making the first floor of Davis Library loud

September 10, 2021    

Davis Library’s first floor has been eerily quiet since return on campus. What used to be a place to get together with friends and hear loud chatter has become quiet. But some students are working to bring that tradition back.

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Back on campus in-person, first-years and sophomores look to find their UNC ‘home’

September 3, 2021    

After a year and a half of remote classes, first-year and sophomore students are finding their community on campus.

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Thriving despite COVID-19, the Franklin St. cafe ‘Epilogue’ is planning to expand

September 3, 2021    

Epilogue, a book store café, opened five months before the pandemic hit, and is already expanding next door with the opening of Prologue.

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Bugging out: Billions of cicadas to emerge this summer in a noisy mating frenzy

April 30, 2021    

The cicadas, known as Brood X, will emerge from underground at the beginning of May, exciting entomologists and other bug enthusiasts.

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RV there yet? Broadway couple hits the road for a new adventure in camper renovations

April 30, 2021    

Dave Thomas Brown and Amelia Bay worked on Broadway. But when the pandemic hit, they decided to start renovating RVs.

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Some LGBTQ students of color – feeling excluded by large UNC clubs – have created their own spaces

April 30, 2021    

Some LGBTQ student of color at UNC struggle to feel included, but several on-campus clubs are trying to change that.

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Doulas are helping Black mothers who are at higher risk for childbirth complications

April 29, 2021    

Medical mistrust and high maternal mortality rates have led many Black mothers to seek the guidance of doulas.

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In response to a student petition, UNC’s Drama Department has diversified its curriculum

April 29, 2021    

Senior Katia Carmichael created a petition calling on UNC’s Drama Department to diversify the curriculum to support BIPOC students and playwrights.

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Mega monster movie mayhem: People head back to theaters for the first time in over a year

April 23, 2021    

Audiences are flocking back to movie theaters to see “Godzilla vs Kong.” It’s one of the first new films available in theaters since the start of the pandemic.

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