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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.

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.

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.

Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts discusses campus safety, free speech, and the state’s political environment

February 23, 2024 Caroline Horne

Roberts talks with Carolina Connection about UNC”s response to last August’s campus shooting, a federal investigation of alleged campus antisemitism, college accessability, and other issues.

‘A horrific part of our past’: Carrboro remembers an 1898 lynching

February 23, 2024 Jessica Simmons

Manly McCauley was lynched by a mob of white men in 1898 after they accused him of eloping with a white woman.

Citing harm to LGBTQ+ students, CHCCS is refusing to comply with a new state law

February 23, 2024 Helen Wickett

The “Parents Bill of Rights” prohibits discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms through 4th grade. It also requires school employees to inform parents when a child wants to use a different name or pronoun.

For some students, Valentine’s Day means mixed emotions and non-traditional celebrations

February 9, 2024 Hamsini Sivakumar

Regardless of your relationship with Valentine’s Day, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate in Chapel Hill on the 14th.

Biden promises broadband internet access to North Carolinians who still lack it

February 2, 2024 Noah Powell and Taylor Holbrooks

President Biden visited Raleigh on Jan. 18, with the slogan “Investing in America” and a wifi logo posted around the event’s stage. He pledged to connect N.C. homes and businesses with affordable high-speed internet.

Blackfuturism: A full color spectrum of Blackness

February 2, 2024 Jessica Simmons

In an exhibition that coincides with Black History Month, thirty Black artists across the Triangle have come together to show off over 100 canvases. They express what the future of Blackness holds in their creations and for their communities.

Former Washington Post executive editor says journalism remains vital in an era of social media

February 2, 2024 Hamsini Sivakumar

Marty Baron spoke at UNC about journalism in difficult times, and said there are still reasons for students to continue to pursue journalism careers.