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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.

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.

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.

UNC plans to comply with President Trump’s executive order ending “sensitive spaces” where ICE was previously prohibited from detaining migrants.

As the Trump Administration tries to make Black History Month and other similar ones obsolete. Black educators and community are working to keep the conversation going beyond February.

The president’s executive order – which has been temporarily halted by federal courts – would end birthright citizenship and create an uncertain legal status for children born to some immigrants.

Chancellor Lee Roberts plans to increase UNC’s undergraduate enrollment by 500 students next year, with a long term goal of adding 5000. But UNC already can’t meet demand for dorm rooms.