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Orange County announces new bail policy focused on minor offenses

February 11, 2022

The new policy is designed to keep people from serving unnecessary jail time before trial.

Black History Month exhibit celebrates activism past and present

February 11, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

Photographs, drawings and digital art from current and former students are on display along the bottom floor of the Carolina Union to celebrate Black History Month.

The University Place recycling center is closing. County officials are hoping to replace it.

February 11, 2022

The 24-hour recycling center at University Place will close at the end of May because the mall property owners plan to redevelop the complex.

Library hours reduction sends students scrambling for late night study space

February 4, 2022

Library officials reduced hours of operation as COVID infections increased staff absences, leaving students to search for a new late-night study spot.

Spring semester transitions back to in-person classes amid COVID concerns

February 4, 2022

UNC gave professors the option to start their classes online as the Omicron variant spread in North Carolina. This week, most professors who took advantage of that option had to bring their classes back into the classroom.

UNC no longer offering isolation dorms to most COVID positive students

February 4, 2022

Unlike in previous semesters during the pandemic, UNC is not offering readily accessible isolation dorms for students affected by or exposed to COVID-19.

Recently announced ‘UNC Alliance’ will comprise four community engagement centers

February 4, 2022 Brianna Atkinson

The LatinX Center, Asian-American Center, American Indian Center, and the Stone Center for Black Culture and History will collaborate on projects concerning communities of color.

Duke student designs free archive of past Wordle games

February 4, 2022

Duke student Devang Thakkar’s website allows Wordle lovers to try to solve past puzzles that they missed.

Students walk across campus January 16, a week after UNC began in-person classes for the Spring 2022 semester. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Students are back in Chapel Hill for a new semester, amid worries about Omicron’s fast spread

January 17, 2022

While other universities around the state opted to move classes online for the first few weeks, UNC brought students back into classrooms and dorms.

‘B Daht,” the Dean Dome’s new arena host, hopes to fire up the fans – and spread a positive message

January 15, 2022 Daniel Myrick

Brian McLaughlin – who goes by the name B Daht – says he wants to spread a message of unity: “Like there is no gender bias. There is no race bias. There is no age bias. We’re all Tar Heel fans.”