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Community coalition aims to reduce high-risk drinking in Chapel Hill

March 23, 2019

A new report shows that high-risk drinking behavior has decreased in UNC students, and the coalition wants to continue that trend.

Former UNC Chancellor becomes first female president of USC

March 23, 2019

Carol Folt left UNC amid the controversy over Silent Sam. Now, she tackles a new set of scandals and controversies at USC.

Black female students lack access to hair salons. So, they turn to one another.

March 23, 2019

In Chapel Hill, there’s no place that specializes in styling black women’s hair. So, some students style each other’s hair in their dorm rooms, but that’s technically illegal in North Carolina.

North Carolina has a new voter ID law, but will student IDs count?

March 9, 2019

Strict requirements in the state’s voter ID law mean UNC may not be able to issue student IDs that are valid at the polls.

Film festival challenges the traditional medium, showing movies in creative spaces

March 9, 2019

The Cosmic Rays film festival screened experimental short films, including a performance from two Toronto artists that incorporated live elements.

The biggest rivalry in sports brings big prices for tickets that could be fake

March 9, 2019

Fans are paying hundreds of dollars for tickets to see the action in person. But with high prices comes another problem – counterfeit tickets.

Town plans to erect monument on 60th anniversary of sit-in

March 2, 2019

Nine African American teenagers in Chapel Hill took part in the 1960 sit-in, perhaps the only sit-in in the country led by high school students.

After a decade of lobbying, UNC Latinx community gets its own center

March 2, 2019

One of Carol Folt’s last acts as Chancellor was securing a dedicated space on campus for the Latinx community.

UNC group says menstrual equity is a national problem. Period.

March 2, 2019

Equal access to menstrual products is a growing issue globally, nationally, and locally. One student organization is working to educate people about menstrual equity.

Hundreds of UNC students used to gather in front of the bell tower to smoke pot

February 23, 2019

The High Noon Society was a club of more than 200 students that gathered on UNC’s campus in the 1970s to smoke pot.