Students will simultaneously fall to the ground at noon today in the Pit, symbolizing those who have been killed in the past year because of their gender identity or gender expression.
Today is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. It concludes a weeklong effort the UNC LGBTQ Center has organized for transgender awareness.
On the same day the University of California system voted to increase undergraduate tuition by an unprecedented 32 percent, UNC administrators voted for a tuition proposal that demonstrated their resistance to high tuition.
The value of UNC’s endowment dropped almost $441 million in the last year, a loss that could impact the number of scholarships and professorships offered.
Jon King, president of the UNC Management Company Inc., said it will take several years for the school to recover from this sharp drop in the University’s finances.
Students voiced opposition and frustration toward the proposed pedestrian bridge over South Road at two forums hosted this week by student government’s capital projects committee.
UNC's Board of Trustees voted unanimously this morning in favor of a 5.2 percent tuition increase for all undergraduate students, bringing to a close campus discussions of the proposed hike. The proposal will now go to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles for approval.
A Board of Trustees committee approved Wednesday a 5.2 percent recommended tuition increase for all undergraduate students, saying that while it might not be the best option in the long run, it is the best option for now.
The proposal goes before the full board today, the last time campus officials will consider it before they send it to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles.
Members of student government are expected to represent the voice of the students. But sometimes it’s hard to know what students think.
To combat low response to random surveys, campus leaders are creating a polling group of 300 students who are representative of the student body and can give consistent feedback on campus issues.
UNC is reorganizing its Citizen Soldier Support Program under a new director after the program came under criticism for misusing millions of dollars of federal money.
With a rough economic climate, tuition hikes and a larger number of students qualifying for financial aid, families barely above the need-based aid threshold are feeling the pinch to pay for school.
But UNC and private donors have started a new scholarship program to alleviate the costs for students considered to be from middle-income families.
The University is trying to help make it easier for philanthropic students to raise money for nonprofit ventures.
More student organizations might soon be able to qualify for tax exemptions with the help of a new group devoted to moving them toward nonprofit status.
The tuition increase proposal Chancellor Holden Thorp will put before the Board of Trustees’ audit and finance committee today is the least costly of two options — for both the students and the school.
It holds increases for in-state students to the state’s prescribed $200 limit and raises out-of-state students’ tuition a corresponding percentage, a total of $1,126.68.
With the semester more than halfway through and final exams looming, some students are beginning to feel the harsh consequences of a lack of sleep.
This pattern isn’t good for anyone save Starbucks, said Jeannie Loeb, a lecturer in the psychology department. Loeb sorted out the myths and facts of sleep deprivation. What is sleep deprivation?
Student leaders across the state are weighing options for making textbooks more affordable.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will discuss the issue in January after asking student body presidents last week to present information about their schools’ textbook programs and to propose ideas for keeping textbook costs low.
Student Congress members have diverted attention from their traditional duties of funding groups and representing the student body.
This year’s members have filed several lawsuits against each other and other members of student government in a flurry faculty adviser Jon Curtis called “unusual.”
Freshman Sarah Jamison blends in with the rest of the students filling the cafeteria. As she rests her head in her hand and begins to speak, though, she clearly belongs some place else.
For Jamison, coming to college was her “default decision” upon leaving high school.
Don’t be alarmed to see people with red hair being embraced by random strangers today.
Hug a Ginger Kid Day, celebrated every Nov. 20th by a small but enthusiastic Facebook group, was created by those outraged by the “discrimination” against people with red hair.
Author John Grisham has been selected as the May 2010 commencement speaker.
Grisham, who has authored 23 novels, was picked by Chancellor Holden Thorp in consultation with the Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, which is made up of students and administrators.
UNC hasn’t exactly been a breeding ground for conservative political leaders.
But in the past year, the UNC College Republicans have been on the front lines of organizing and interacting with conservative groups across the state.
And now the chapter’s leader is looking to become a major conservative voice in the state.
