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Continue reading →: ‘It’s 2024, not 1860’: Group petitions to change street named after slaveholderThe groups wants the Town of Chapel Hill to rename Cameron Ave. for Pauli Murray, a civil rights pioneer.
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Continue reading →: The newest member of the UNC Police will offer hugs and comfort around campusOn Valentine’s Day, UNC Police shared news of their furry new addition to the team: Mia, an 8-week-old Goldendoodle, the department’s new therapy dog.
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Continue reading →: Student group sets goal of providing 10,000 meals to the community this semesterA 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.
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Continue reading →: ‘A horrific part of our past’: Carrboro remembers an 1898 lynchingIn 1898, an 18-year-old Black man was killed by a mob of white men near the present day intersection of Old Greensboro Road and Hatch Road. Now, 126 years later, the Town of Carrboro has unveiled a historical marker in honor of his life.
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Continue reading →: Blackfuturism: A full color spectrum of BlacknessIn 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.
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Continue reading →: Community FixingsCommuniversity Youth Program (CYP) participants learn culinary, customer service, and management skills under the guidance of Michael Newell, co-owner of Dame’s Chicken and Waffles.
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Continue reading →: Burlington man v. Durham DSS: Guilty until proven innocentWhat was supposed to be a heartwarming union between Garnell Hill and his discovered son takes several legal turns with the Durham County Department of Social Services, posing unforeseen challenges three years later.
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Continue reading →: Pulitzer-winning correspondent David Zucchino ’73 preps students for international reportingUNC Hussman alumnus David Zucchino ’73 returns to the school as an adjunct instructor in fall 2023. Zucchino is a foreign correspondent and contributing writer for The New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his coverage of apartheid in South Africa and his book “Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of…
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