Top Stories of 2019: UNC Names Kevin Guskiewicz as Permanent Chancellor
Chapelboro.com is re-publishing some of the top stories that impacted our community in 2019. These...
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Top Stories of 2019: UNC System Gives Silent Sam to Pro-Confederate Group
Chapelboro.com is re-publishing some of the top stories that impacted our community in 2019. These were stories that affected Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the rest of our local area. In August 2018, protestors toppled the monument...
Read MoreJudge Blocks Civil Rights Lawyers, UNC Students Efforts to Intervene in Silent Sam Deal
An Orange County judge will not let students intervene in a settlement that gave a Confederate heritage group money to preserve a monument that protesters tore down at North Carolina’s flagship public university. Judge Allen...
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Senator Elizabeth Warren Shames UNC Board of Governors Over Silent Sam Settlement
Candidate for the Democratic nomination for president Elizabeth Warren voiced her opinion on the...
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Donor Pulls $1.5M Grant to UNC Over System’s Silent Sam Settlement
A New York-based not-for-profit foundation has withdrawn a $1.5 million grant intended for...
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Guskiewicz Promises Change, Transparency At Introductory Press Conference
UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz stood on a stage with a Carolina blue backdrop and university...
Read MoreCivil Rights Lawyers Stake Claim in Confederate Statue Case
A national civil rights group has warned the leaders of the University of North Carolina System that it should reconsider a $2.5 million settlement involving a statue of a Confederate soldier that protesters toppled last year at...
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UNC Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz Sends Letter to UNC System, Voices Concerns over Silent Sam Settlement
After a more than a week of protests by the campus community against the UNC System’s...
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UNC History Professor: Silent Sam Settlement Affects How History is Told, Furthers Divide
UNC faculty members continue to voice their displeasure with the UNC System’s decision to work...
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UNC Faculty Condemn System’s Settlement with Pro-Confederate Group in Resolution
Faculty members of UNC voiced their opposition to a settlement by the UNC System with a...
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