N.C. House Majority Whip Jon Hardister and other Republicans are upset that the UNC Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life mandated an anti-discrimination training because it could make students feel “guilty” or “convicted” for being white.
Joe Killian
In Three-Way GOP Senate Battle, Walker Courts Evangelical Vote by Embracing Robinson
In wake of Lt. Gov.’s anti-LGBTQ remarks, former U.S. Rep. describes effort to promote conservative Christian agenda as a “street brawl.”
N.C. Policy Watch: N.C. State Faculty, Safety Officer, and Grad Students Sound Alarm Over Potentially Harmful Air Contamination in Campus Building
Students reported headaches, nausea, and vomiting after spending time in a chemistry department building but say their concerns about poor ventilation were dismissed.
Walter Hussman Returns as UNC’s Journalism School Faces Crisis of Values, Diversity
The mega-donor’s ‘hush-hush homecoming’ reignites concern among faculty members.
GOP Pols Mark Robinson, Mark Walker, and Madison Cawthorn Align With Movement Seeking to End Separation of Church and State
Lt. Governor Robinson offers to pay for departure of those who deny the U.S. is a “Christian nation”
Search for New UNC Journalism School Dean Commences in Aftermath of Hannah-Jones Controversy
The shift in leadership comes at a time when students, faculty members, alumni and the university’s governing bodies are all debating the school’s direction and values.
New Fee Hike Spurs UNC-CH Students to Seek More and Better Health, Public Safety Services
“When student fees are being used, students should always be part of the process of deciding how those fees will be used. And the question always needs to be, ‘are student fees being used in a way that empowers the campus community?’”
N.C. State Faculty Passes Resolution Calling for Vaccine Mandate
As of Monday, N.C. State said 73 percent of community members — 32,863 people, including students, staff and faculty—had either uploaded vaccine records to the school’s HealthyPack portal or been fully vaccinated on campus.
UNC System Faculty Push for More Flexibility as Pandemic Semester Unfolds
“I think the faculty is kind of enraged. I think people are pissed and upset and just feel that they have sort of no conduit to the administration to express their concerns and are just convinced that the administration is ignoring them.”
UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism School Dean Will Step Down
Dean Susan King said in a message to faculty that this will be her last year, and a search for her successor launches this week.

