Tag: chapel hill
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OP ED: Failed Asian American Literature Hire Exemplifies Racism in the English Department [REDACTED VERSION]
OP ED: Failed Asian American Literature Hire Exemplifies Racism in the English Department [REDACTED VERSION] by Christina Huang and friends at Students for Asian American Studies Author’s Note: This opinion piece below has been sitting on my computer for the past 3 months. And every time I would come across it, I would be left…
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the emperor is all filler, the university has already fallen
the emperor is all filler, the university has already fallen by Saanet Among myths that UNC-Chapel Hill benevolently offers is that this quad is for the people. Does it get more prestigious than manicured lawns? Does it get closer to the American Dream than The expanse of green at The Oldest Public University? Where hard-thinking…
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Reportback: Rally for Leqa’a Kordia & Mahmoud Khalil: ICE & DHS Off Our Campus
Reportback: Rally for Leqa’a Kordia & Mahmoud Khalil: ICE & DHS Off Our Campus a rally for leqa’a kordia & mahmoud khalil. held @ unc 3/19/25 at south building. The speeches below have been lightly edited for clarity. To get involved with the represented organizations, please scroll to the bottom of the article for information…
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Reportback: A Fig Tree Grows in Palestine, A Fig Tree Grows Here
Reportback: A Fig Tree Grows in Palestine, A Fig Tree Grows Here The below speech was edited for clarity. Introductory speech Welcome everyone! Thank you so much for coming to celebrate the opening of A Fig Tree Grows in Palestine, A Fig Tree Grows Here in the Alumni Sculpture Garden. This project grew out of…
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1/16 Reportback from Town Hall: NO! to UNC’s proposed PFAS pelletes
1/16 Reportback from Town Hall: NO! to UNC’s proposed PFAS pellets by dagwood, bridge rider, and community members on january 16th, 2025, community members spoke in staunch opposition to unc’s request to burn plastic filled pellets as a new energy source. below is a collection of haikus passed between two chapel hill residents during the…
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Endowment Managers Want You to Eat Shit and Die.
Endowment Managers Want You to Eat Shit and Die. by dagwood crabtree Let me explain. UNC-Chapel Hill’s endowment, like those of universities across the country, is a set of financial assets that the University invests, using the returns to meet operational needs of sorts (building renovations, scholarships, programming). The endowment is, frankly speaking, repulsively immense…
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celebrating our collective power
Celebrating our Collective Power a speech given at the UNC Defendants for Palestine gathering on december 3, 2024 by a defendant in the bloc. a video of the speech can be found here. Sometimes I struggle to find joy in the achievements of the Palestinian liberation movement between october 7 and now, because my constant…
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UNC: END ALL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS & ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
UNC: END ALL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS & ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE by UNC SJP Readable Version: Printable Version:
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Why did UNC let me study abroad in an apartheid state?
Why did UNC let me study abroad in an apartheid state? By Ruth Jeffers, UNC ’23 When I decided to study abroad in Israel, I didn’t know I had signed up to live in an apartheid state. An Israeli program promised to teach me about cross-border environmental cooperation on a socialist kibbutz, where politicized identities…
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Dedicated to UNC SJP
Dedicated to UNC SJP By dagwood crabtree This series is inspired by the work of Brandon Stanton with his Humans of New York series that I have read since high school (or in other words, over a decade at this point). His photojournalism (portraits and accompanying interviews) is breathtaking (yes, I am a sap, I…
