It was my junior year of high school, after the shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, when I truly realized I would have to deal with antisemitism as I grew up. Throughout my college experience at UNC-Chapel Hill I witnessed a consistent level of hatred, but since Oct. 7 it has taken a turn […]
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Over the weekend, auditoriums across North Carolina were filled with rhinestone hats, proud parents and the echoes of names that make up the class of 2024 college graduates. Appalachian State University, Wingate University, and UNC-Charlotte all parted ways with thousands of students who have spent years of their lives learning, […]
As college students peacefully protest to demand their universities disclose and dissolve any economic and academic ties it has with Israel amid its ongoing siege of Gaza, the emerging narrative is that this is a coddled, stubborn generation of hellraisers, the likes of which we have not previously seen. That narrative is used to justify […]
Protests continue at UNC Charlotte after arrest, pro-Palestine encampment dismantled CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Campus protests have taken a turn at universities nationwide – from Harvard to Columbia and Chapel Hill – and now UNC Charlotte. Campus police marched into a quad and tore down an encampment Tuesday morning, May 7, amid a protest […]
A group that organized pro-Palestinian protests on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus last week is calling on faculty and teaching assistants to withhold grades to “demand amnesty” for students facing disciplinary actions. It was unclear Monday morning how many instructors are joining the call to withhold grades, though university leaders told deans and department chairs that […]
North Carolina has yet to land a commitment from a prospect in the 2025 class but there is still a long way to go. Hubert Davis and his staff have begun to identify their top targets and among the players they are pursuing are the Boozer twins. The sons of Duke legend Carlos Boozer, both […]
A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student felt “honored to give back to the nation” while defending an American flag on the quad that protesters were trying to take down on Tuesday. “Yesterday, my fraternity brother [Guillermo Estrada] and I were photographed holding up the American flag in the Quad of UNC-Chapel Hill during the […]
Six people arrested this week at UNC-Chapel Hill’s pro-Palestinian encampment face more charges than the university has publicly said. In news releases, the university only said 36 people were accused of trespassing. That did not explain why 30 were cited on campus and released, while six more were arrested and taken to the Orange County […]
FIRST ON FOX: A moment of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus Tuesday has captured the nation’s attention. Anti-Israel protesters on Tuesday morning successfully replaced the American flag on Chapel Hill’s quad — which had been flying at half-mast after four Charlotte officers were killed in the line of duty Monday — […]
A day after charging three dozen protesters while breaking up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, UNC-Chapel Hill still has not released arrest and citation information identifying those detained and charged Tuesday. Arrest reports are public records under state law and are typically available within hours of someone being arrested. UNC officials did not provide a […]
Tuesday marked five years since a deadly mass shooting that took the lives of two students on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. On April 30, 2019, 21-year-old Riley Howell and 19-year-old Reed Parlier were killed when someone opened fire on campus. Howell died after charging at the shooter while trying […]
A soon-to-be University of North Carolina Charlotte graduate is one of only 120 people selected nationwide to join the military’s newest branch, the United States Space Force. But Walter Kirkland Jr. told Channel 9 that this accomplishment isn’t about him; it’s about everyone else. “For me now, it’s serving my country, honoring my parents, and […]