Congressman David Rouzer, NC-07, is a co-sponsor, along with Congressman Dan Meuser, R-PA, on legislation introduced by Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne, R-TX, that would deport illegal aliens who participate in criminal activity during pro-terrorism or antisemitic demonstrations, including those currently occupying and vandalizing university campuses across the country.
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, joined the chorus of praise for UNC's chancellor and a group of students who stepped in to protect the American flag from protesters. Nearly half a million dollars has been raised through GoFundMe for the students and country music star John Rich has offered them a free concert.
Speaker Moore files Shalom Act as tensions rise at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Tuesday on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, protesters broke through police barricades to lower the American flag in the main quad and fly the flag of Palestine instead. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts then walked to the quad surrounded by law enforcement officers to put the American flag back up. Counter-protesters surrounded the flagpole and chanted "USA," thanking Roberts for his intervention.
The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the University of North Carolina System over transparency issues hope their case will pave the way for greater openness and accountability at UNC. But even if UNC loses the case — which could take months or longer to resolve — there’s no guarantee the administration will change its approach...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: McKissick resigns: Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., D-Durham, has officially resigned from the N.C. General Assembly. McKissick was appointed to the N.C. Utilities Commission in October but...
Silent Sam, UNC-Chapel Hill’s monument to students who fought and died for the Confederacy, and the object of many quarrels, was toppled Monday night in a historic protest that caps decades of controversy and vandalism — leaving many to question the future of similar memorials around the state. The statue, torn down Aug. 20 by...
RALEIGH — Contextual grading is the policy of reporting not just what the individual student earned in a course, but also what the class average was, thereby providing the “context” for the grade. Getting an A in a class where almost everyone gets an A is not so much of an accomplishment as getting an A when most of the other students earned Bs and Cs.
RALEIGH — A directive from the Obama administration’s Office of Civil Rights has lowered the burden of proof required for colleges to punish students for sexual assault, which ranges from attempts of forced kissing up to and including rape. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Honor Court will adopt the new standard.
RALEIGH — A digital culture saturated with blogs, text messaging, and iPods is to blame for the stunted intellectual development of teenagers and college students, an Emory University English professor says. Mark Bauerlein, author of the book The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30), spoke Nov. 19 at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill.
CHAPEL HILL — Despite the rude reception given former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and other conservative speakers at UNC-Chapel Hill recently, there are indications that the effort to get conservative voices on campus is making progress.
