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“Oct. 7 for many of us from the region was a beautiful day.”

The front page of the midweek issue of SEARCHLIGHT (Feb.5) is dominated by shocking revelations of negative reactions to enumerators engaged to carry out the work of the National Census which began last year. The story does not indicate the scale on which these negative reactions took place, but they definitely do not augur well for the success of the Census. For instance, the report reveals that “hostile attitudes” were …

Someone called Oct. 7 “a beautiful day” at a University of North Carolina event. The Faculty Council then “indefinitely postponed” a resolution that would have condemned the statement. Nearly two months after the start of the war between Hamas and Israel last fall, a speaker at an event sponsored by an academic department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill uttered these words: “Oct. 7, for many of us from the region, was a beautiful day.”

MSA President Miyah Jones and Vice President Cydney Perkins discuss their journey towards their MSA positions and what their hopes are for this term.

Title VI was designed to end discrimination and harassment on campus, but the law can also be misused, as partisans …

Federal officials are investigating accusations at UNC Chapel Hill involving antisemitic civil rights violations on campus in the wake of conflict between Hamas and Israel that began Oct. 7.

(The Center Square) – Federal officials are investigating accusations at UNC Chapel Hill involving antisemitic civil rights violations on campus in the wake of conflict between Hamas and Israel that

George Mason University and UNC Chapel Hill have been added to the list of schools being investigated by the Dept. of Education for possible Title VI violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says St. Vincent and the Grenadines is today facilitating a high level dialogue between Guyana and Venezuela on matters consequential to the border dispute between the two countries. Several regional leaders are in the state today as part of the high level face to face meeting with the Presidents of…

While there has been recovery in the Tourism Industry since the Covid-19 pandemic and the explosive eruption of La Soufriere, it has not been as fast and as robust.   However, according to Minister of Tourism Carlos James this year, like last year, is a record year for cruise arrivals.   Minister James was speaking…