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Speaking of qualifications In the Carolina Journal this morning, John Hood made a spirited defense of the UNC Board of Trustees that is under fire for not offering tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. Hood takes on critics who declare the decision was racially motivated and, instead, notes that Hannah-Jones has been a controversial figure who, he asserts, has been sloppy in her journalism and when questioned, “she dodged, weaved, and personally smeared her critics.” When it came out, I read parts of the 1619 Project. I certainly didn’t read it all. The project had articles written by a lot of...

  Where’s the Line between Free Speech and Fighting Words? Depends on Who Your Court Judge Is. Maya Little knows what clear and present danger looks like.  Little, a former UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral student, started protesting Silent Sam in 2017, after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville revealed just how strong the modern white supremacist movement is. In April 2018, they gained local notoriety for painting UNC-CH’s Confederate monument with red paint and their own blood. The next years were full of clear, present danger.  Their name, alongside the name of Lyndsay Ay...

Protesters gathered at the Carolina Inn Thursday morning, ahead of UNC’s Board of Trustees meeting, to protest the board’s decision to deny acclaimed journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones, tenure. Hannah-Jones was set to return to her alma mater as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, a tenured professorship. However, as first reported by NC Policy Watch, the school has changed its plans following political pressure from conservative groups who object to her work “The 1619 Project.” During the trustees’ 9 a.m. meeting, protesters moved inside the Carolina Inn, disrupt...

Never Too Far: Spot On, Coach Spot on, Coach: You Are NOT The Right Man For The Job On April Fool’s Day in 2021, the sports world received breaking news. Roy Williams, the head men’s basketball coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, publicly announced his retirement from arguably the most coveted coaching job in the United States. Coach Roy, as he is fondly known within Tar Heel nation, spent 18 years as the leader of a Blue Blood powerhouse, winning three NCAA national titles and winning 77% of his games in his overall career. Clearly, his records are nothing for fools...

While some students may go through their academic career without knowing about the Board of Governors, the effects of its decisions can be seen on an everyday basis across North Carolina campuses.