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The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill’s independent student newspaper, printing news and raising hell since 1893. 🗞️ She serves as the public face of the paper.

The Daily Tar Heel has been publishing continuously since 1893, and in 1989 it incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation separate from the university. It stopped taking student activity fees in 1993 and is solely funded by its advertising revenue, thus making it both fiscally and editorially independent. The paper moved off campus to downtown Chapel Hill in the summer of 2010. The studen

t journalists are solely responsible for all content under the direction of the student editor-in-chief. The paper circulates 18,000 free copies each publishing day during the regular academic year to 205 distribution locations throughout campus, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Chatham and Durham, (http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/page/find_a_paper) making it the largest community newspaper in the area with an estimated readership of more than 38,000. The editor-in-chief oversees the newsroom and is ultimately responsible for all news and editorial content. The editor also hires the rest of the news and editorial staff, which includes the managing editors for print and online, the opinion editor, the public editor and editors for each of the newsroom’s 14 desks. The student advertising and business staff comprises about 30 students a year working separately from the news staff.

The Town of Chapel Hill issued a press release Friday morning at 7:02 a.m. detailing an ongoing police investigation int...
22/08/2025

The Town of Chapel Hill issued a press release Friday morning at 7:02 a.m. detailing an ongoing police investigation into a suspected arson at the Siena Hotel on East Franklin Street. The street is currently closed between Estes Drive and Elliott Road.

This is an active investigation and the Town of Chapel Hill asks that people avoid the area.

As of 9:15 a.m., this person is still believed to be barricaded inside the building. Crisis negotiators are working to make contact.

On July 2, a conservative-leaning group requested that UNC release public records of resources and syllabi for 74 univer...
22/08/2025

On July 2, a conservative-leaning group requested that UNC release public records of resources and syllabi for 74 university courses that use keywords such as "DEI," "LGBTQ+" and "anti-racism." UNC has not responded to the request.

The University has not responded to The Oversight Project's public records request, and is currently determining which course materials fall under intellectual property exemptions and which ones must be released by law.

In June 2024, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro County Schools Board of Education approved a new bell schedule for the district's...
22/08/2025

In June 2024, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro County Schools Board of Education approved a new bell schedule for the district's four high schools. Students will take the same four 80-minute classes every day in the fall semester, and then will enroll in a new set of four classes for the spring semester.

The district's new block schedule has students take four 80-minute classes every day.

On Aug. 9, the Undergraduate Senate enacted USB 107-036, the Financial Dispersion and Transparency Act, into law. The bi...
22/08/2025

On Aug. 9, the Undergraduate Senate enacted USB 107-036, the Financial Dispersion and Transparency Act, into law. The bill calls for stricter rules and increased oversight regarding how student organizations can request money and use UNC student fee funding.

The bill was created in response to recent budget cuts announced by the University due to pressure from funding reductions at the state and federal level.

Student organizations can now only receive up to $5,000 per semester in funding from the Senate, as opposed to the $10,000 limit in previous cycles.

WORD ON THE STREET: To some, the perfect escape from the scorching temperature was a nice scroll on TikTok or a day in w...
22/08/2025

WORD ON THE STREET: To some, the perfect escape from the scorching temperature was a nice scroll on TikTok or a day in with their favorite TV show.

Here are some of the summer's top hits, according to UNC students and local residents.

Students share the top media — shows, movies and music — they consumed this summer.

COLUMN: "We uphold democracy and justice by caring about our country," Arya Mehta writes."To care does not require fanat...
21/08/2025

COLUMN: "We uphold democracy and justice by caring about our country," Arya Mehta writes.

"To care does not require fanatic nationalism or the justification of atrocities; it requires recognizing, respecting and protecting the people. Finding a way to love your country is integral to this process. It allows you to care enough about your neighbors to act meaningfully."

"As the ‘I hate America’ sentiment grows, our ability to truly care for, nurture and change our country lessens."

Large-scale changes to U.S. travel policies and interstate conflicts abroad resulted in UNC students and faculty with in...
21/08/2025

Large-scale changes to U.S. travel policies and interstate conflicts abroad resulted in UNC students and faculty with international ties to alter travel plans to avoid risking their safety or any difficulties re-entering the country.

Many UNC students and faculty had to change their travel plans this summer due to tightened restrictions from the federal government and global conflicts, such as the Iran-Isreal and Isreal Palestine wars.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education met last Thursday to discuss policy changes and plans for the u...
21/08/2025

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education met last Thursday to discuss policy changes and plans for the upcoming school year. New additions include a smartwatch ban and a high school NIL rule. Meanwhile, CHCCS's relationship with College Board remains uncertain.

The CHCCS Board of Education discussed updates to the district's wireless device policy, parent fees and the athletics policy.

Puddin’s Beer Shack, an extension of Al’s Burger Shack, opened July 29 on the corner of West Franklin Street and North G...
20/08/2025

Puddin’s Beer Shack, an extension of Al’s Burger Shack, opened July 29 on the corner of West Franklin Street and North Graham Street. The space offers greater capacity, especially on sports game days, with indoor and outdoor seating, five large TVs and a bar that features ten beers on draft.

Student Body Vice President Katherine Fiore, chair of the hardship parking committee, said that starting this past hardship parking cycle there were three waves, instead of last year's two, during which students could apply.

UNC Student Government’s hardship parking committee made a new agreement with the University to increase the parking spo...
20/08/2025

UNC Student Government’s hardship parking committee made a new agreement with the University to increase the parking spots allocated in the Rosemary Street Parking Deck from 39 to 60 permits. This past cycle, they also added a third wave during which students can apply.

Student Body Vice President Katherine Fiore, chair of the hardship parking committee, said that starting this past hardship parking cycle there were three waves, instead of last year's two, during which students could apply.

COLUMN: "So in the face of these staggering statistics, such bias cannot be chalked up to an accident," Madelyn Rowley w...
20/08/2025

COLUMN: "So in the face of these staggering statistics, such bias cannot be chalked up to an accident," Madelyn Rowley writes. "It can only reasonably be classified as a lie by omission that, at best, disregards Palestinian humanity. At worst, it prolongs a genocide attempt."

"A systemic trend has taken over major media outlets in the United States: in depictions of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, vague, passive and biased writing has dampened Israel’s destructive impact."

Activists and art lovers alike gathered at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro last Saturday for a “benefit shindig” to raise awa...
20/08/2025

Activists and art lovers alike gathered at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro last Saturday for a “benefit shindig” to raise awareness and funds for Siembra NC, a local grassroots Latine social justice group. Siembra’s mission is to protect North Carolina’s Latine communities from discriminatory employers and landlords, as well as from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The six-hour event, hosted at ArtSpace in Carborro, was created to raise funds for the local social justice group Siembra.

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