The UNC Board of Governors is scheduled to meet Friday by conference call in the wake of a student protest planned over the $2.5 million Silent Sam settlement with the NC Sons of Confederate Veterans group.
A Rowan University student jumped from a parking garage the Friday after Thanksgiving, the third suicide this semester, and another student fell from another nearby parking garage last week. The Glassboro campus is reeling from the deaths and students are demanding more mental health services.
Georgia Southern freshman promotes white supremacist ideology in a class presentation. The university says the presentation falls within his free speech rights. Now students of color say they feel unsafe because of his protected speech.
A group of protesters outraged by a professor’s writings banged on the front door of his house on Monday evening, filmed their demonstration, and were escorted away by the police.