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Kamala Harris visits UNC Asheville, rallies support for Joe Biden

November 20, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments

  Laura Browne On a sunny, early fall day, Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris stopped by UNC Asheville on Wednesday,

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Problems with over-policing the homeless community improving, experts say

November 20, 2020January 11, 2021 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments

By Laura Browne While many city ordinances largely affect the homeless community in Buncombe County, experts say problems with over-policing

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Felony disenfranchisement suppresses voting according to local activists

November 14, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Asheville, avl, college, features, news, social justice, UNC Asheville, unca, voting, wnc

Cameron Woodyard Contributor cwoodyar@unca.edu The issues of felony disenfranchisement and the onerous process of rights restoration have been brought to

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Asheville property value increases while Black population decreases

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments affordable housing, Asheville, avl, college, North Carolina, reparations, UNC Asheville, unca

Cameron Woodyard Contributor cwoodyar@unca.edu The median price for homes in Asheville gradually increases while the population of Black residents steadily

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NC’s ban on nondiscrimination ordinances set to expire

November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments expire, House Bill 142, LGBTQ Rights, nondiscrimination ordinances

Kendall Anthony-Busbee Advertising Editor kanthony@unca.edu While the passing of North Carolina’s House Bill 142 proves to be an incomplete win

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How pandemic isolation changes sobriety

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments drug abuse, isolation, pandemic, sobriety

Melanie Godin Contributor mgodin1@unca.edu Patrick Casale, a licensed clinical mental health counselor to Resilient Mind Counseling, said the over prescription

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The balance between mental and physical health confuses students

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments college students, covid-19, mental health, pandemic, physical health

Jennifer Guardado Sports Writer jguardad@unca.edu College life consumes even its best students without proper alignment of both mental and physical

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Wednesday at the JCC: virtual class in session

November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments afterschool program, children, learning, online learning, virtual

Brandon Ayoung-Chee News Writer bayoungc@unca.edu At 7:50 a.m. staff of the Jewish Community Center go through heat temperature tests at

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Asheville’s Office of Equity and Inclusion reforms local government

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Asheville, equity, Inclusion, local government

Cameron Woodyard Contributor cwoodyar@unca.edu Amid recent police shootings and ongoing systemic racism, community leaders and organization members demand equity and

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Black, All and Blue Lives Matter misunderstood in Asheville and across the nation

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Blue Banner Staff Member 0 Comments Asheville Police Department, black lives matter, misunderstood, racism

Courtney Garcia News Writer cgarcia1@unca.edu Rob Thomas, one of the Justice Coalition Community liaisons, said the Black Lives Matter movement

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