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UNC Asheville honors retired faculty Deborah (Dee) Grier-James, Charles James, Dwight Mullen and Dolly Jenkins-Mullen with Mullen & James Humanities Hall for their continued advocacy, leadership and mentorship at UNCA and surrounding areas.
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Jewish students at UNCA express frustration toward the overlap of Hanukkah and final exams while shedding light on other issues faced by the Jewish community on campus.
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Misinterpreted statistics about false sexual assault accusations discredit survivors and their stories, prompting more and more victims to remain silent.
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In the spring, mass communication student Maggie Haddock posted a tweet on an anonymous Twitter account stating she would expose a man in the Asheville community for every like the tweet received. After letting it stand idle for weeks, Haddock revisited the tweet on June 10, posting a full-fledged thread containing the names, images and descriptions regarding the sexual misconduct of the accused, including several members of the campus community.
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Media professionals say the best way to increase media literacy is through engaged citizens and transparent journalistic practices
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Taylor Sexton Arts and Features Editor tsexton@unca.edu Celebrating their 40th anniversary, Helpmate acts as a nonprofit organization providing resources to
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Following a zoning violation threatening to shut down a legal syringe exchange in West Asheville, Firestorm Books and Coffee and the Steady Collective, which runs a syringe exchange in Firestorm’s community room, appeal the violation claiming it discriminates against drug users and homeless people in West Asheville.
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After a serious car accident in Orlando, Florida, full-time student athlete Hannah Stuart had three surgeries on a broken wrist, collar bone and shattered vertebrae in her spine.
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London Newton, Savannah Rayne Dicus and Gray McNeish won the freshman senatorial election, each securing their place as a member of the Student Government Association. The three freshmen senators were officially sworn into their positions during Wednesday’s SGA meeting.
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Despite previously not being allowed to serve in the Student Government Association since the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, Chris Bobbitt is now officially able to actively fill the position of commuter senator. Bobbitt was sworn in on Wednesday’s SGA meeting alongside the newly elected freshmen senators.
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