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Festive Fall: A guide to the season’s celebrations across North Carolina
As August comes to a close, the fresh smell of apples, cinnamon and all-spice wafts through the air and people dive into their closets to find their collection of autumnal sweaters and spiced scented candles. Fall is just around the corner, and the season’s arrival is more than just overpriced pumpkin spice lattes or hues […]
THE AFTERMATH OF THE UNC SHOOTING
Angry and in shock: students and community gather to demand gun reform after UNC shooting
By Taylor Heeden
On Wednesday, August 30 at 1:02 p.m., the Bell Tower at UNC-Chapel Hill chimed three times signifying the time of death of associate professor Zijie Yan, who was shot and killed on Monday afternoon in Caudill Labs.
Hundreds of students wielding signs gathered at Polk Place for the This is Our Reality Rally — hosted by UNC Young Democrats, March for Our Lives and Students Demand Action — to honor Yan’s legacy and urge North Carolina and federal policymakers to pass more gun control legislation.
“I am angry, I am pissed, and I’m disappointed because two days ago a gun was brought to our campus — one shot was fired, but an entire community was injured,” UNC March for Our Lives Vice President and junior Luke Diasio told the crowd […]
Qnotes exclusive: Gun reform activist David Hogg criticizes legislative inaction, importance of LGBTQ+ activists
By Taylor Heeden
Parkland, Florida made national headlines in 2018 after a 19-year-old marched into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 and opened fire on students and teachers, killing 17 people. One of those survivors, David Hogg, became one of the most recognizable faces in the call to action for gun reform […]
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