2024 NFL draft prospect Room to Improve: North Carolina QB Drake Maye Breaking down North Carolina QB Drake Maye and where he can improve his game to help his 2024 NFL draft stock USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 19, 2023
Jaguars 2023 roster review: DT Raymond Vohasek Seventh-round rookie Raymond Vohasek could add depth to a Jaguars defensive line that doesn't have a lot of size. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 17, 2023
Could Sam Howell be a ‘young Russell Wilson?’ A young Russell Wilson was one of the best in the NFL. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 17, 2023
ACC teams need Quad 1 games to make NCAA Tournament. That means tougher nonconference games. With college athletics experiencing seismic shifts in every area due to the transfer portal and NIL, men’s basketball scheduling is going through changes of its own. Tribune News Service · Jul 17, 2023
Two killed in Manipur in fresh round of violence UNC called for exemplary punishment for the culprits behind the killing of the Naga woman. The Hindu · Jul 16, 2023
Manipur Naga body announces shutdown after woman’s killing The UNC said it was aghast by the killing of Lucy Marem at Sawombung in the Imphal East district by members of Arambai Tenggol The Hindu · Jul 16, 2023
Luke DeCock: Chelsea and (Welcome to) Wrexham match a summer soccer audition for Kenan Stadium RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s been 12 years since the North Carolina Triangle hosted two massive foreign soccer teams for a stateside exhibition, and in terms of star power, it’ll be hard to ever top a megaclub like Chelsea and (Welcome to) Wrexham when they turn up at Kenan Stadium on… Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2023
UNC’s Bubba Cunningham lands key role as NCAA mulls March Madness expansion CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — While the NCAA considers expanding the March Madness field in the coming years, North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham will have a key seat at the negotiating table. Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023
News briefs UNC to offer free tuition for some after admissions policy struck down Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023
UNC to offer free tuition for some after Supreme Court strikes down admissions policy CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Roughly a week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its race-conscious admissions policy in a landmark ruling, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on Friday announced plans to “expand opportunity” to attend the university — including by offering free tuition to some students. Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023
Don’t drag us into Manipur conflict, Naga apex body warns The United Naga Council (UNC), an apex body of 20 Naga tribes, has warned “vested interests” against dragging the Nagas into the ongoing conflict in Manipur. The Hindu · Jul 7, 2023
What it Will Take to Make Government Color-Blind Achieving this goal will require a lot more than banning racial preferences in college admissions. That includes some measures that will make the political right uncomfortable, as well as the left. Reason · Jul 6, 2023
Justice Sotomayor and the Manipulation of "Race" Justice Sotomayor decides who is a person of color based on whether it supports her views regarding structural racism. Reason · Jul 6, 2023
Optimism around UNC women’s basketball buoyed by roster additions, growth of the sport There are still another three-and-a-half months until North Carolina women’s basketball gets under way for the 2023-24 season, but head coach Courtney Banghart said she’s already excited about where this year’s Tar Heels team could go. Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023
The Hindu · Jul 5, 2023 Striking a blow against affirmative action in America The U.S. seeks to eliminate all distinctions based on race universally, which is a narrow view of equality and which prevents broad-based race conscious measures
Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023 Editorial: The Supreme Court’s solution for racial bias is to pretend it doesn’t exist The U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on Thursday that race-conscious college admissions programs are unlawful was widely expected but still deeply discouraging.
Reason · Jul 4, 2023 Just The Facts, Ma'am The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative
Reason · Jul 4, 2023 In Defense of KBJ's Harvard "Recusal" Justice Jackson demonstrates why the usual recusal rules will not work for the Supreme Court.
Reason · Jul 3, 2023 A Lawyer Who Litigated Grutter Comments on the Court's College Admission Racial Preferences Cases I've known Michael Rosman at the Center for Individual Rights for almost 30 years; he has litigated many important cases, including with regard to racial preferences, and was one of the lawyers in Grutter v. Bollinger. I'm therefore delighted to pass along his short reactions to Students for Fair Admission…
WEKU · Jun 30, 2023 Kentucky Native and Supreme Court Testifier Has Concerns Over Affirmative Action Ruling A Kentucky man who testified in front of the nation’s high court on Affirmative Action is concerned about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that struck down programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard.
Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023 Supreme Court’s Black justices spar over affirmative action WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s two Black justices sparred over the meaning and impact of race in dueling opinions on the majority’s decision to curtail affirmative action programs at universities.
The Conversation · Jun 30, 2023 A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.
Reason · Jun 29, 2023 Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Ruling in the Harvard and UNC Racial Preferences Cases A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.
Reason · Jun 29, 2023 Of Course Legacy Admissions Should Follow Affirmative Action to the Grave There is no reason for public universities to grant preferential treatment to the scions of their alumni.
Reason · Jun 29, 2023 Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 'Eliminating Racial Discrimination Means Eliminating All of It' In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.