"This is the biggest thing I've ever been a part of in my life." The Faculty Executive Committee met Monday to discuss the legality of the Silent Sam decision and the UNC System hierarchy that caused the settlement to happen as it did. The Black Student Movement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil / Monday, December 3, 2018 . On Wednesday, it announced a settlement agreement with the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans that follows the group's suit against the UNC System and BOG. “I believe we should preserve Silent Sam, but as a historical artifact, not as a conspicuous commemorative symbol. That much is clear following the paper’s inherently logical suit charging the UNC board violated our state’s open meeting laws when they negotiated a $2.5 million settlement with the Sons of Confederate Veterans to take Silent Sam off their hands, in addition to a $74,999 payment intended to keep its protesters off an already simmering campus. State Attorney General Josh Stein, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall who oversees non-profits — along with the state Revenue Department and state Board of Elections, all must look into these serious matters. The members expressed desires to squash the deal and give the money back. The Black Student Movement strongly opposes the recommendation made by Chancellor Folt and the UNC Board of Trustees today to reinstall the Confederate monument known as “Silent Sam” on our university’s campus. 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The most basic due-diligence on the part of UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC Board of Governors clearly has been neglected. Black Student Movement and Black Congress organized a rally on Thursday to protest the Silent Sam decision. Silent Sam’s cameo was “the hit scene of the show,” a Daily Tar Heel reporter wrote after opening night. Conceived in 1908, completed in 1913, then torn down in 2018, Silent Sam was a lightning rod symbol on UNC's campus for over 100 years. Jan. 10, 2020. Carolina prof: "'Silent Sam' should topple exactly like Hussein statues" Daily Tar Heel ^ | April 23, 2003 | Prof. Gerald C. Horne Posted on 04/23/2003 9:31:00 AM PDT by Constitution Day 'Silent Sam' should topple exactly like Hussein statues April 11, 2003 . “But UNC has been actively resisting it.” Ryan Barnett and Nancy Rushton McCorkle were arrested in April for vandalizing the Unsung Founders Memorial. The Daily Tar Heel, a student-run newspaper, is in the midst of a serious role reversal with the adults over at the UNC Board of Governors. The idea was bad, and the execution was even worse. 5:43 p.m. Home; News. The Daily Tar Heel, a student-run newspaper, is in the midst of a serious role reversal with the adults over at the UNC Board of Governors. [...], Copyright 2021 | The Progressive Pulse | A Blog from, UNC’s Silent Sam settlement, a bad deal executed very poorly, the paper’s inherently logical suit charging the UNC board violated our state’s open meeting laws, asking the court to nullify the agreement, slammed the university system board in an editorial Tuesday. The meeting regarding the second settlement, dealing with ownership of Silent Sam and $2.5 million, was held on Wednesday, Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving Day, and was only announced two days prior, on Monday, Nov. 25. In an email recently leaked by one of its recipients, Kevin Stone, leader of the N.C. 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