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This is from an N&O article - paywall. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. The Y definitely leaned left for most committees, etc. The new board?
My experiences with the Y mostly involved snacks, and for you old folks, the Rider Board. Long before the internet and cell phones if you were looking to catch a ride somewhere or looking for passengers to help with gas this was the place to go. Went to New Orleans and the Keys amongst more local places this way. Often checked it just see where folks were heading. Did attend a couple SDS meetings there lol.
Not posting the whole thing but here is the gist. They are considering what organizations should use the building.
When UNC-Chapel Hill administrators closed the Campus
Y building this spring, outcry from students and alumni was
immediate.And while the building reopened under limited
hours less than a week after it closed, student leaders have
continued to feel that the fate of the space is unsettled.
The Campus Y is widely known as a campus hub for student
activism and social justice at the university, with more
than30 student-run committees advancing a variety of causes.
The Campus Y building, which houses the student organization
and a division of the university’s Student Affairs department,has
stood on campus for more than100 years.
Administrators closed the building for “safety reasons”
following a pro-Palestinian ten encampment on campus this
spring,specifically citing that doors to the space were propped
open after-hours during the protest, which violates university policy.
Leaders said they would “continue to monitor”the
building after they reopened it in May.
Now, a new committee formed by interim Chancellor
Lee Roberts will work to find a solution for how the building
can be used going forward. The 15-member committee
— chaired by former Chancellor James Moeser and former Board
of Trustees Chair Richard Stevens — met for the first time
Friday,with Roberts delivering his charge to the group. They
are tasked with making recommendations for the governance
and use of the offices, classrooms and gathering spaces in
the building by Nov. 1.
My experiences with the Y mostly involved snacks, and for you old folks, the Rider Board. Long before the internet and cell phones if you were looking to catch a ride somewhere or looking for passengers to help with gas this was the place to go. Went to New Orleans and the Keys amongst more local places this way. Often checked it just see where folks were heading. Did attend a couple SDS meetings there lol.
Not posting the whole thing but here is the gist. They are considering what organizations should use the building.
When UNC-Chapel Hill administrators closed the Campus
Y building this spring, outcry from students and alumni was
immediate.And while the building reopened under limited
hours less than a week after it closed, student leaders have
continued to feel that the fate of the space is unsettled.
The Campus Y is widely known as a campus hub for student
activism and social justice at the university, with more
than30 student-run committees advancing a variety of causes.
The Campus Y building, which houses the student organization
and a division of the university’s Student Affairs department,has
stood on campus for more than100 years.
Administrators closed the building for “safety reasons”
following a pro-Palestinian ten encampment on campus this
spring,specifically citing that doors to the space were propped
open after-hours during the protest, which violates university policy.
Leaders said they would “continue to monitor”the
building after they reopened it in May.
Now, a new committee formed by interim Chancellor
Lee Roberts will work to find a solution for how the building
can be used going forward. The 15-member committee
— chaired by former Chancellor James Moeser and former Board
of Trustees Chair Richard Stevens — met for the first time
Friday,with Roberts delivering his charge to the group. They
are tasked with making recommendations for the governance
and use of the offices, classrooms and gathering spaces in
the building by Nov. 1.
