The event addressed recent changes implemented by University administration, including Lee Roberts becoming permanent chancellor, the removal of DEI policies, the establishment of the School of Civic Life and Leadership and changes to the Conduct Board System, previously known as the Honor System. These topics were explored in relation to their direct impact on the campus community.

TransparUNCy organizers Julian Taylor and Samuel Scarborough began by summarizing key issues from their previous spring semester teach-in, highlighting the history and debate surrounding higher education in North Carolina, the influence of conservative donor Art Pope on Lee Roberts, as well as UNC's involvement in these broader discussions.

Additionally, they presented a detailed timeline of conflicts between University administration and the campus community, including events such as the Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment in April, the UNC system's vote to repeal DEI policies in May, the firing of UNC Professor Larry Chavis and the recent overhaul of the Honor Court system.

When addressing the role that students have in combating these changes, Scarborough said that there is a rise of student consciousness present at UNC and other universities, and that this rallying has the potential for progressive change.

"When we look at things like the upcoming election, it's incumbent upon students to be active in deciding their future from an electoral sense," he said. "I think it's important to do things like teach-ins so we can politically educate ourselves and understand that the institution that we go to, that we pay tax dollars and tuition to, isn't neutral in any type of progress we get here. We have to fight for it."

The presentation also included screenshots from a Board of Trustees members group chat featuring messages from the spring pro-Palestine protests. Taylor said that one message showed a BOT member requesting for the chancellor to "bypass the Honor Court in terms of suspending students" and to handle student suspensions himself.

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