UNC campus leaders get extra time to decide Silent Sam's fate

UNC campus leaders get extra time to decide Silent Sam’s fate
BY JANE STANCILL

CHAPEL HILL
The deadline will be extended for UNC-Chapel Hill officials to come up with a plan for the future location for the Silent Sam Confederate monument.

UNC Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith said Friday that trustees on the Chapel Hill campus had asked for more time to sort through the options. The original deadline for a proposal to the Board of Governors was Nov. 15. Now, Smith said, the deadline will be slightly extended but it will be in plenty of time for the system board to consider at its Dec. 14 meeting.

“I think it’s a fair request,” he said. “It’s a lot more complex than I think any of us thought. You have to figure out a detailed, thorough plan, which is what we’ve asked them for, that encompasses key and critical constituents from all views and perspectives. So I think the process has been a little more robust than they anticipated originally.”

The statue was toppled by protesters on Aug. 20. Ever since, it has been kept in storage in an undisclosed location.
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