Budget cuts may close some UNC-CH buildings - Katelyn Ferral, News Observer

State budget cuts to UNC-Chapel Hill will cause layoffs and larger classes and could affect the operation of campus buildings. UNC-CH’s Board of Trustees met today to receive reports on the implications of the state budget cuts, and updates on the NCAA plagiarism scandal and upcoming revisions to the student Honor Court. The state has cut about $100 million, or 17.9 percent of total state revenues, from the university budget. Some of the cuts will be offset by a one-time $20 million payment from the UNC Health Care system, but the university will continue layoffs and struggle to keep some campus buildings open. “We’re working through what [the] final numbers may mean," Chancellor Holden Thorp said. "There will be measurable damage.”