Indivisible Orange County recently hosted a rally in support of academic freedom in higher education. The local event worked to raise awareness about increasing government restrictions on educational content and reductions in federal education funding, particularly at UNC and public universities. On Friday, several dozen community members, university students, and faculty gathered at 140 West Franklin Street to hear and share words of support at the Right to Light demonstration. Co-Director of Civic Engagement for UNC Young Democrats Emma Cecchini is one student who spoke at the event, and she explained how she thinks nearly every Carolina student currently feels a threat to higher education. “UNC is constantly ranked among the top universities for research, but 38.4 million dollars in research funding was cut by the Trump administration,” Cecchini said. “I guarantee that if you walk around campus and just ask random students, ‘Hey, how has the Trump funding cuts affected you?’ I gua...