The University of North Carolina trustees have approved a proposal to construct a new building to house the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument.The statue of the anonymous soldier was erected on a main campus quad in 1913.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustees overwhelmingly approved the plan Monday, though at least one member voted no.The proposal now goes to the Board of Governors that oversees the statewide university system. They're expected to take it up at a meeting Dec. 14.Chancellor Carol Folt, who presented the plan, stressed that she would have preferred to move the statue completely off campus but that option would likely have conflicted with a state law governing Confederate statues and other monuments.Instead, the statue will be housed in a new $5.3 million building south of the university's hospital. That area is far removed from the main quad where the statue previously stood.

The University of North Carolina trustees have approved a proposal to construct a new building to house the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument.

The statue of the anonymous soldier was erected on a main campus quad in 1913.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustees overwhelmingly approved the plan Monday, though at least one member voted no.

The proposal now goes to the Board of Governors that oversees the statewide university system. They're expected to take it up at a meeting Dec. 14.

Chancellor Carol Folt, who presented the plan, stressed that she would have preferred to move the statue completely off campus but that option would likely have conflicted with a state law governing Confederate statues and other monuments.

Instead, the statue will be housed in a new $5.3 million building south of the university's hospital. That area is far removed from the main quad where the statue previously stood.