Column: If you know UNC for just its beauty, you don't know it well enough
"UNC is a beautiful place, but if that's all you know it for, then it's time to dig up the skeletons."
"UNC is a beautiful place, but if that's all you know it for, then it's time to dig up the skeletons."
"Creating a more inclusive and supportive environment requires more than just symbolic gestures during Black History Month."
"When your entire presence in the legislature is built around preventing other ideologies agendas, then you’re not actually pushing your own. This defensive strategy is pathetic. It isn’t mobilizing, it's banking on voters hating Republicans more than they like, or even dislike, Democrats."
"The question left is clear: how do we reconcile personal moral responsibility with the reality of the unethical systems we need to engage with?"
"Shoutout to Kyle Filipowski for giving Tar Heel nation a new Dookie to hate," DTH Sports Editor Shelby Swanson writes.
"As I wait to receive my professor’s decision as to who I’ve been grouped with, I enthusiastically daydream about my future project partner. And soon to be BFFL."
"Privilege and complacency are personal feelings, but their influence on your voting habits impacts all Americans."
"With the Grammy's rapidly approaching and nominations for coveted awards like Album of the Year officially out, here are my predictions for everyone's favorite winter award show."
"I found out that Lee Roberts was being knighted as UNC's interim chancellor on my recent 38 hour plane ride to New York, where I was stuck next to a 32 year old Harry Potter fan and her six newly adopted kids (all from different continents, except Antarctica — they don't have kids there.)"
"In the United States, cruel and unusual punishment is alive and well, and Alabama’s most recent maneuver around lethal injection sets a dangerous precedent for the justice system."
"Many people simply aren’t reading the articles that they claim to understand or are basing their conclusions on false information. This leads to a very reactionary discourse style wherein people spit catchy taglines at each other but do not delve into the nuance of any issue."
"There are real needs in North Carolina schools that aren’t being met, but instead lawmakers decided to craft a bill shrouded in rhetoric that does more harm than good."
"Real, educational and beneficial conversations are rooted in disagreement. We should possess the ability to tell another adult that we found their comment hurtful without resorting to anger or avoidance. We recoil when we hear what we don’t like, and oftentimes mistakenly label hurt as hate."
"North Carolina will have its presidential, state and local primary elections on March 5 where voters choose the party nominees for the November general election. There are a lot of fast approaching deadlines coming up for those wanting to vote."
"We invite you to join this generation’s community of organizers, all of us united in demanding a future free of gun violence."
"My roommate and I turned out to be really good friends. I wanted to spend time with her outside of our shared dorm, but what I really found so special about going random is that you get to truly develop who you are."
"Coffee shops, parks, libraries, museums and community centers — what do these places all have in common? They’re not your house or your workplace. They’re 'third places.'"
"In 2022, UNC students faced a “debilitating” housing crisis for the 2023-2024 school year. Last semester, as students registered for housing for the 2024-2025 school year, the problem seems to have only worsened."
"There is a lot to learn when it comes to the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of my people, and that includes non-Indigenous people as well. We are resilient and will never stop fighting for a healthy world that our future generations will tend to. They deserve clean water, healthy seasons, and fresh food."
My existential crisis began like any other: a well-meaning conversation with my relatives.