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Quickhits for September 4, 2014

Where's the bacon?

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Merritt’s, home to the world’s best BLT, has gotten into the habit of running out of bacon. The environmental and economic effects of hog-farming notwithstanding, this is a tragedy. We love you so, so much, Merritt’s. We love your old-timey sodas and bamboo forest. But the bacon is a dealbreaker. 

Simpsons 4ever

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FXX gets it. To be sure, there have been TV marathons before, but nothing on the scale of what this network did with “The Simpsons” by running every episode consecutively for 12 days. This is the start of a golden age where legacy cable and our prodigious binge-watching habits live in perfect harmony. 

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Oh God, we’re so sorry. We were going to write a quick hit about Dance Marathon people already being in the Pit, but we caught ourselves just in time. It was bad of us, and we apologize. Anyway, Dance Marathon is one of many campus organizations full of people trying to make a very loud difference. It’s OK.

Good trucks

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Chapel Hill has a tendency to take minor inconveniences super seriously at the expense of fun and joy. Food trucks have rarely been allowed to venture into the town’s borders — until now! Kudos to Carolina Dining Services for sticking it to the man and having food trucks park right the hell in front of Davis Library. 

Come on, yo

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If you’ve been around an internet recently, you know about the massive leak of celebrity nudes. Not cool. There are plenty of other people on the internet who are more than happy for you to see them naked. No need to go out of your way to see these particular naked people and violate their privacy.

Cricketnado

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Here’s a fun headline for you from the Discovery Channel website: “Nightmarish Cricket That Eats Anything Is Now Invading the US.”  It’s happening! This sounds terrifying but also sort of awesome. Anything? Really? That seems a little extreme. Like, even household appliances? Or the vegan options in Lenoir?