UNC, it’s Friday! We’ve worked hard through the first full week of classes this semester, and it’s time to have a relaxing weekend — but before you do, you might face a little social anxiety in lecture, or find your loans are stressing you out. Nevertheless, here’s the news to ease your weekend transition:
QUICK HITS
- “‘Becoming a Woman’ poses the question: are we truly alienated from the past?” Ackland Art museum’s newest 130-piece exhibit explores the socialization and adaptation of French women in the eighteenth century.
- COLUMN: “To me, it’s simple: there is absolutely nothing wrong with a power forward or center working on a 3-point shot, but he cannot fall in love with it.” Sports editor Chapel Fowler examines the new toy of professional basketball, its yields and why it’s a disservice to players.
- One of the first Black undergraduate students admitted to UNC has died due to complications with cancer. But even past death, John Lewis Brandon’s legacy lives on.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
- In the face of students with social anxiety, instructors are looking for alternative methods of calculating class participation.
- "People interact with the landscape, and they don’t only see trees. They see histories of their family – they see nationality.” A UNC professor has travelled to Puerto Rico to tell the stories of rural communities with clean water after Hurricane Maria.
- Remodeling for consistency and creating a prominent entrance to the Town of Chapel Hill are just two of the goals UNC Health Care lists in a proposal for the redevelopment of Eastowne Drive buildings.
STATE AND NATIONAL
- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s three-part traveling lecture came to Chapel Hill yesterday, where he tackled sexual assault, drug misuse, and student loans.
- “North Carolina is a 50-50 state, but the reason we’re not functioning like that on a political level is because of gerrymandering.” Congressional redistricting has sparked debate among state lawmakers, who are facing added pressure from upcoming midterm elections.
- An increase in debt, an increase in stress: students — especially those from affluent families — who take out loans to pay for college find difficulty in bearing the weight of borrowing and its mental toll.
Brandon Standley
Brandon Standley is the editorial managing editor of The Daily Tar Heel. He is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill studying public relations and psychology.
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