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Bailey Barger is a senior business and communications major from Huntersville.

Guest column: Avoid waste as you prepare to leave Chapel Hill for the summer

By Bailey Barger | March 27

Thrifting is the name of the game and lucky for you, I am a thrifting Jedi.

Meredith Shutt is a senior English major from Fayetteville.

Column: Comedy contains hidden truths

By Meredith Shutt | March 26

Growing up, I found solace in television. TV felt easy, like instantaneous access to hyper-beautiful realms. My go-to programs were “Dawson’s Creek,” ...

Clark Cunningham is a senior biochemistry and biology major from Chapel Hill.

Column: Uncle Sam says zinc is food

By Clark Cunningham | March 24

Whether to promote longevity or prevent nuisances like colds or allergies, dietary supplements are widely used in this country.

You Asked for It: In which we fix your busted bracket and try to befriend Carol Folt

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | March 23

Drew Goins (whose bracket got pretty upset) and Kelsey Weekman (who’s just upset in general) are the advice columnists of “You Asked for It.” Results ...

Seth Rose is a senior political science major from Durham.

Column: We're not that great, y'all

By Seth Rose | March 23

In high school, I assessed my personal worth against others quantitatively. My self-esteem could have been reduced to a mathematical formula based on ...

Daniel Wilco is a senior writer. He is a senior journalism major from Atlanta, Ga.

Column: A special kind of family

By Daniel Wilco | March 22

Bess Brinkley insists she’s not interesting, that what she did is not worthy of a conversation, much less a column

The Street Scene Teen Center is hosting a "huge poster sale" until Friday. The sale benefits the center.

Column: A listicle for the other A-word

By Jackie O'Shaughnessy | March 22

“Adulthood” is an extremely nerve-wracking word for those of us leaving this beautiful campus in May.

Matt Leming is a senior computer science major from New Orleans.

Column: Banning Yik Yak isn't a solution

By Matt Leming | March 20

“‘Oh Harry, don’t you see?’ Hermione breathed. ‘If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school ...

Jenny Surane is the 2014-15 Editor-in-Chief. She is a senior business journalism major from Cornelius.

Column: UNC’s public records service has been inexplicably poor

By Jenny Surane | March 18

It’s appalling that the University spends $600,000 staffing its public records office each year, yet Jonathan Jones, director of the N.C. Open Government ...

Nikhil Umesh is a senior environmental health science major from Greensboro.

Column: Racism on and off the bus

By Nikhil Umesh | March 18

On March 8, a video surfaced showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant. The university swiftly ...

Henry Gargan is the Opinion Editor. He is a senior journalism and global studies major from Chapel Hill.

Column: Don’t sweat the back sweat

By Henry Gargan | March 17

What do you wish you’d known about college before you got to UNC?

You Asked for It: In which we prepare you for your spring break conversations

March 16

Drew Goins (white dudes hold the record for creepy crimes) and Kelsey Weekman (but females are strong as hell) are the advice columnists of “You Asked ...

Column: Dear BOG: Show, don't tell

By Alice Wilder | March 16

It’s a simple lesson taught in most introductory writing classes: “Show, don’t tell.”

Column: Even if Roy Williams made mistakes, his decency shines through

By Daniel Wilco | March 16

Recently, UNC and Daily Tar Heel alumnus S.L. Price wrote a piece for Sports Illustrated about how The Carolina Way is dead.

Corey Buhay is a senior environmental science major from Atlanta.

Column: Celebrate little, irrational things

By Corey Buhay | March 16

It just so happened that the Pi Day of the century occurred over spring break: March 14, 2015, or 3/14/15 — the first five digits of pi.

Column: It’s not just a catfight: it’s beef

By Meredith Shutt | March 5

I unashamedly watch E! News every weekday evening. The mostly Kardashian-related coverage might seem vapid, but I find celebrity culture pertinent to ...

Column: Paying a visit to the BOG

By Dinesh McCoy | March 3

After months of attempting to change the Board of Governors’ collective opinion on the closing of three UNC centers, on Friday, in Charlotte, we decided ...

Column: Science says this column is good

By Clark Cunningham | March 3

During any prolonged study session, it is a safe bet that most UNC students will take a break to browse social media. Part of this procrastination might ...

You Asked for It: In which we channel our inner Dad and learn to stop the music

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | March 2

Drew Goins (Punctuation is Fun-ctuation!) and Kelsey Weekman (They don’t call her Kelsey “Grammar.”) are the advice columnists of “You Asked for ...

Column: Death will not bring us justice

By Seth Rose | March 2

I was in Alabama for a job interview when I learned about the brutal killing of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha.