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You Asked for It: In which we woo our TAs and embrace life without sleep

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | September 30

Assistant copy editor Drew Goins (sugar and spice) and assistant online editor Kelsey Weekman (everything nice) are “You Asked for It,” a weekly column ...

Marisa DiNovis is the Copy Co-Editor. She is a senior English and journalism major from Sayville, N.Y.

Column: The Captain's curtain call

By Marisa DiNovis | September 29

The Empire State Building. Times Square. Central Park. The Brooklyn Bridge. The Strand bookstore. The Statue of Liberty. Pizza in Little Italy. Broadway ...

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

Column: A listicle for CUAB

By Jackie O'Shaughnessy | September 29

The Carolina Union Activities Board: They made our lives better with beautiful things such as Wale, great movies and college student kryptonite — ...

Brian Vaughn is a sophomore environmental studies major from Daytona Beach, Fla.

Column: Green future is bright

By Brian Vaughn | September 26

I t’s very easy to come off as a pessimist when talking about environmental issues.

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

Column: Political ploy costs NC lives

By Nikhil Umesh | September 26

The killing of Michael Brown in broad daylight has focused our nation’s collective attention on the differential treatment of black and white Americans ...

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

Column: Being the business monkey

By Matt Leming | September 25

My first idea when reviving the UNC Computer Science Club was to “group idea-makers with people who could make those ideas happen.”

Column: Include race in rape discourse

By Ishmael Bishop | September 24

More than half of undergraduate students at UNC identify as women. And of those women, approximately 20 percent will be victims of sexual assault during ...

Column: Stay blessed; love one another

By Alice Wilder | September 23

There’s a reason the image of a Columbia University student hauling her mattress across campus, helped by many of her peers, has imprinted itself upon ...

You asked for it: In which we banish Netflix and make peace with UNC football

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | September 23

Assistant copy editor Drew Goins (Tom Haverford meets Gordo from “Lizzie McGuire”) and assistant online editor Kelsey Weekman (any character played ...

Corey Buhay is a senior environmental science major from Atlanta.

Column: Forest revelers, leave no trace

By Corey Buhay | September 22

My high school cross-country team had summer practices off campus. We interpreted the term “long run” to mean “long time gone” rather than “long ...

Grace Raynor is the Sports Editor. She is a senior journalism major from Morganton.

Column: UNC football team's defense in the spotlight

By Grace Raynor | September 22

This unprecedented 70-41 loss was so bad, so shocking in the worst of ways, that it’s left North Carolina head football coach Larry Fedora questioning ...

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

Column: Opinion editor tells all

By Henry Gargan | September 19

Sometimes my friends ask me what an opinion editor does. I never have a good answer.

Meredith Shutt is a senior English major from Fayetteville.

Column: Rock is not dead, Gene Simmons

By Meredith Shutt | September 18

“Rock is finally dead.”

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

Column: The benefits of being basic

By Clark Cunningham | September 17

When Thomas Brock and his undergraduate assistant Hudson Freeze traveled to Yellowstone in the ‘60s, they were searching for bacteria capable of living ...

Seth Rose is a senior political science major from Durham.

Column: Rumors of Pope as UNC president

By Seth Rose | September 16

Art Pope, CEO of Variety Wholesalers Inc. and former state budget director for Gov. Pat McCrory, has long wielded far too much power in North Carolina. ...

You Asked for It: In which we hate on Biebs and discuss life in sorority chateaux

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | September 16

Assistant copy editor Drew Goins (responsible for Britney Spears’ shaved head) and assistant online editor Kelsey Weekman (the one who told Adam Levine ...

Carlos Collazo is a junior from Sanford. He is an assistant sports editor.

Column: Building dynasty requires high expectations for success

By Carlos Collazo | September 15

If you missed the men’s soccer game Friday night, but somehow managed to sneak down onto the field after and listen to Coach Carlos Somoano’s postgame ...

Column: A listicle for your walks to class

By Jackie O'Shaughnessy | September 15

Whether you’re a senior living on North Columbia Street or a freshman in Hinton James, walks to class can be tedious, exhausting and super awk.

Column: UNC students deserve Board of Governors voice

By Nikhil Umesh | September 12

Affordability, fair representation and a multitude of well-heeded voices are what distinguish UNC as a public university.

Column: The real source of all misery

By Matthew Leming | September 9

The first thing an incoming freshman learns about UNC is that ConnectCarolina sucks: drop-down menus, 130 or more results cannot be displayed, random ...