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Column: Coloring in Greek life at UNC

By Ishmael Bishop | September 8

A history lesson: UNC did not acknowledge ? its first historically African-American Greek organization until 1967, six years after the founding of the ...

Corey Buhay is a senior environmental science major from Atlanta.

Column: Climbing is hard for short people

By Corey Buhay | September 7

I went outdoor rock climbing for the first time last week, and I’ve got more than an excusable quantity of bruises to prove it.

You Asked for It: In which we find a #bae and keep our Insta game fresh

By Drew Goins and Kelsey Weekman | September 7

Assistant copy editor Drew Goins (the one with the good eyebrows) and assistant online editor Kelsey Weekman (the one with the even better eyebrows) have ...

Bradley Saacks is the University Editor. He is a junior journalism major from Cary.

Column: Put us in our place, please

By Bradley Saacks | September 7

The coaches got it wrong.

Column: CPCs present a quiet threat

By Alice Wilder | September 7

I stood in the dirt in the July sunshine next to a man twice my age, who was holding a giant sign that read “abortion kills.” He was berating my friend, ...

Meredith Shutt is a senior English major from Fayetteville.

Column: I woke up like this: ***flawed

By Meredith Shutt | September 4

Beyonce’s performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards was impressive. In a tightly choreographed 16-minute routine, Queen Bey slayed nearly ...

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

Column: Beware of anti-vaccine rhetoric

By Clark Cunningham | September 2

In the summer of 1952, an epidemic of polio terrorized the nation, killing more than 3,000 people and paralyzing more than 21,000. Today, this seems unimaginable. ...

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

Column: A listicle for your nights out

By Jackie O'Shaughnessy | September 1

Hi, hello and welcome to the first installment of GET A HANDLE OF JACK. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (wait, please don’t cry!) and if nothing else, ...

Column: History sides with women's soccer

By Jeremy Vernon | September 1

It wasn’t a bad question.

Sam Schaefer is a junior history and public policy major from Chapel Hill.

Column: Seriousness of assault requires candor, firm penalty

By Sam Schaefer | September 1

Saturday evening, when North Carolina’s football team ran roughshod over Liberty, it was easy to get lost in the atmosphere — the smell of delicious, ...

Seth Rose is a senior political science major from Durham.

Column: The trouble with finality

By Seth Rose | September 1

Twenty years ago, Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun offered a statement rarely heard from a figure of his stature. He passionately renounced the ...

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

Column: Come work at The Daily Tar Heel

By Jenny Surane | August 27

You may have noticed something was a little off with our paper Thursday.

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

Column: We all share these streets

By Nikhil Umesh | August 26

Beyond the posh facade and starry-eyed nostalgia it evokes, Chapel Hill can provide a wake-up call to a world harsher and more unforgiving than its title, ...

Column: Allies won't save the world

By Ishmael Bishop | August 25

It’s cliche, but there’s something to be said about strength in numbers. Another body added to the flanks of a movement has always been welcomed. ...

Column: Dems face dilemma in NC

By Alice Wilder | August 24

On Nov. 4, 2014, I hope North Carolinians go to the polls and vote for Kay Hagan. But not because I’m excited about her and her policy.

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

Column: Team in limbo while Fedora decides who will get quarterback nod

By Grace Raynor | August 24

I sat there in that Sutton’s booth, my head down and my face as bright as the leftover ketchup on my plate — picking at my little brother’s ...

Column: Listen when J. Cole speaks

By Meredith Shutt | August 22

The footage from Ferguson stings. Black men raising their hands, yelling, “Don’t shoot!” and confronting their default societal determination of ...

Column: Nature can be a fickle frond

By Corey Buhay | August 20

Nature is out to get me. Try as I might to hug the trees and commune with the woodland creatures, it really does want me dead.

Column: Why scientific literacy matters

By Clark Cunningham | August 19

Many bright UNC students have a fear of science that stems from horror stories about its introductory courses. More than a few are relieved they will ...

Column: Rating Powell's tech platform

By Matthew Leming | August 19

Student government doesn’t attract very many computer programmers, but student body presidents tend to include difficult tech points in their platforms. ...