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Breaking:

Football head coach Mack Brown will not return to UNC next season

| November 26

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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 ...

Meredith Shutt is a senior English major from Fayetteville.

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. ...

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

Column: It's just, like, our opinion, man

By Henry Gargan | August 15

Opinions are like P2P horror stories, the saying goes. Everyone has one.

Column: A village shows greater values

By Matthew Zipple | July 21

T his is a story of two villages — one in which people tended to be content with their material possessions and one in which people did not. ...

Column: Parking lottery neglects students

By Meredith Shutt | July 14

What I loved about UNC-Wilmington wasn’t close proximity to the beach or an abundance of Seahawk Teal.

Column: A new coalition for change

By John Guzek | July 7

“The decade that changed the world” reads the dramatic tagline to TV’s latest take on the times that were a-changin’: “The Sixties” on CNN. ...

Column: FIFA’s bite was the cruelest

By Jonathan Ghysels | June 30

The World Cup provides an acceptable outlet for national pride. Attendants make their preferences known through tongue-in-cheek costumes and elaborate ...

Column: Sexual health needs funding

By Alice Wilder | June 23

C ome next year, UNC’s sexual health counseling may no longer be funded.

Column: Acknowledging student experiences only improves learning

By Henry Gargan | June 16

Trigger warning skeptics tend to turn into wizened old-timers when justifying themselves: It’s a rough world out there. Life is hard. Deal with it.

Column: Franklin loses its old charms

By Jonathan Ghysels | June 16

Given the integration of Chapel Hill’s downtown area in student life, it is hard to miss a new business still displaying opening signs.

Column: The road back to popular rule

By John Guzek | June 9

If your opportunity for a good job with rising pay is less than it would have been in1990, and Washington is busy playing politics, does it make a sound? ...

Column: HBCUs deserve more support

By Alice Wilder | June 2

For a couple days last week it looked like Elizabeth City State University was going to be shut down.

Column: Smoking ban violates choice

By Meredith Shutt | May 24

Proper etiquette on the London Underground is to evade eye contact. Coming home from classes as a study abroad student, I would stare at my hands or the ...

Column: UNC must not forget its history

By Ryan Simmons | May 19

UNC has a troubled past. Actually, that puts it too lightly. UNC has a history of centuries of oppression, exploitation, slavery and bigotry.

Column: Summer editor embraces challenge

By Paige Ladisic | May 13

I’ve never been the editor of anything before.