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Condom: not a public good

By Glenn Lippig | November 6

Few earthly commodities bring greater glee to a college male than free condoms.

The Pope Center’s gen ed obsession

By Alex Keith | November 6

Maybe it’s selfish of me to criticize the Pope Center’s “General Education at UNC-Chapel Hill.” As the Elephant in the Room, it’s usually my ...

Fixing the broken ladder

By Graham Palmer and Jonathan Herbert | November 3

The teaching profession is broken. In no other career are you expected to work for peanuts upon graduation and work 15 years before your salary reaches ...

And the winner is... the losers

By Memet Walker | October 31

On one hand, I’m happy Dean Smith is being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Smith was a great coach and, by all accounts, is a good man.

Violence: how does it work? Also cats

By Michael Dickson | October 31

I used to live with a cat. His name is Simba, but I called him Cat for simplicity’s sake. That was the role he played in my life, so it seemed silly ...

The answer is always no

By Trey Mangum | October 30

Halloween, Homecoming and the last day of classes are arguably the three biggest celebrations for college students. Unlike the latter two, Halloween offers ...

Could green be the new black?

By Holly Beilin | October 29

As someone whose entire high school wardrobe consisted of jorts and tanks, preparing for the winter is a big deal.

A game of clones: is it a zinf?

By Katherine Proctor | October 27

This weekend, a BFF of mine came through town, which was nice, and she also brought a bottle of wine, which was really nice.

A very small world after all

By Megan Cassella | October 24

It was sometime after the second bar, sometime before the first round of late-night waffles, that we opted to cut through the side alleyway in downtown ...

More tricks, less treats

By Glenn Lippig | October 24

Around this time last year, I attended a holiday on Franklin Street known as “Halloween.” The holiday was not like the Halloween I’d known as a ...

Breaking down the debate

By Alex Keith | October 22

I love debates. Lincoln-Douglas, Nixon-Kennedy, Vinick-Santos from season 7 of “The West Wing.” To me, debating is an intellectual blood sport. Two ...

Happy belated birthday, UNC

By Alex Karsten | October 22

This University recently turned 220 years old. Whether it’s actually the oldest public university in the country (of course it is) is not important ...

How we can be more happy

By Graham O. Palmer | October 21

Since 1776, a concept called the “pursuit of happiness” has been enshrined in America’s national consciousness.

Sorry, closed for business

By Trey Mangum | October 16

As I was walking through the Streets at Southpoint last week, I overheard a conversation that a young woman was having with someone over the phone.

Let’s booze while it’s still cute

By Katherine Proctor | October 14

This weekend, laid up with a gnarly cold, I turned to the ever trusty DayQuil/NyQuil treatment program. These medicines’ labels warn consumers that ...

Taking a step of the treadmill

By Holly Beilin | October 13

Anyone who knows me knows that unless I get a decent dose of exercise — and the post-workout rush of endorphins — I’m a bit … cranky. And ...

Trade a beer, make a deal

By Megan Cassella | October 10

Tucked at the end of a cobblestone street, just around the bend from the Houses of Parliament, an aged pub sits like any other. Inside, a heavy, dusty ...

The bike-walk class struggle

By Glenn Lippig | October 10

Are you in Carolina’s 90 percent? Karl Marx, an eminent economist and starving communist, once wrote in his Communist Manifesto that “the history ...

Speak like no one’s listening

By Alex Keith | October 9

Recently, I was informed by the DTH’s own Caroline Leland that UNC students who identify as conservative feel a certain anxiety about speaking their ...

Why you should love Achilles

By Alex Karsten | October 8

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t had a chance to get caught up yet on the latest episode of The Iliad, this column is going to give away a lot of plot ...