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No. 12 UNC men's late 92-90 comeback pushes Tar Heels past Dayton in Maui Invitational

| November 26

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Getting DC to function again

By Graham Palmer | October 3

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past week, you probably noticed that the federal government has been shut down for a few days.

Step back from the plate

By Michael Dickson | October 2

Rest assured, your mom meant well. But she might have been unwittingly throwing you onto a self-destructive path to compulsive overeating. But hey! No ...

Falling on less hard times

By Memet Walker | October 2

Our lives are more hypersexualized than ever nowadays, and the trends are disturbing.

The minority report of UNC

By Trey Mangum | October 1

Last week this time as I was casually scrolling my Twitter feed, I saw many people were discussing the low enrollment of African-Americans at UNC, particularly ...

Local resources help entrepreneurs overcome barrier to success

By Julian Wooten | October 1

Early in my entrepreneurial journey, I asked the cliche question, “What’s the hardest part about being an entrepreneur?” A gentleman responded, ...

Get your green ?x at music festivals

By Holly Beilin | October 1

Since Woodstock, music festivals have been huge crowd pleasers, allowing fans to condense the experience of a dozen concerts, along with the chance to ...

Fat Bastard: have fun or else

By Katherine Proctor | September 29

For the uninitiated, there is a certain character in George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” fantasy series named Jon Snow.

University water activism flows through sculptures on campus

By Amelia Hubert | September 26

Sculpture is an exciting and engaging art in that it visually depicts an idea in three dimensions. Water is all around us and issues of this precious ...

Annie, please don't get your gun

By Megan Cassella | September 25

The day speculation began that U.S. residents might be among the gunmen in Kenya, my usually jovial professor turned serious.

Finding a mentor can help entrepreneurs fine-tune ideas

By Julian Wooten | September 24

At a lively networking event, I asked a fellow entrepreneur why he decided to start his own business. He chuckled and said, “It was two words from my ...

Marginal utility of tequila shots

By Glenn Lippig | September 24

Two weekends ago, I witnessed a tale of two alcohol drinkers. At a party, one girl was socializing and having a swell time; another girl head-butted a ...

Voter ID protects you and me

By Alex Keith | September 23

Voter ID defends the legitimacy of elections by ensuring every eligible citizen gets one vote. Those who complain that there’s a broader suppression ...

Who guards the guards?

By Graham Palmer | September 23

Over the summer, revelations about NSA surveillance rocked the political world.

An active solution to life's problems

By Alex Karsten | September 22

That’s right, kids, it’s my inevitable, autumn-inspired “Everything is changing and it’s very cool but very frightening!” column!

Grand Theft Column V

By Memet Walker | September 18

This week, I write that violent video games make people violent.

Desk jobs be damned! Creating your ideal job starts now

By Julian Wooten | September 18

I told my mother I was an entrepreneur. She asked, “Does this mean you’re unemployed?”

Voter ID law repeats history

By Trey Mangum | September 18

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham bombings, a youth-specific Moral Monday rally was held earlier this week in Raleigh, led by students ...

Call me crazy, but then what?

By Michael Dickson | September 17

So we as a society see someone do something crazy, right? Crazy here meaning demonstrably irrational — something we can’t imagine ourselves doing, ...

The face of a green citizen

By Holly Beilin | September 17

The environmental movement is one that affects everybody and should be a factor in decision-making in all sectors. However, there is a distasteful undercurrent ...

Kern Williams is a junior global studies major from Homewood, Ala.

Local activism should be celebrated, not ignored.

By Kern Williams | September 17

Political activism is good. In fact, it’s way better than residents of Chapel Hill could possibly understand. And we are snubbing it.