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UNC women's soccer defeats Santa Clara, 1-0, in the second round of the NCAA tournament

| November 22

Column

NC Abortion bills veil hypocrisy toward women's health

By Nathan Vail | July 9

N.C. Republicans are determined to carry to term an abortion bill that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and an incredible detriment to the health of women. ...

Will work for free, pay for it, too

By Marisa DiNovis | July 3

Unemployment is the lowest it’s been since 2009. The economy’s downward spiral has stopped spinning out of control. So why, I ask, is it so difficult ...

Thoughts on religion from the road

By Carey Hanlin | June 26

Clutching my passport and scanning the overhead signs for the English words “visa” or “customs,” I asked myself for the first time in six months ...

No changing minds in General Assembly

By Mark Chilton | June 19

As a Moral Monday protestor, I don’t expect to have my actions change the minds of the Tea Party-controlled state legislature. That was never the point. ...

Some real talk about angst

By Henry Gargan | June 18

The late Mitch Hedberg once said that alcoholism is the only disease you can get yelled at for having. But all types of mental illness provoke prejudice, ...

Just the beginning for UNC baseball

By Michael Lananna | June 12

It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. No, it was supposed to be a foregone conclusion, a walk in the park, a — dare I say it — home run.

The dark future of cellphone bans?

By Michael Dickson | June 11

As with all authoritarian, dystopian societies, this one starts with something relatively reasonable and well-meaning. The year is 2015, only two years ...

A look back at liberal arts

By Madeline Merrill | June 5

After four years of papers, late-night snacks, planners with to-do lists as long as the assignments themselves and piles of books nestled behind a mountain ...

No guilt for this Boy Scout

By Henry Gargan | May 29

I am an Eagle Scout, but I wasn’t always sure if I was supposed to be one. As soon as I was old enough to think critically about what I did with my ...

Challenging the University to remain accountable

By Megan Cassella | May 22

Former Chancellor James Moeser said Friday he’s angry with the media for targeting UNC and mocking the Carolina Way, tarnishing its nobler purpose by ...

The ?erce urgency of now

By Zaina Alsous | May 15

If you were to have told me when I first came to UNC that in a few years I would find myself in handcuffs, I would have called you crazy.

Finding how to get to Mars

By Sarah Edwards | April 25

Last week, I went to the planetarium’s senior night, a very nostalgic, senior-y thing. It felt vast, scary, and as the screen rotated toward Mars, I ...

Caution: so many feelings ahead

By Sarah Bufkin | April 24

I spent my first night at Carolina picking through the dollar-spot at Target and trying to find someone, anyone, to bond with over neon shower caddies. ...

An ode to the all-nighters

By Michael Dickson | April 23

There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get when you scratch “sleep” off of your to-do list. It’s intimidating but liberating — another bodily ...

Put a fence around Raleigh

By Stewart Boss | April 22

Republicans have a bone to pick with UNC. It’s a conservative vs. liberal dynamic that has defined the precarious relationship of the N.C. General Assembly ...

Race in Boston bombing coverage

By Averi Harper | April 21

After four days of poring over an overwhelming amount of tips, putting the city on lockdown and executing a frantic search, the police have a teenage ...

Thanks, Obama, for all you do

By Everett Lozzi | April 18

At the end of each and every column this year, I’ve made certain to give a shoutout to President Barack Obama. He’s my president, after all (and yours, ...

When Carolina dumps you

By Jagir Patel | April 17

What do you mean “breaking up?”

Thinking outside the sanity box

By Michael Dickson | April 16

What would you say if I told you that creative and crazy, in a clinical sense, were not two distinct, unrelated characteristics — that they don’t ...

How to lose like a winner!

By Memet Walker | April 15

I can’t explain it, but something in Andy’s voice told me the news wasn’t good. “You didn’t get the job.”