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Diving headfirst into the real world

By Lucie Shelly | April 16

Like roughly 5,000 of the rest of you, I am a senior about to jump off the pier of graduation on May 13.

Column: Health insurance mandate necessary

By Andrew Moon | April 13

As you’re planning a night out with friends, you start to feel strange. Your throat is sore, your muscles are achy, and you start feeling so bad that ...

Taking an active role in the DTH

By Maggie Zellner | April 11

If you’re a very careful reader of The Daily Tar Heel, you may have noticed a box on page 7 of today’s paper inviting members of the community to ...

Shades of gray in grammar rules

By Mark Abadi | April 10

Be clear. Omit needless words. Revise and rewrite. To any English student, these aphorisms should be familiar: They’re the commandments inscribed in ...

Academic advising: A work in progress

By Josh Ford | April 9

It’s been refreshing to see how hard advisers work. But they’re ultimately shackled by a deficient system, and there’s still work to be done.

The culture divide's consequences

By Anthony Dent | April 8

Do you know who Jimmie Johnson is? If you do, then chances are you aren’t a cultural elite, according to the quiz inspired by Charles Murray’s recent ...

Adrienne Rich and the power of poetry

By Sarah Edwards | April 3

April is National Poetry Month. But does poetry matter — or, more specifically, is it relevant to society? The other day, I read an article on that ...

A policy platform against Amendment One

By Francis Wong and Kate Matthews | April 2

If Amendment One passes next month, the consequences will span far beyond the institution of marriage.

Politicians must be able to persuade

By Anthony Dent | April 1

Partisanship and ideology only cause gridlock. Or so the popular argument goes. At the end of the day, the political process often results in gridlock ...

Strengthen UNC’s ties with the state

By Allison Hawkins | April 1

After my last column ran, I got an email from Nicholas Didow, a professor at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He invited me along to shadow a class ...

Andy Thomason's platform

By Andy Thomason | March 28

The Daily Tar Heel benefits from a culture of quick and detailed reporting, but needs to better address audience demand. To accomplish this, I will implement ...

Women initiate, like, change

By Mark Abadi | March 27

Linguists have long recognized that women are the pioneers of language change. Women typically innovate linguistic changes, like a shift in vowel sounds, ...

A green light for traveling food

By Holly Beilin | March 26

For students who find the 2 a.m. trek from Bob’s to BSki’s a little bit daunting, Chapel Hill Town Council seems to have come up with a solution: ...

Sacrifices, students and the NCAA

By Sarah Edwards | March 22

When it comes to worshipping at the altar of UNC sports, I know my devotion doesn’t hold a candle to many of my classmates.

Forever loyal to the nation state

By Joel Semakula and Allison Hawkins | March 22

In the interest of full disclosure, you should know that one of us loves football, tea and the Queen. The other prefers soccer, coffee and Kate Middleton. ...

Engage voices of long-term residents

By Zaina Alsous | March 20

Developers in Chapel Hill recognize that students are a profitable market. But the Chapel Hill community is not, and has never been, limited to students. ...

Tracking habits, not just weight

By Andrew Moon | March 20

Most college students are less worried about heart disease than looking good enough to break hearts. But there is one key factor that long-term health ...

This spring, celebrate color

By Jagir Patel | March 18

As we get wrapped up in these idyllic moments, we must not fail to notice the dark clouds approaching our community, whose arrival would undermine the ...

Doing bigger and better things

By Allison Hawkins | March 18

Confession One: I’m not sure if this makes me an egomaniac or just a glutton for punishment, but I do read what online commenters say about my columns ...

Education is an asset, not a basic right

By Anthony Dent | March 14

Just like the phantom lane violation that may have cost UNC–Asheville the game against Syracuse, asserting a right to education during the recent debate ...