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Column: The case for "Westworld" — one of TV's greatest but most neglected series

By Guillermo Molero | August 7

"Despite its stellar output, 'Westworld' has cratered in ratings. The show’s first season averaged a viewership of over 1.8 million people in 2016 but ...

Column: Ready, Set, Rate My Professors

By Hannah Kaufman | August 7

"Welcome to my Rate My Professors Roundup. My Rodeo of Rankings. My Rad Review Rendezvous. Below I have included some real reviews I found on Rate My ...

Column: Mack Brown's recruits arrived, so it's now or never for UNC football

By Evan Rogers | July 14

"However, despite the success North Carolina has seen on the recruiting trail over the past few years, the Tar Heels’ performance on the field has failed ...

Column: First year expectations – the good, the bad and the ugly

By Hannah Kaufman | July 12

"Well, I am here to inform you that however familiar you think you are with UNC — you know nothing. But don’t worry, this article will be a guide ...

Column: Ranking the seven places to eat at the bottom of Lenoir Hall

By Lucas Thomae | July 5

"Not sure where to spend your precious Plus Swipes? Do not worry. Without further adieu, here is my very official and infallible ranking of the seven ...

Column: A first year's guide to weekending in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

By Sarah Choi | June 24

"It can be difficult to make weekend plans as a first-year student. If you’re not road tripping home for the weekend, you may be wondering how to occupy ...

Column: Two goals made the difference for this year's UNC women's lacrosse team

By Noah Monroe | June 1

If only two more shots would’ve gone in last year, North Carolina women's lacrosse would’ve been in the 2021 national championship game. This year, ...

Column: Reflecting on UNC women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Levy's legacy

By Shelby Swanson | May 30

While Sunday’s NCAA women's lacrosse championship game will be commemorated for the culmination of a perfect season and a redemption run for the UNC’s ...

Column: Netflix needs to reassess its key audience — college students

By Arul Gundam | May 12

"Following years of success and growth, Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of the year. This downward trend threatens to persist if ...

Column: UNC Law devalues public interest work

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | May 10

"There are many factors that must go into budgetary decisions, some of which are indisputably valid. But public interest work is constantly devalued. ...

Column: I've never had to live without legal abortions. Overturning Roe v. Wade changes everything.

By Sophie Teague | May 9

"This is a severe and devastating blow to bodily autonomy across America and this decision leaves many uncertain about the future of abortion rights." ...

Column: Hussman’s provisional accreditation is not “unexpected”

By Caitlyn Yaede | May 4

"Despite immediate, and understandable, outrage at the profoundly irresponsible administration that allowed this to happen, we shouldn’t be surprised ...

Column: UNC must allocate more resources to paid parental leave

By Georgia Roda-Moorhead | May 4

"No individual should have to choose between their career and current or prospective child."

Column: The Streaker’s Guide to Streaking

By Hannah Kaufman | April 28

"Do you remember that old saying from when we were kids? If you’re feeling nervous, just picture your whole class in their underwear. Well, picture ...

Column: Despite GOP attacks, tenure is absolutely essential to higher education

By Caitlyn Yaede | April 26

"Tenure is absolutely essential to higher education, not only to protect professors but to ensure classrooms that foster productive debates, and are free ...

Farewell column: Saying goodbye to the DTH, speed bumps and all

By Praveena Somasundaram | April 26

"We fell down a lot, and we also fought like hell to get back up. To get back to the good parts — the ones that make your heart feel light, right before ...

Farewell column: Reflecting on my complicated relationship with the DTH

By Maydha Devarajan | April 25

"It can feel like life or death sometimes, but at the end of the day, it’s not your job to fix all of the DTH’s issues. Take the best things you can ...

Farewell column: How to quit the DTH

By Chris Ocana | April 25

"And it’s funny because even as I look back, lamenting some moments of struggle within the DTH, here I am almost a year later, wishing I could’ve ...

Farewell Column: UNC doesn’t protect survivors of sexual assault. I know because I am one.

By Savannah Bradley | April 25

"And I do represent Carolina. I represent the one in three women that are sexually assaulted on this campus. I represent the intelligent young women who ...

Column: Is TSA right to lift mask mandates?

By Raymond Pang | April 25

"This summer, don’t let COVID-19 stop you from taking that trip you’ve been planning for months, or from exploring new sights and expanding your horizons. ...