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Column: The "Carolina Experience" comes at a cost

By Rajee Ganesan | January 9

"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But ...

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Column: The biggest science headlines of 2021

By Rajee Ganesan | November 30

"Although these just scratch the surface of scientific discoveries over the past year, they are just proof that science prevails in times of funding losses, ...

Farewell column: The necessary struggle of letting go

By Ben Rappaport | November 30

"The guilt of leaving this place will continue to haunt me, even after I am gone, but it is because of that sinking feeling, I know I have made my time ...

Column: Advocating for better sex education in NC

By Savannah Bradley | November 30

"Sexual health is a critical component of overall health, and when we deny students the right to unbiased, transparent health information, we put the ...

Column: What I'll miss about UNC over winter break

By Hannah Kaufman | November 29

"Maybe it’s a specific flower you pass on the way to your 10:10 am. Maybe it’s that guy you always find yourself walking at an uncomfortably similar ...

Column: The duality of politics in higher education

By Caitlyn Yaede | November 29

"Uprooting inequities in over 200 years of academia is too tall of a task for any one student body on any one campus, and it means also uprooting the ...

Column: A review of my first real semester on campus

By Josiah Townsend | November 29

"After a year of an empty campus and Zoom classes, the return to campus was highly anticipated. While, like any college experience, there are difficulties ...

Column: The omicron variant, explained

By Rajee Ganesan | November 28

"As of right now, the omicron variant is something to simply keep your eye on, and not something to worry about contracting on a trip to the grocery store. ...

Column: Here's to moving past Zoom and into the real world of sports media

By PJ Morales | November 28

"I’m excited to attend my first in-person press conference, just as excited as I was to get back to my first in-person class in three semesters."

Column: The dark past of UNC's megadonors — the Kenan family

By Michael Beauregard | November 22

"With so many places named for the Kenans, it is important to acknowledge from where their influence and power originally came. It did not come from William ...

Office DJ: Dark horse songs from musical geniuses

By Jeremiah Holloway | November 22

Truthfully, many popular artists have “hidden” gems in their discography that the casual fan likely knows, but only their most dedicated listeners ...

Column: We don't need to keep doing Friendsgiving

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | November 22

"For all of the positivity surrounding Friendsgiving, the celebration still revolves around the most controversial American tradition: Thanksgiving."

Column: The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict shouldn't surprise us

By Zari Taylor | November 21

"Rittenhouse did nothing wrong in the eyes of the law — and his lack of punishment reflects that. It doesn’t represent a flaw in the system because ...

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Column: Harry Styles’ beauty brand reveals some unpleasant truths

By Layla Peykamian | November 21

The success of Harry Styles' beauty line, Pleasing, highlights a problematic tendency within the beauty industry and other female-dominated fields. ...

Column: Sister Cindy uses hypnosis to enforce her 'ho no mo' agenda

By Hannah Kaufman | November 21

"Gary the Pit Preacher better step aside because UNC had a new sheriff — or should I say, hate-spewing, self-resenting, God-fearing, unwelcome loudmouth ...

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Column: Adele is in control, as she should be

By Ira Wilder | November 21

"I certainly won’t be leaving this album behind anytime soon. Showcasing her colossal vocal talent and raw lyricism, '30' has made me fall in love with ...

Column: Students in Greek Life aren’t too young to learn about race

By Zari Taylor and Caitlyn Yaede | November 18

"It’s a privilege to even have the opportunity to have these issues explained rather than learning as you go as someone who lives with the consequences ...

Column: The Pit isn't a place for extreme messaging

By Raymond Pang | November 18

"In a bid to make sure their message reaches and stays with people, many groups and individuals often resort to very extreme messaging or incendiary phrasing, ...

Column: The Kyle Rittenhouse trial and the threat of white vigilantes

By Caitlyn Yaede | November 17

"Rittenhouse’s actions are just one brush stroke in the larger picture of white vigilante violence that paints much of American political culture — and ...

Column: Keeping the faith through religion

By Charlsie Doan | November 17

"I started to think that religion, all types of religion, is humanity’s attempt to keep the faith. So many of us need to believe that life isn’t random, ...