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No. 12 UNC men's basketball falls to Michigan State, 94-91, in overtime of Maui Invitational's third place game

| November 28

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Column: Let's turn toward optimism

By Vance Stiles | March 22

"America is faced with the choice of continuing the turn to optimism instead of setting the rudder back to violence."

Column: A year without sex

By Savannah Bradley | March 22

What really happens when you lose a year of sex?

Column: CRISPR cures — the ethics of what's next in gene editing

By Rajee Ganesan | March 22

Genome editing is a powerful, cutting-edge technology that could potentially reshape clinical environments and people's lives.

Column: Wealth inequality in the college admission process

By Josiah Townsend | March 21

"The college admissions scandal has exposed the ultra-competitive nature of the college application process. In this process, it’s the wealthy that ...

Column: This is for the seniors

By Elisa Kadackal | March 18

"We’re growing, and it doesn’t always feel safe or stable. But we are also planting and taking the time to manifest the beauty and joys we hope to ...

Column: Generation Z and kids in a crisis

By Brooke Dougherty | March 18

"As a generation, we aren’t just growing up against a backdrop of a crisis — our whole lives have been fundamentally impacted as we live through it." ...

Column: UNC is not just a basketball school

By JC Leser | March 18

"History shows that UNC is not and has never been just a basketball school, but rather the best sports school in the Triangle and the ACC."

Column: Yes, you should try ASMR to relax

By Ana Sofia Thomas | March 17

"But if in the end, you find that nothing out there in ASMR is for you, at least don’t judge those who genuinely find it helpful."

Column: No, we can't just print more money

By Vance Stiles | March 17

What exactly is inflation? How do we measure it? What happens if it’s "too high” or "too low?” And does it actually matter, or is it just an imaginary ...

Column: Deepfakes, deeper stakes

By Joseph Kargbo | March 17

"Although humorous in their creation and occasionally in their application, deepfake generator models have the potential to destroy the lives of politicians, ...

Durham faith-based advocacy group La Semilla holds refugee vaccination event

Column: Handling COVID-19 vaccine distribution the right way

By Liam Bendezu | March 16

"While the vaccine has proved to be a sign of hope for some, its distribution has been littered with ethical problems."

Column: Where’s my stimmy?

By Vance Stiles | March 15

"With the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, many college students may be asking, 'Where’s my stimmy check at?'”

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Old North State stories: The life of Ella May Wiggins and the 1929 mill strikes in Gastonia

By Michael Beauregard | March 15

92 years after the Loray Mill strike, inadequate wages, poor working conditions and automation continue to harm workers and their ability to live their ...

Column: Why Meghan Markle's interview isn't surprising

By Aditi Kharod | March 14

"Meghan is for us what Diana was for our mothers: an aspirational tale of someone who refused to take the unwarranted abuse she faced daily and instead ...

Column: The pros and cons of standardized tests

By Raymond Pang | March 14

Should admission tests like the SAT and ACT should be permanently ignored when considering future applicants? Here are the pros and cons of these ...

Column: First generation students deserve more from UNC

By Caitlyn Yaede | March 14

"Perhaps now more than ever, UNC should take first-generation students into consideration: the emotional and academic barriers they face, and how virtual ...

Column: A cruel summer, spring and fall of covering COVID-19 at UNC

By Maddie Ellis and Maeve Sheehey | March 10

Former University Editor Maeve Sheehey and current University Editor Maddie Ellis share their experiences covering the pandemic as student journalists. ...

Column: American infrastructure is not doing well

By JC Leser | March 9

"The U.S. needs to invest more in infrastructure nationally, and individual states need to put the money to good use, addressing the needs that their ...

Column: Let's celebrate sports during COVID-19

By Hunter Nelson | March 9

Any sports fan will understand the rush of euphoria that comes with a mid-March notification. But on March 12, 2020, a different kind of alert slid across ...

Column: What COVID-19 taught us about science this year

By Rajee Ganesan | March 9

COVID-19 has radically impacted and revealed things about science in many ways this year. Here are just a few things that we have learned over the ...