The odd traditions of the Nacirema: The religion of basketball

"Basketball is a traditional competition where the tallest children in the village attempt to put a brown sphere into a sacred high basket. It is quite ...

Column: Support the UCSC strike for COLA

"As the underpaid, overworked UCSC graduate workers put their careers, livelihoods and even immigration status on the line, we have to stand behind them." ...

Column: Misinformation spreads faster than the coronavirus

The virus has impacted UNC students in a multitude of ways; from the University banning all nonessential travel to China and potentially suspending study ...

Column: Old North State Stories: UNC and the Spanish flu

The disease took the life of then-University President Edward Graham on Oct. 26. His successor, Marvin Stacy, would also be lost to the disease, dying ...

Column: It's time to grow out of posting degrading comments on athletes' social media

“Again you are the worst player to ever dawn a unc uniform absolute disgrace.” “Please transfer.” These are a few of the comments that can be ...

Column: Lessons from Brexit

"While the drama surrounding Brexit is quite entertaining on its own, it has brought to our attention that maybe the U.S. is much more similar to the ...

Column: Remembering the lives we lost

Remembering Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, three lives lost in a hate crime five years ago.

Column: Why is it so hard to get PrEP on campus?

"Let’s remember that there are low-income, Black and Latinx students on this campus. Let’s also remember that these students’ access to PrEP is ...

Column: An ode to Lisa Drew

"Abstinence-only education doesn’t work. In fact, all of the evidence shows that abstinence-only education is ineffective at best, but also that it ...

Column: Is former Tar Heel Nassir Little subtweeting Roy Williams?

My only advice to Nassir Little comes from the words of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster: keep your emotions off the internet.

The odd traditions of the Nacirema: When in Rome, don't do as the Romans do

Whenever a Nacireman tells me the distance to a place, I am never sure whether I should call an Uber or walk. If 5,280 feet = 1 mile, does that mean I ...

Column: We're doing 2020 a little differently

"We've touted our commitment to providing you with elections coverage before, but this year, we're trying something a little different: we want you to ...

Column: Navigating grief for Kobe Bryant

I believe Kobe spent the rest of his life in this pursuit — likely not in most conducive ways to his victim, but still in the best ways he knew: as ...

Column: Battling coronavirus isn't an exact science

"The question that is still up in the air is the effectiveness of the containment of the virus, and to what level of progression the virus will reach ...

Column: The Battle of Hayes Pond: American Indians show KKK the door

"In a time where the Klan seemed almost omnipotent and their power unmatchable, the American Indians of Robeson County swiftly and effectively showed ...

Column: The right to literacy, and SCALE's 30 years of service

Column: The best places to have sex on campus

But here’s the thing about study lounges — If I’m an RA in Hojo and I see two feet peeking out from under a table and a young first-year's head ...

Column: Cut out, or explain, the jargon

This is a call for simplicity and clarity in academic writing, as well as a call for us all to demonstrate the principle of charity in conversation — ...

Column: It's time to update our LFIT courses

"The overemphasis on food and weight in Lifetime Fitness classes reflects a pervasive societal diet culture that many people are working hard to eradicate." ...