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No. 16 UNC women's basketball overpowers Ball State, 63-52, in the first round of Battle 4 Atlantis

| November 23

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Column: Help me to see, help me to learn

By Evana Bodiker | October 13

We are all learning. As young people, we possess some of the greatest awareness when it comes to social justice issues. Like everyone else, there have ...

Column: “UNC culture is resume-building.”

By Angum Check | October 10

For today’s column I decided to take a step away from my usual writing on Silent Sam, the Center for Civil Rights, Boycott UNC and other sociopolitical ...

Where are my "Soros-bucks?"

By Claude Wilson | October 8

A popular, emerging conspiracy theory among the far- right is that protests against President Donald Trump, the alt-right, police violence, and other ...

Column: Believe in our public schools

By Cameron Jernigan | October 5

Back in September, the State of North Carolina identified 48 low-performing public schools that could potentially be taken of by charter school operators ...

Column: In the wake of Vegas massacre

By Kirk Kovach | October 3

Fifty-nine people. As of this writing, that is the number slain in the Las Vegas massacre last weekend. In the wake of these horrific events, we ...

Organize anyway, despite semester setbacks

By Alexander Peeples | October 1

In many ways this has been a dispiriting semester for the UNC community. Despite the violence and murder in Charlottesville, as close a proxy to Chapel ...

Column: The exploitation of Puerto Rico

By Claude Wilson | October 1

Ultimately, the delayed, underwhelming response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is emblematic of the way Puerto Rico has always ...

Be kind, take care of your body

By Evana Bodiker | September 29

Campus Health has been a sort of home away from home for me as an undergrad.

In defense of the political establishment

By Kirk Kovach | September 28

One purported reason for President Donald Trump’s ascension, and for that matter, Sen. Bernie Sanders’, is an anti-establishment sentiment among ...

Column: Activism will never be convenient. #BoycottUNC

By Angum Check | September 27

When it comes to the glorification of activism, I very often have mixed feelings. Being vocal about sociopolitical issues has its inherent consequences. ...

Hang in there, Chazz Surratt

By William J. L. Parker | September 25

I don’t follow sports well, but even I have encountered a lot of talk about Saturday’s loss to Duke. And, Chazz, the first thing I heard about the ...

Column: Little white dog whistles

By Claude Wilson | September 25

In polite society, the most blatant forms of discrimination are usually considered unacceptable. No reasonable mainstream politician would call ...

The U.S. higher education system needs to better represent minority students.

By Cameron Jernigan | September 21

As U.S. News recently released their 2018 Best Colleges List, the issue of minority representation at selective colleges has on my mind a bit more than ...

Walls don't always have to be divisive

By William J. L. Parker | September 20

We need more walls. That's what I’ve concluded after reading that the university removed political banners from Peabody Hall last week. That case — ...

Removing all statues? Not so fast

By Kirk Kovach | September 19

Over the course of the dialogue surrounding Confederate monuments, the motivations of those calling for their removal have varied widely. To truly take ...

The perfect class schedule is all up to you

September 18

At this point in time, we’re pretty deep into the fall semester at UNC. Personally, it is my third semester thus far, and in my time here I have picked ...

I will boycott UNC, will you?

By Alexander Peeples | September 17

Today is the first day of a campus wide boycott of commercial goods on UNC’s campus in response to the failure of the University to take down Silent ...

Column: Wear what works for you!

By Evana Bodiker | September 17

The “Athleisure” look used to baffle me. As a first year, I remember being shocked at how many women wore oversized shirts that covered their Nike ...

Snowflakes melt in California

By Kirk Kovach | September 14

Ben Shapiro is Berkeley bound and the college is buckling down as if a natural disaster were incoming. UC Berkeley is even facing the prospect of canceled ...

Whatever Trevor: 13 thoughts on the opening scene from "It"

By Trevor Marks | September 13

Personally, It was the most entertaining horror film that I’ve ever seen, and it left me with plenty of thoughts about its many memorable moments, beginning ...