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Column: A Valentine for all 365 days

By Gwendolyn Smith | February 15

Valentine’s Day is a beautiful concept. Taking time to do something special to celebrate one’s relationship and going out of your way to do something ...

Column: How does change happen?

By Jesus Gonzalez-Ventura | February 14

On Friday, I and a few hundred people were fortunate enough to catch the Holy Spirit at the 11th annual HKonJ March Mass Meeting and Worship Service at ...

Column: A redo of 'Orlando could not have been any of us'

By Danny Nett | February 13

In the world of writing for a living, I think a degree of regret is part of the writing process. I don’t know a single time I haven’t read back over ...

Column: Cats, books, soon a memory

By Evana Bodiker | February 13

If you haven’t seen the romantic comedy classic “You’ve Got Mail,” you haven’t really lived. I started to think about this movie quite often ...

Column: A history of whiteness

By Claude Wilson | February 10

Trump’s election has brought a major resurgence to that pernicious ideology known as white nationalism, with representatives of this movement like David ...

Column: For the public school kids

By Cameron Jernigan | February 10

The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. secretary of education is quite possibly the worst thing to happen to education in the United States since No ...

Column: Depth of my Trump anger

By Annie Kiyonaga | February 9

Trump is the worst.

Column: How you become those you ban

By Mejs Hasan | February 8

After eight years of lying that Obama is a Muslim, I think the tragedy for Trump voters is that they and their leader are turning into those they fear. ...

Column: It is almost baseball season

By Tyler Fleming | February 6

Baseball is back. Football is dead. Well football isn't dead, but it might as well be.

Column: You’re right, but are you helping?

By Benji Schwartz | February 6

I remember once trying to solve a problem during high school algebra that was way over my head and making a few unnecessary steps along the way.

Column: President Trump’s Muslim ban threatens our identity

By Kate Stotesbery | February 3

Two weeks ago, I wrote a column asking: In politics, who really are our neighbors? I meant for the piece to play on that perennial impulse, the command ...

Column: Walk your cat and take a nap

By Alison Krug | February 3

I am very tired. I got jaw surgery one week ago and then slept for eight hours, which was a real feat for me.

Column: Hail to the Chief Strategist

By Claude Wilson | February 2

The executive order issued by President Donald Trump banning migrants from seven different Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, and barring Syrian refugees ...

Column: Spend your money ethically

By Gwendolyn Smith | February 2

Last week in a classroom discussion, we brought up the relationship between White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Dippin’ Dots.

Column: Being right wasn’t always wrong

By Jesus Gonzalez-Ventura | February 1

This may be a wild concept to some of you, especially given our current political context, but being conservative is OK.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14th.

Column: We must conspire against conspiracy

By Cole Stanley | February 1

Since he lost the popular vote on election night nearly three months ago, President Trump has continued to suggest that he, in fact, won the majority ...

Column: It's time to bring back 'Blue Jeans Day'

By Danny Nett | January 30

In a senior year trailing in the wake of anti-queer violence, anti-trans legislation and — as of writing this — whispers of an executive order to ...

Former editor-in-chief Tyler Fleming's cat, Ariel, poses for a photo.

Column: A cat and a paradox in representational democracy

By Tyler Fleming | January 30

We have all seen the Facebook posts urging us to email or call our Congressional representatives, which is great. Civil engagement helps democracy thrive. ...

Column: Master the art of college cooking

By Evana Bodiker | January 30

Over winter break, as so many folks begin to do in December, I started to think about my goals for the coming year.

Column: The transition to college is hard — it’s OK to seek help

By Faith Newsome | January 27

Fellow first-years, I hear your cries and I share your struggles. We made the trek to Chapel Hill bright-eyed and feeling ready to conquer the world.