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Column: UNC loves empty dialogues

By Angum Check | October 6

Last month, I attended a town hall meeting on police brutality and campus safety hosted by the Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach Committee ...

Column: Do not read this column, please

By Alexander Peeples | October 5

There are very few good reasons to be a Daily Tar Heel columnist. It has little impact, no financial return and a bad photo of you that is widely disseminated ...

Column: I learned about rest in Jane Austen’s house

By Kiana Cole | October 3

This past weekend, I underwent some of the initial stages necessary in becoming a full-fledged Brit: traveling outside of London and, most importantly, ...

Column: Let freedom (really) ring

By Kate Stotesbery | October 3

“The price of freedom.” I don’t know about you, but when I hear a phrase like that, I think of our military. The powerful idea of some kind of transactional ...

Column: We should know who’s found responsible for sexual assault

By Jane Wester | October 2

On Friday, we did something important.

Column: 'Just gonna stand there and watch me burn'

By Mejs Hasan | October 2

In 2013, Egypt suffered a military coup and their president was arrested. Many Muslims blamed the Christian minority — at least, enough Muslims believed ...

Column: See the causes, not the damages

By Cameron Jernigan | September 30

On July 14, I wrote a column published in this newspaper titled “Delrawn, Alton, Philando, Unknown.” In the column, I discussed the four Black men ...

Column: You don’t have to be on the front lines to help the cause

By Emily Yue | September 30

Charlotte is only a two-hour drive from our campus. Of the approximately 80 percent of UNC students who hail from North Carolina, many come from Charlotte. ...

Column: Choose the best protest for you

By Gwendolyn Smith | September 28

I am from Charlotte. I have two Black teenage brothers in Charlotte. I have a Black father in Charlotte. I have Black cousins and uncles and friends in ...

Column: Saying no to shit you hate

By Evana Bodiker | September 28

My mom tells me constantly, “You can’t do it all.” She’s been saying this to me for years — slow down, take care of yourself, some things will ...

Column: There's a difference between being alone and being lonely

By Kiana Cole | September 26

I want to sincerely advocate for and encourage moments of aloneness.

Column: It's your government

By Jane Wester | September 26

To be a journalist means you need to develop some degree of legal expertise.

Column: All in the family — on birth order

By Annie Kiyonaga | September 25

It’s confusing to think about something as unpredictable as a dream arriving on a set schedule. And yet my subconscious manages to procure the same ...

Column: Rape culture — it’s on us as men

By Jesus Gonzalez-Ventura | September 23

If we are serious about addressing rape culture, more men must embrace being a feminist as part of their identity.

Column: Bugging out at Raleigh's BugFest

By Alison Krug | September 22

Too often we find ourselves stuck in a bubble at Chapel Hill. When we spend the majority of our time around the same people at the same school in the ...

Column: Think outside the brand

By Kate Stotesbery | September 21

Sometimes it can seem that public empathy can go farther — can almost make more sense projected into social media, dissected in op-eds — than even ...

Column: Improve sexual assault laws

By Alexander Peeples | September 21

Campus sexual assault and the factors that enable it are a source of near constant debate nationally. A UNC student’s recent allegations that she was ...

Column: It's the same thing, only different

By Kiana Cole | September 20

I’ve lived in London for one week, and the only thing that can summarize my seven days is peanut butter.

Column: Mixing it up for Orlando

By Mejs Hasan | September 19

This past summer, we woke up to the news of a massacre in Orlando, Fla. By the end of the day, the death toll nearly topped 50. And the assailant was ...

Column: When the wolf cries are real

By Angum Check | September 19

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.