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Column: Two schools, same exploits

By Chiraayu Gosrani | April 10

Duke University’s administration and its police department have been engaged in a cover up for two years.

Column: Building the Black interior

By Jalynn Harris | April 7

Mainstream conceptions of Blackness are stuck on categorizing what and who is “real”— what legitimate Black is and ain’t. The exterior performed ...

Column: Chapel Hill when it sizzles

By Evana Bodiker | April 6

In January, I was in a rush to apply for as many internships as I possibly could: All in New York City. While I was ambitious with my career goals, I ...

Column: Sports, nightlife, art

By Ryan Schocket | April 5

Sports and nightlife go hand in hand at UNC — more so than most colleges.

Column: The fault on our stage

By Mejs Hasan | April 5

Last fall, PlayMakers Repertory Company produced its first-ever play about Muslim Americans. To think that my reality would dance upon the stage felt ...

Column: Ackland is a campus treasure

By Tyler Fleming | April 3

This past weekend I was in my friend Becca’s car on our way to lunch. I mentioned I was writing a column on the deep appreciation I have for UNC’s ...

People walking on a snowy Franklin Street in Feb. 2015.

Column: The streets belong to you

By Brian Vaughn | March 31

What are streets for? This seems like a relatively dull and easily answerable question to many Americans. “They’re for cars! They’re for taking ...

Roy Williams and the Tar Heels celebrate after their 88-74 win against Notre Dame Sunday, advancing them to the Final Four.

Column: When basketball is more than a game

By David Allen Jr. | March 31

A picture can be worth a thousand words. But it doesn’t always tell the full story. It doesn’t whisper the specter of scandal. The agony of yesterday. ...

Column: Politics cannot continue like this

By Alex Thomas | March 30

Enough. Just enough. Politics on campus have gotten out of hand. Well, at least among those who are active in campus political and activism groups. ...

Column: Justice for all farm workers

By Jaslina Paintal | March 29

In celebration of National Farmworker Awareness Week and in light of a recent claimed attack on two Black North Carolina farmers, it is important to recognize ...

Column: Injustice behind LEED walls

By Chiraayu Gosrani | March 27

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified energy projects have cropped up in the most peculiar of places: Northside Elementary School in ...

Column: Being a Franklin Foodie

By Evana Bodiker | March 23

It’s getting close to the end of the semester. The weather is warming up, there is an abundance of people sporting overalls on the quad and exams are ...

Column: Don’t stand by the Clock Kid

By Mejs Hasan | March 22

Last September, a Muslim kid in Texas was arrested after the clock he built and brought to show his schoolteachers was mistaken for a bomb. Most people ...

Column: There is no single type of activist

By Gwendolyn Smith | March 21

Lately, I’ve had many conversations about political action. In most of my discussions either I, or the other person I’m speaking to, has said: “I’m ...

Column: Growing up with the Tar Heels

By Sam Schaefer | March 20

Everyone privileged enough to attend UNC for four years does some growing up during that time. One part of growing up for me was coming to terms with ...

Column: Talking about the ‘boring stuff’

By Alex Thomas | March 9

While the hottest political talk continues to be centered around Donald Trump’s every move, my columns have been directed to addressing the policy and ...

Column: My time in Hell (Duke)

By Carlos Collazo | March 8

I opened up the car door after driving those formidable eight miles to Durham and looked up.

Column: Politics have failed us

By Chiraayu Gosrani | March 8

My earliest memory of the U.S. electoral process was the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

Column: This one's for the guys

By Alice Wilder | March 7

Galentine’s Day is the best day of the year: the day women ditch their significant others and hang to celebrate their friendship.

We’re not ‘getting used to it’

By Jaslina Paintal | March 6

Assata Shakur writes: “People can get used to anything; the less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, ...