Mary's midterm report

By Editorial Board | November 10

Since assuming the student body presidency in April, Mary Cooper has wasted little time pursuing her platform goals. After putting a face on the deep ...

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Leave Halloween alone: A local group’s efforts to stop Halloween or move it are misguided

By Editorial Board | November 8

Four years after supporting the Homegrown Halloween initiative, the Coalition for Alcohol and Drug Free Teenagers of Chapel Hill and Carrboro is back ...

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Quarter-cent sales tax a must

By Editorial Board | November 8

One year after its narrow defeat, the quarter-cent sales tax referendum has made a ballot comeback. As many of its opponent’s have noted, this referendum’s ...

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Online education’s growing up

By Patricia Laya | November 7

Online education has come a long way. Recent years have seen it rise from having a bad rap to having a place atop the academia’s ivory tower and, as ...

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The big East Carolina: East Carolina should be added to the Big East’s invitation list.

By Editorial Board | November 7

In the chaotic power struggle of conference realignment, one action needs to take place: East Carolina University’s move to the Big East Conference. ...

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E pluribus UNC: Students must grasp the larger effects of the AFAM department's woes

By Editorial Board | November 6

When any department comes under fire for compromising its academic standards, all students bear the consequences.

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Vote ‘yes’ to support Orange County’s infrastructure.

By Editorial Board | November 6

One year after its narrow defeat, the quarter-cent sales tax referendum has made a ballot comeback. As many of its opponent’s have noted, this referendum’s ...

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Re-elect Mayor Kleinschmidt

By Editorial Board | November 6

After claiming the closest mayoral election in Chapel Hill’s history, Mark Kleinschmidt knew he had to transform from fiery candidate to coalition builder. ...

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The Daily Tar Heel's 2011 Chapel Hill Town Council endorsements

By Editorial Board | November 6

In Chapel Hill, the harsh reality of having to do more with less appears to be going nowhere. That is, until town leaders embrace what has to be done ...

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The Daily Tar Heel endorses these candidates

By Editorial Board | November 6

In Chapel Hill, the harsh reality of having to do more with less appears to be going nowhere. That is, until town leaders embrace what has to be done ...

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Gradual increases trick students into paying more in student fees.

By Editorial Board | November 3

Don’t be fooled by the news that students will pay less in fees next year. This doesn’t change the fact that the University looked to increase student ...

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A space '4' students: To innovate, UNC should do more to encourage student-run businesses

By Editorial Board | November 2

If UNC wishes to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs, it must do more to provide students with opportunities to develop management skills.

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STV’s latest drama: The Student Union must compensate STV for lost studio space

By Editorial Board | November 2

At bare minimum, the Student Union owes Student Television an apology for splitting its space in the multipurpose room. But that’s not all STV deserves. ...

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Stop requested: DPS’ plan for student transit fees requires reworking for fairness

By Editorial Board | November 1

Last year, former Student Body President Hogan Medlin and his executive board told Department of Public Safety officials that the five-year transportation ...

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Nothing to hide

By Editorial Board | November 1

UNC Health Care’s Enterprise Fund has nothing to hide. Its audit, at the hands of the N.C. General Assembly, should be welcomed as an opportunity to ...

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A long (overdue), hard look: A new task force has a chance to finally make ASG worthwhile

By Editorial Board | November 1

For too long, the Association of Student Governments has contentedly kicked the can down the road, sending the delegates who actually attend the monthly ...

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Candidate Storrow, the real deal

By Mark Laichena | November 1

Meet Lee Storrow: Unlike the other candidates in the Chapel Hill Town Council election, Storrow is a young UNC graduate, and he’s gay.

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Fairness at the right time: UNC must time its push to provide student athletes a stipend

By Editorial Board | October 31

UNC and its fellow Atlantic Coast Conference members must ensure that the timing is right given the steep financial implications of providing scholarships ...

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Too much, too soon: Early tuition proposals go above and beyond an acceptable increase

By Editorial Board | October 31

Fiscal strains on the University have created the harsh reality that a 6.5 percent tuition increase simply won’t do. But, in a span of two to four years, ...

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Beauty in simplicity: Homecoming fee would offer a simple solution to widespread dismay

By Editorial Board | October 31

At a time when student fees seem to be administrators’ quick fix of choice, the newly proposed Homecoming fee offers a refreshing example of what fees ...

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