There’s protesting for a cause that needs championing — and then there’s protesting for the sake of protesting.
Read More »The Association of Student Governments deserves credit for trying to have its voice heard in Washington, D.C. But in a time of steep budget cuts, the ...
Read More »The Carrboro Board of Aldermen had dogs’ — but maybe not the public’s — best interests in mind when it voted last week to ban tethering. While ...
Read More »In the name of energy independence and job creation, state legislators are trying to trade North Carolina’s environment for political points. With the ...
Read More »With the addition of the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University this past weekend, the Atlantic Coast Conference has taken an important step ...
Read More »If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again. That has been the mantra of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners as it works to implement ...
Read More »Each of the eight NCAA allegations UNC responded to were correct, both in the accusation and the penalties the University proposed for them. The same ...
Read More »UNC needs to do more to ensure it is creating a supportive and enriching environment for faculty success and retention, or it risks losing its status ...
Read More »As the University took care to note in a 111-page response to the NCAA’s allegations Monday, the athletic department’s history is almost entirely ...
Read More »When I was 3 years old, my great-grandmother, concerned with the fate of my soul, tried to arrange a secret baptism. My grandmother intervened, and that ...
Read More »Orange County has had a hard time of holding onto its economic development directors. The county has lost two directors to more lucrative positions since ...
Read More »This year, suite 133-G in University Square on Franklin Street will serve as home to early voting because Morehead Planetarium had to make room for classes. ...
Read More »It’s difficult to avoid the famous “Field of Dreams” line. “If you build it, they will come,” the disembodied voice told Kevin Costner through ...
Read More »The Chapel Hill Town Council should hang up on its intention to pursue a ban on cellphone use while driving on within town limits. By a vote of 6-2, the ...
Read More »The proud owners of space in the Blue Zone pay good money for their seats at football games. And if the athletic department has its way, students could ...
Read More »The UNC Department of Housing and Residential Education’s more than $250,000 expenditure on bed rails for all 8,500 beds this year is a disturbing example ...
Read More »Playing college football is a privilege, not a right. The University and its football team afforded Michael McAdoo that privilege three years ago, only ...
Read More »Discrimination seems to be an unfortunate motif in much of the campus dialogue since the first issues of The Daily Tar Heel at the beginning of this semester. ...
Read More »Reading David Horowitz’s ad in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Tar Heel reminds me of a kid with his fingers dangerously deep in his ears, shouting ...
Read More »Hardly more than a year has passed since Chancellor Holden Thorp set 2020 as the deadline to make UNC coal-free.
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