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Editorial: A thank you to the University's essential workers

By Editorial Board | August 19

The Editorial Board has an incredible amount of respect and gratitude for the work of employees who keep the University’s doors open, pandemic or not. ...

Editorial: We all saw this coming

By Editorial Board | August 16

"The administration continues to prove they have no shame, and the bar for basic decency keeps getting lower."

Editorial: Enforcement of UNC's community standards must be transparent

By Editorial Board | August 13

"All students who are coming to Chapel Hill have a responsibility to adhere to guidelines and actively work to limit the spread of COVID-19. But the increased ...

Editorial: You spoke. The University didn't listen.

By Editorial Board | August 11

One editorial is not enough space to list all of UNC’s mistakes leading into this semester. So here is a non-comprehensive list of questions and grievances ...

The Daily Tar Heel will no longer use the term 'student athlete'

By The Daily Tar Heel Staff | August 9

The term "student athlete" was invented in the 1950s by the NCAA as a way to get out of paying a deceased athlete's family workers' compensation benefits. ...

Student activists placed a banner reading "Hurston Hall" over the name plaque of Saunders Hall Friday, April 24, 2015. It has since been renamed "Carolina Hall."

Editorial: The University that doesn't care

By Editorial Board | June 18

What Chancellor Guskiewicz and the administration fail to realize is that UNC is certainly not the University of the people — and it never has been, ...

Editorial: Black lives matter

By Editorial Board | May 31

The Editorial Board stands in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis and across America.

Editorial: Thank you, UNC professors, faculty and staff

By Editorial Board | April 19

There is always time to hold the University accountable for its missteps, but right now the Editorial Board wants to express our gratitude to everyone ...

Editorial: Quarantine state of mind

By Editorial Board | April 5

So, instead of prioritizing productivity, let's put empathy, creativity and self care at the top of our to-do lists.

Quiz: What's your (quarantine) type?

By Editorial Board | April 2

What type of person are YOU in quarantine? Find out with this short quiz!

Editorial: Curbing misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic

By Editorial Board | March 29

COVID-19 is the world’s first social media pandemic, and we all have a responsibility to fight back — especially when misinformation can have life-and-death ...

Editorial: ICE agents don't need masks, doctors do

By Editorial Board | March 25

"And when time inevitably comes that you or someone you know needs treatment for COVID-19, who would you rather have the mask?"

Editorial: UNC's coronavirus response — the good, the bad and the ugly

By Editorial Board | March 22

"The Editorial Board urges the University to make decisions with the community's best interests in mind, and avoid placing further financial or emotional ...

Editorial: Support UCSC graduate workers

By Editorial Board | March 5

"Given the dire financial precariousness facing graduate workers here and around the country, the Editorial Board joins StrikeDownSam’s endorsement ...

Editorial: A test of pandemic control

By Editorial Board | March 5

It’s imperative that during this pandemic, individuals remain calm.

Editorial: In budget fight, politics continue to plague UNC System

By Editorial Board | March 1

The UNC System has been derailed by politics for far too long, and untangling itself from this web of partisanship begins with the Board of Governors. ...

Editorial: Let's flip the Board of Governors

By Editorial Board | February 27

"This year, the Editorial Board urges you to pay close attention to the N.C. House and Senate races for your district (in addition to those for other ...

Editorial: Rent is too damn high

By Editorial Board | February 27

"The affordable housing crisis has many interrelated causes, most of which require far-reaching structural change to mend. Nevertheless, $10 million can ...

Editorial: Snow days and pay days

By Editorial Board | February 24

The University classifies weather-related closings by the UNC System’s Adverse Weather and Emergency Events Policy. Condition 2: Suspended Operations ...

Editorial: Why you should watch Netflix's 'Cheer'

By Editorial Board | February 23

“Cheer” follows a community college cheerleading team from Corsicana, Texas as they prepare for the National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate National ...