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Opinion: Today's students should draw on past activist successes

September 8

In 1963, conservative lawmakers in Raleigh passed the infamous Speaker Ban, a law that aimed to keep communists from speaking on campus and to squelch ...

Opinion: Administrators should focus on personal education

September 7

Websites don’t go far enough to educate students about important issues facing the University.

Opinion: Antiquated law causes too much strife for cyclists

September 7

The law is stacked against cyclists in North Carolina.

Opinion: New sexual assault policy is sound, could go further

September 7

The University’s revised sexual assault policy is a significant step in the right direction, but it doesn’t go far enough in treating rape like the ...

Opinion: New voting rules discourage youth vote

September 4

It will come as a surprise to no one that college-aged students vote less frequently than members of their parents’ generation. This tendency is particularly ...

Opinion: Proposed pipeline undermines state leadership in solar

September 4

Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy selected Dominion Resources to build the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline to transport natural gas from West Virginia ...

Quickhits for September 4, 2014

September 4

Where's the bacon? Merritt’s, home to the world’s best BLT, has gotten into the habit of running out of bacon.

Opinion: It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt

September 2

Students have a responsibility to be good stewards of public opinion, even when anonymous. Free speech is integral to campus life. We ought not to cheapen ...

Opinion: NC should fight to keep its best teachers

September 2

North Carolina's K-12 public educational system is fundamentally broken.

Opinion: Allowing film incentives to expire is bad business

September 1

North Carolina legislators will allow the state’s film tax incentive to run out this year, cutting a 25 percent rebate to a hard cap of $10 million ...

Opinion: At least one library should be open full time on weekends

September 1

Many a college student has pondered the meaning of life while holed up in some forsaken nook on campus while completing their mountain of work or a forgotten ...

Opinion: Liberty? What Liberty?

September 1

Saturday’s game against Liberty was never supposed to be a fair fight.

Opinion: Take safety seriously

September 1

On Aug. 26, vice chancellor for student affairs Winston Crisp and director of public safety Jeff McCracken notified students of the Rave Guardian Campus ...

Opinion: Products preventing sexual assault don’t address rape culture

August 27

Some problems can’t be solved by getting your nails done.

Opinion: Complete Carolina is a Band-Aid solution for systemic problems

August 27

The University’s new Complete Carolina program for athletes who have left the university to return and complete their degrees on the University’s ...

Opinion: Soccer would benefit from a lengthened season

August 26

W hen people think about UNC athletics, they’re usually thinking of the teams that play in the Dean E. Smith Center and Carmichael Arena.

Opinion: New methods are needed to address hazing on campus

August 26

It is too soon to opine on allegations that the football team hazed a player, but now is the perfect opportunity for all University stakeholders to engage ...

Opinion: The sexual assault policy needs to be openly reviewed

August 25

The University must stop delaying the release of the draft report from the Sexual Assault Task Force.

Opinion: The conditions at Chapel Hill High School are unacceptable

August 25

It is the responsibility of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to improve teacher satisfaction at Chapel Hill High School, the district’s oldest high ...

Opinion: Smith Center renovations should target students

August 24

The athletic department’s decision to postpone its renovations of the Smith Center should be welcomed.