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Moral Mondays should continue going forward

By Editorial Board | September 2

This summer’s historic N.C. General Assembly session may have finally come to a close, but the NAACP rally held on Franklin Street last Wednesday is ...

Faculty retention should be a higher priority

By Editorial Board | September 2

As the economy has started to recover from its 2008 collapse, universities have begun heavily investing in faculty recruitment and retention. With budget ...

Student athlete initiative needs inclusivity

August 29

The formation of the Student Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group will hopefully be an impetus for the discussion of athletics and academics on campus. ...

Social media has pros and cons for student athletes

August 29

All it took Monday night was one tweet from @Mr_Hairston15, and all of P.J. Hairston’s followers knew where to find him — including the masses of ...

Quickhits for August 29, 2013

August 29

Running back Elijah Hood, the top-rated high school football player in North Carolina, committed to UNC on Tuesday night, a week after decommitting from ...

New law addresses a threat that doesn’t exist

August 29

House Bill 522, which became law Monday, is an unnecessary piece of legislation. The law is designed to stir up anti-Islamic prejudice by suggesting that ...

University must enforce social suspensions

August 29

The four IFC fraternities that violated a performance-based recruitment policy have opted to take a semester-long social suspension as their punishment. ...

South Campus will benefit from Wi-Fi expansion

By Editorial Board | August 28

Information Technology Services and UNC Housing and Residential Education have recently decided on a plan to extend high-speed Wi-Fi to all students on ...

New programs will help freshmen assimilate

By Editorial Board | August 28

Sometimes, South Campus can feel like an isolated island full of freshmen, all wondering if they’re truly getting everything out of their UNC experience. ...

Committee should consider Kinnaird's recommendation

By Editorial Board | August 26

The executive committee tasked with selecting a replacement for resigning Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, should take Kinnaird’s thoughts on her successor ...

Contextualized transcripts show the bigger picture

By Editorial Board | August 26

There may finally be a way to show how much time and effort you put into your classes, without coming off as a braggart to your interviewers. Starting ...

Zach Gaver is a senior English and economics major from Virginia Beach, Va. He is serving his third semester on the editorial board and the DTH.

AlcoholEdu does little to influence drinking habits

By Zach Gaver | August 25

There’s a song out there that says “The internet is for porn.” This helped to educate me in my formative years and the University should heed a ...

Trey Bright is a sophomore economics and political Science major from Fayetteville.

Viewpoint: Class may be a burden, but it could save lives

By Trey Bright | August 25

The University administration has started to forcefully mandate that freshmen take AlcoholEdu as they prepare for the reality swap that is college.

University rating system is a mixed bag

By Editorial Board | August 25

President Barack Obama’s proposed plan to rate colleges based on affordability is admirable.

Quickhits for August 22, 2013

August 22

Following the trend of other notable Denver athletes having legal trouble, former UNC guard Ty Lawson was arrested this week. He allegedly broke his girlfriend’s ...

Removal of class rank eases student competition

August 21

With a new school year starting Monday, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials and students have been discussing the possibility of removing class ...

Leadership from the governor’s office is overdue

August 21

Gov. McCrory — North Carolinians expected more when they elected you into office. The elimination of the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program is another ...

Northside parking ordinance is unfair to students

August 20

The parking ordinance that only allows four cars per residence in the Northside neighborhood is an unnecessary mandate that only serves to inconvenience ...

President Ross should fulfill his tuition promise to freeze tuition hikes

August 20

UNC-system President Tom Ross said last week that he wants to end tuition hikes for in-state students this year.

Disaster relief plan exemplifies leadership

August 19

After a summer that saw torrential rains devastate parts of North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory, along with the American Red Cross, has made it a priority ...