Generally, democratic republics frown on bribery. But House Bill 640, introduced by Rep. Robert Brawley (R-Iredell), would lift the current ban on gift-giving ...
Read More »When the new director of the Student Union starts the job in July, he or she needs to be ready to parse through the thousands of conflicting voices to ...
Read More »Immigration reform is a complicated problem, but by passing House Bill 904, the N.C. General Assembly could take a step toward a more just system.
Read More »On Monday, House Bill 927 was introduced in the N.C. General Assembly. The bill, if passed, would require the UNC-system Board of Governors to develop ...
Read More »A basket filled with colorful heart stickers. A bulletin board buried under note cards written with words made out of love. A picture frame of a beautiful ...
Read More »Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, your new Chancellor Carol Folt! Wait, did I say “Folt”? Is that a name? It sounds made up. Whatever. Point ...
Read More »Undergraduate thesis-writing and research typifies what liberal arts education is all about. Bright, inquisitive, idealistic, young minds plumb the depths ...
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Read More »The Chapel Hill Police Department released its first quarterly report of the year recently and should be commended for its attempts to improve transparency. ...
Read More »Students need a small, intimate performance area, but the ground floor of the Student Union is not the right space.
Read More »It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a Triangle to build a light rail.
Read More »Schools throughout the UNC system should focus on helping veterans by providing more financial support to them, as well as by increasing outreach efforts. ...
Read More »The N.C. General Assembly should pass House Bill 606, which was introduced last week. If passed, the bill would establish a nonpartisan process to control ...
Read More »The Faculty Council should adopt only some of the proposed changes to UNC’s student-led honor system. While not all of the proposed changes are necessary, ...
Read More »“Decrying the faults of higher education is awkward … for all of us, since our credentials are nonrefundable and our college experiences nonrenounceable,” ...
Read More »When Chancellor Holden Thorp announced his resignation last September, he did so as the University dealt with academic and athletic scandals unprecedented ...
Read More »It’s springtime, which means baseball, America’s greatest pastime, is back — and so are the No. 1-ranked Tar Heels.
Read More »Taffye Clayton spent 20 years trying to better integrate the issue of diversity into the world of higher education. Last year, she was hired by her alma ...
Read More »The N.C. House of Representatives unanimously passed the “Back to Basics” bill last week requiring public elementary school students in the state ...
Read More »With the news that the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center is becoming a private nonprofit, Orange County’s initial support for the center ...
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