Letters -

Cuts to health centers will hurt medical system

By Letter to the Editor | October 13

TO THE EDITOR: Sitting around and watching is perfectly okay for some activities — like football.

Barrett knows what is best for school district

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

Please join me in supporting James Barrett for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education.

Cramer’s comment about cats is disturbing

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

After The Daily Tar Heel’s Sept. 29 article citing citizen concern about the cats at the Orange County Animal Shelter, I received an email from Elliot ...

Insurance plan ignores transgender needs

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

As a transgendered Tar Heel transfer student, I was delighted to learn UNC has an anti-discrimination policy. Unfortunately, our insurer, Pearce & ...

Candidate advocates for change in schools

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

TO THE EDITOR: As a former parent and teacher in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system and a current educational consultant who works with our ...

Reasons aren’t clear for athletic fee increase

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

TO THE EDITOR: In Nicole Comparato’s article about the potential $90 student fee increase to maintain the “broad-based excellence” of UNC’s ...

Corporate money allows for a vocal democracy

By Letter to the Editor | October 11

TO THE EDITOR: The Occupy Wall Street movement reveals the inherent contradiction of the Big Government versus rule by the people argument. The flashpoint ...

Event will break silence on sexual violence

By Letter to the Editor | October 10

TO THE EDITOR: When we saw the headline, “More sexual assaults reported in 2010,” in Oct. 5’s issue of The Daily Tar Heel, we were distressed that ...

‘Cashocracy’ is the cause for other issues

By Letter to the Editor | October 10

TO THE EDITOR: A lot of commentary is flying around about the Occupy UNC movement. Critics say it is disorganized, there isn’t a common cause or that ...

Increase in reporting is encouraging to center

By Letter to the Editor | October 10

TO THE EDITOR: Any sexual violence on campus is too much violence. But as mentioned in “More sexual assaults reported in 2010,” UNC officials are ...

Alderman knows the issues of possible library

By Letter to the Editor | October 6

As a long time Friend of the Carrboro Branch Library, I urge all Carrboro residents to re-elect Alderman Dan Coleman. He is conversant with issues related ...

Committee to discuss Honor System Monday

By Letter to the Editor | October 6

The Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor and the honor system invite you to the Chancellor’s Open House on Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on ...

Mental illness should be reflected on regularly

By Letter to the Editor | October 5

TO THE EDITOR: This week marks Mental Illness Awareness Week, established by Congress in 1990 to honor and commemorate people with mental illness and ...

UNC retaliated against Cramer’s free speech

By Letter to the Editor | October 5

TO THE EDITOR: I am grateful for The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of my IT access dispute, but I am disappointed in its misleading and erroneous editorial. ...

Comments on TA cuts were taken out of context

By Letter to the Editor | October 5

TO THE EDITOR: I applaud the DTH’s concern for the effects of the recurring budget cuts, but recent coverage on these has diverted attention from the ...

Don’t let political beliefs influence your writing

By Letter to the Editor | October 5

TO THE EDITOR: Remember, you’re the editor of a college newspaper. So when you claim that Sen. Jim Forrester has “made a career of imposing his ...

Gender-neutral housing is not a new proposal

By Letter to the Editor | October 4

TO THE EDITOR: The recent buzz about gender-neutral housing is not so recent. Last semester, a group of Carolina students met to discuss the possibility ...