Meet your 2019 Opinion Editor

My desk's mission to diversify our staff is not about stroking our progressive egos for the sake of having a postcard-worthy staff. This effort is about producing the best content possible while simultaneously uplifting the voices and opinions of marginalized folks in our community. 

Meet your 2019 Assistant Opinion Editor

This year I will be listening to others, taking in feedback, leading conversations and writing more columns. I am thankful for these moments, which are a result of the privilege that being a student here has afforded me. 

COLUMN: How to hack college

Not sure how to survive college? You're in luck. These are the top ten hacks on how to master the next four years.

Column: After Trump's rally, North Carolina has a choice to make

Like Omar, I love America so much I want it to be the best version of itself, one that treats all of its people with respect and dignity.

Column: Preclinical medical education is wastefully obsolete

The preclinical years of medical education are a scam.  Undergraduate medical education in America (i.e., the period before graduating with an M.D. degree) is generally split into two years in the classroom, and two years seeing patients in the clinic. This system was recommended by the Flexner Report more than a century ago, and it is a thorough blueprint for ensuring students learn the science and skill of medicine, respectively. Developments in self-study resources and medical curriculum norms, though, have made the price of the preclinical semesters absurd. The National Board of Medical Examiners should test — and medical schools should welcome — those who want to jump right into clinical studies.

Column: When considering Carrboro paid parking, it doesn't have to be all or nothing

"Our town government should not pick and choose winners and losers in any project. "

Letter to the editor: What happens without our 'important pollinators'

Unfortunately, there has been a decrease in these important pollinators that are affecting production of everyday food.

Column: Embrace the weird that will inevitably happen, trust me on this

"Let the quirky things that will inevitably happen to you in this college town be just that — quirky — and don't be closed off to new experiences."

COLUMN: Remembering big things is easy, remembering little things is harder

"But if you've done it right, you'll have some wild stories to tell that might make you feel strong for surviving them."

COLUMN: Find friends at UNC that you connect with for different reasons

"Don't be afraid to be vulnerable and put yourself out there! Even if you're met with the occasional rejection, or derisive look or you just don't quite click with someone, you'll do a lot more good than harm."

COLUMN: Honoring the memory of Our Three Winners

"Our beloved community members. Our beacons of selflessness and kindness. Our champions of the American Dream."

Letter to the Editor: Writers shouldn't be afraid to be uncomfortable

" Fear, while a normal human reaction, has no place in responsible reporting or good journalism."

Editorial: We stand with UNC Charlotte

"Drew Pescaro. Sean DeHart. Rami Alramadhan. Emily Houpt. Ellis Parlier. Riley Howell. We grieve for you and will not allow your deaths to be in vain."

Editorial: A year of the same institutional flaws

"It’s time for these institutions to be held accountable, and for them to step up and protect its students and faculty from dangers such as white supremacy before something drastic happens."

Column: Alec Dent has left the building

Column: Fighting institutional racism isn't easy

"Activists and people of color on this campus have sacrificed so much in ways that I can never begin to understand or imagine — they have given everything to a place that has given them so little in return."

Column: Remembering the busiest year of my life

"The DTH raised me through college. I’ll carry it with me everywhere. And I cannot wait to read this paper next year, see new bylines above excellent work and hope that they remember me."

Column: Stop posting your Paris pictures

Column: You can go home again

"Sooner or later you may have to choose one place, and sink roots into it. I have found mine. In truth, I never left it."

Guest column: My culture is not a fad

Philosophy and political science major Jacky Wang expresses how the reduction of their cultural food to a "fad" is infuriating and hopes to validate the defining aspects of boba tea for themself and others as more than just a "fad."