"Save a ticket, a hospital visit and perhaps even a life."
For students just above the near poverty line, UNC’s claims of affordability and exceptional Carolina Covenant program do not ring true.
The pressure to form an identity after losing one you built your entire life can lead students to forcing originality and involvement.
One of the most beautiful things about sports is that it can take on so much meaning.
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
Here are a few letters we received in the weeks of transition to the summer paper.
Writing has always been there. Writing has always kept me. No matter what, writing has always loved me back.
My hope for this paper and this University lies in the minds of its students.
Our state motto is Esse quam videri. To be rather than to seem. These words have been playing in my mind as I look back at my college experience.
For those like myself who are graduating, now is a time to reflect on where we’ve been, and more importantly to look forward to where we are going. No matter where life may take us, we will all think again of Chapel Hill and — thinking — come back home.
The consensus among the majority of people at UNC seems to be that Silent Sam should be removed. Some believe that it should be put in a museum somewhere, while some think that perhaps it should merely be disposed of.
And you know what? I am so happy that I am replaceable. I’m happy this place can go on without me. What a self-absorbed thing to say, as if this place needed me to make it so wonderful. Here’s to knowing what comes next will matter as much as these last four years of letting go have been.
Like all of us, I am the product of institutions. I hope to graduate with a doctorate from UNC in communication this August. While I have been well educated in the specifics of my discipline, the most important thing I take from this place is a better way of being a human in community with others.
Given these inaccuracies and quotations taken out of context, we request that the DTH publish a statement of the inaccuracies, retract the article, and pull it from your website.
As we enter the final week of the spring semester, another class of seniors is beginning to wistfully reflect on UNC. As pictures of the Old Well, Bell Tower and South Building fill campus social media feed they feed a certain kind of UNC mythology, UNC as an avatar for Public Higher Education.
I choose vulnerability, I choose hope, I choose joy. What will you choose?
