Protect your data: your information is a gold mine!

Are you sure your personal information (social security number, name, birthdate, etc.) is safe given the recent Equifax hack? Probably not.  Even if you’re certain that the hack hasn’t compromised your data, you should probably protect it. Your data is valuable, and a hack like this one is likely to happen again. 

Removing all statues? Not so fast

Over the course of the dialogue surrounding Confederate monuments, the motivations of those calling for their removal have varied widely. To truly take a sober analysis of the question before us, we should differentiate between the various motives and rationale, and see which pass muster.

The Editorial Board takes on: "Things we like to do."

Each of The Daily Tar Heel's editorials are pitched, written and published as collaborative pieces from the Editorial Board. Every other week, the board will share some of our discussion points that didn't make the cut from our meetings to the page in a segment that features individual board members' voices. To start off "The Editorial Board Takes On" series, we asked each other what we liked to do in our free time. 

The perfect class schedule is all up to you

At this point in time, we’re pretty deep into the fall semester at UNC. Personally, it is my third semester thus far, and in my time here I have picked up on a few things when it comes to class schedules. 

You know my dog, not my story

We dog owners love it when you give our furry friends some attention. But please, give us some attention too while you’re at it. 

Op-Ed: But have you ever talked to a Venezuelan, Claude?

TO THE EDITOR: Venezuela has fallen victim to a fascist government stemming from rampant nepotism and misinterpreted, cherry-picked ideas of socialism. Claude Wilson’s Sept. 12 column is, at best, a misguided and ethnocentric oversimplification of the economic, political, social and cultural problems that have been steeping in Venezuela for over 20 years, even before the rise of Chavismo. I know this because I grew up there.

Letter: Prejudice is causing all the anger, not Silent Sam

TO THE EDITOR:  Thank you for The Daily Tar Heel. It truly is Chapel Hill’s only newspaper these days. Your love letter to the P2P is well deserved. That we can afford to give free bus service is still a marvelous thing to me. I help pay for it by my taxes, even though I have used it only twice in my lifetime. The day may come. That’s an opinion, but not the main reason I write.

I will boycott UNC, will you?

Today is the first day of a campus wide boycott of commercial goods on UNC’s campus in response to the failure of the University to take down Silent Sam. 

The paradox of the BOG: By closing the Center for Civil Rights, the BOG contradicts itself.

The Board of Governors’ latest strike on marginalized groups at UNC-Chapel Hill and around North Carolina comes in the form of its newly-approved litigation ban on the University’s Center for Civil Rights. 

Beyond pregnancy scares: birth control services many purposes, all of which are important

Nurx-an app with a purpose of dispensing affordable birth control to women with and without insurance-is a revolutionary idea.  This brand-new company could open doors for those who might not have easy access to birth control.

Column: Wear what works for you!

The “Athleisure” look used to baffle me. As a first year, I remember being shocked at how many women wore oversized shirts that covered their Nike shorts. 

Letter: The editorial board must realize its role

As a former editorial board member, I was taken aback by the recent "The Institute of Politics is more than just a 'resume booster." The piece is fluff, little more than an advertisement. 

Letter: Alert Carolina is here to keep UNC safe

Almost every day we hear about a new tragedy in some corner of the world. While we hope a life-threatening event would never occur on our campus, we must always be prepared. Whether it is a tornado warning issued for Chapel Hill, a large fire rapidly spreading or someone intentionally trying to harm our community, Carolina is prepared to communicate those risks quickly and direct students, faculty and staff to take immediate action. 

Letter: Make the Center for Civil Rights a clinical project of the law school

On Friday, the UNC Board of Governors imposed a policy banning the UNC Center for Civil Rights from engaging in advocacy for clients. The ban on the Center’s work prohibits the Center from representing clients in any capacity. 

Letter: Preemptive violence from the left is wrong and misguided

Is preemptive violence against hate speech justified? Last night I was walking to Franklin Street, and heard someone yell, “White Power!” from Silent Sam. I finished my trip, and then walked over to talk to the small group of people around the statue.

Snowflakes melt in California

Ben Shapiro is Berkeley bound and the college is buckling down as if a natural disaster were incoming. UC Berkeley is even facing the prospect of canceled classes because of the “militarized campus” atmosphere. 

Dear P2P: A love letter for the night bus

25 years ago, you came into this world, and it’s been a little brighter since. Technically, you’re just a well-deployed bus service for UNC students and employees, but in our hearts you’re so much more. 

Protect the Center for Civil Rights' legacy

Whatever Trevor: 13 thoughts on the opening scene from "It"

Personally, It was the most entertaining horror film that I’ve ever seen, and it left me with plenty of thoughts about its many memorable moments, beginning with the very first scene. (Warning: spoilers ahead.)

The Institute of Politics is more than just a "resume booster"

The newly-founded Institute of Politics on campus has faced criticism for apparently benefitting a small number of students who are already highly involved in student government and elsewhere.