Opinion: Withdrawing from school can be useful for some students

By Editorial Board | April 9

Every undergraduate student at UNC likely feels the pressure to graduate in four years — many of us opt to overload during registration to graduate even sooner.

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Column: We need to save the UNC Center for Civil Rights

By Alexander Peeples | April 9

“Under the Laws of North Carolina and under the resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, members of your race are not admitted to the University.”

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Column: My iPhone died and so did I

By Benji Schwartz | April 9

My phone shed its mortal coil last week.

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Column: Appalachia and the legacy of Sid Hatfield

By Claude Wilson | April 7

I have a vested interest in Appalachia due to my family history there. On my father’s side, I am a descendant of Scotch-Irish settlers who fled from indentured servitude to the Appalachian region where they could live freely.

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Column: What happens when the words of representatives lose meaning?

By Kate Stotesbery | April 7

Scouting the room for fellow civilians among a sea of naval uniforms, I spotted a table in the back of the mess hall that was dotted with both and took a seat.

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Column: Swaddle me in Carolina Blue

By Alison Krug | April 7

I don’t want to take off my Carolina Blue-colored glasses.

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Opinion: Our boys returned victorious, but they're still students

By Editorial Board | April 7

This board decided that now, while you’re still experiencing the high from rushing Franklin Street, is the time to not only thank our men’s basketball team, but to look more closely at the standards to which they are held.

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Letter: ​The NCAA needs to pay athletes

April 7

Is there integrity there when some of the student-athletes on the court are playing the game of their life while not even seeing one penny? 

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Letter: ​Restore sanity to U.S. foreign policy

April 7

President Trump has signaled that he may launch a unilateral attack on Syria, overthrowing yet another secular Middle East government.

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Quick Hits for March 6, 2017

April 6

To all the haters who didn’t believe in this team, who is laughing now? 

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Viewpoints: Teenage smoking is a major public health issue

By Georgia Brunner | April 6

One of the largest factors in addiction is starting early; having just one cigarette during childhood doubles the likelihood of later addiction. 

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Viewpoints: Raising age is a swipe at poor young adults

By Chris Dahlie | April 6

The health risks of smoking, even to smokers, are accepted as reality. Yet to paraphrase i‑ek, we know what we are doing. We choose to do it anyway.

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Column: We’re gonna stick around

By Tyler Fleming | April 6

I always had a feeling I would end up in journalism. Growing up, newspapers were always strangely a part of my life even though I didn’t personally know any journalists.

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Letter: Tears of sorrow became tears of joy

April 6

In Dean Smith’s vision for players on the court to have one heartbeat, a special group of individuals created beauty from a memory that once made us weep.

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Letter: Art makes us, and the campus, better

April 6

With lovely spring weather upon us, it’s hard to imagine UNC’s campus appearing any more beautiful.

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Opinion: Avoid using Raleigh-Durham as a dateline location

By Editorial Board | April 5

The address of The Daily Tar Heel’s office says it is in Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina we attend is in Chapel Hill. Duke is in Durham, N.C. State is in Raleigh. All this should be clear. 

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Opinion: We have the power to unofficially rename buildings

By Editorial Board | April 5

Last week, an unofficial Hurston Hall plaque was placed on the building now called Carolina Hall, formerly Saunders Hall.

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Column: We all will die, but live anyhow

By Jesus Gonzalez-Ventura | April 5

All right, so let’s get a little personal. Mi abuela, who is nearing 90, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease about 10 years ago. Also note that the disease is not called ‘all-timers.’ 

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Letter: The big game was a hair-raiser

April 5

This letter publicly concludes UNC Walk for Health’s successful “Let the Fro Grow” campaign in support of North Carolina star players Joel Berry, Isaiah Hicks and Justin Jackson and their sculptured afro dreadlocks hairstyles.

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Letter:​ Championship came full circle

April 5

Back in the spring of 1993, I was 16 years old, and my parents let me borrow their car so I could drive from Durham to Chapel Hill to watch the national championship game between UNC and Michigan being shown on a big screen in Carmichael Arena.

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