Letter: Students should consider their own status
There’s a lot of talk among campus liberals about Trump. Here’s some advice that they might want to consider:
There’s a lot of talk among campus liberals about Trump. Here’s some advice that they might want to consider:
Like many Americans, I was deeply disappointed after the Nov. 8 election. These feelings of disappointment are normal and are a necessary part of the democratic process.
Dear David Council, You remarked that Democrats shouldn’t be hypocritical in regard to their response to Trump’s win. Let me remind you of a few things.
The past week has seen no shortage of political unrest and protesting. While the presidential election is the main focus, the North Dakota Access pipeline protest continues along with others.
As the dark cloud of President-elect Donald Trump grows closer and closer, the call for self-care has defined the post-election melancholia amongst liberals and Leftists.
The past week’s news cycle has been dominated by the specter of Donald Trump. His inauguration is months away, but the shockwaves of his election continue for those both defeated and elated.
In the article regarding an increase in fees, the writer states that biomedical engineering students will have to pay a fee consisting of $250 per semester for the 2017 year increasing to $1,000 per semester for the 2020 school year.
In Cailyn Derickson’s article “UNC student protestors have reached the tipping point,” the Black Lives Matter movement is examined through UNC students as protests begin to emerge on campus.
For the last eight years, Democrats have been demanding that Republicans accept the elections, support Obama and compromise with the president.
This year’s election was a polarizing one, there’s no doubt about that. Since Nov. 8, news media outlets, including The Daily Tar Heel, have been reporting very heavily on the hatred that many people, especially minorities, feel for Donald Trump.
If you’re wondering how Britain is reacting to the events of last Tuesday, it’s as you’d expect: lots of questions and lots of confusion.
A role in the Federal Government is the dream of many students. Rather it be through an internship or full-time employment, the chance to help shape this nation can be a platform to improve the lives of millions. This kind of positive change may seem like a fabled dream to some preparing to graduate.
I once lived in Maryland, and let me tell you, that whole state sucks. It's nowhere near as friendly as North Carolina — but they didn't vote for Trump, so now I don't know what to think.
Have we gathered in the streets for Ferguson Laurent? Have we mourned, or even acknowledged, his passing in the midst of local and national upheaval?
Mr. Tillotson calls me “ignorant” despite the fact that I have no religious or political affiliation. For the past 20 years, I have defended Israel against anti-Semitic lies and slander.
It’s not often that you can say, as something is happening, that it will be a defining moment in your generation. But that’s what Tuesday night was.
Criticism of the Electoral College by both sides has become the bold new national sentiment. Surely it’s antiquated. Surely it must go. Surely we can do better. And we can!
We’re sorry. The outcome of last week’s election will affect you very differently depending on who you are and where you are from. But regardless of your background, the men who voted in this election have failed you all.
We lost a lot this election. And, we admit, you lost a lot this election.
“You’re probably on a list somewhere,” joked a law student I met last week who was campaigning for a local candidate. After chatting with me about my postgraduate plans and my writing, he expressed faux concern for my ability to write opinion columns openly if Donald Trump was elected president.