Column: DEI shouldn’t just be in universities, it should be in kindergartens too

By Mary Thomas Watkins | September 12

"Every North Carolinian, regardless of race, socioeconomic status or county, deserves the tools they need to be competitive applicants for any UNC system school. DEI is a means of providing that."

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Office DJ: Songs to Grow Up To

By Walker Livingston | September 12

"For the years and months where I don’t remember much, I have songs. Music is my timeline and songs demarcate time in my little notebook. Jumbled genres, moods and lyrics calling the duly remembered names, people, places and memories of growing up with forward momentum."

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Column: Don't take shortcuts. Learn for learning's sake

By Teo Almaguer | September 12

"There are more methods than ever to avoid learning, and students are using them. This mass reliance on these tools is eroding the very purpose of education: learning for the sake of learning."

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Column: Donald Trump is still a danger to the GOP. Just ask Liz Cheney.

By Eva Eapen | September 11

"If you’re a true conservative, you haven’t enjoyed watching the integrity of your party die a slow death. If you’re a true conservative, you’ll put our republic above your politics this November."

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Op-ed: UNC professor responds to future SCiLL faculty member's New York Times guest essay

September 11

"SCiLL's mission, like that of other similarly inspired centers across the country, is supported by the generosity of rich donors working to defend and disguise capitalism’s worst excesses, a gerrymandered GOP supermajority in our state and a university administration willing to accommodate the political goals of legislators and their minions on governing boards."

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Column: Don't ditch the Dean Dome — leave it accessible for students

By Mary Blake Nobles | September 9

"At the top is undoubtedly basketball, and losing accessibility to home games jeopardizes one of the most fundamental parts of the UNC experience. One of the school’s most anticipated traditions, rushing Franklin Street after a victory against Duke, would be soured for students who get tickets to the big game."

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Column: Our college is designed for excessive competition

By Sydney Baker | September 9

"We shouldn’t be expected to be masters to get into a program when we don’t even have a bachelor’s degree yet."

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Column: I am a good woman, even if J.D. Vance doesn’t think so

By Madelyn Rowley | September 8

"Traditionalism is not inherently a negative thing. But the conservative push toward traditional notions of womanhood, even going so far as to insist that being childless is somehow a taint on feminine credibility or validity, is dangerous."

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Column: Don’t be blinded by the shiny lights of Franklin Street chains

By Shea McIntyre | September 8

"As students, though it can be tempting to be excited by the shiny new offerings of a chain business taking up a sought after space on Franklin Street, I seek to remind you it’s the homegrown, niche businesses in this area that make up and influence our just-off-campus cultural hearth."

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Column: It’s the circle of student debt, and it moves us all

By Delaney Broderick | September 2

"The larger picture is an ugly one. But Biden’s forgiveness program was one gradual step in the right direction until it was halted by the Supreme Court."

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Column: The lost art of presidential decorum

By Madelyn Rowley | September 2

Though we've seen a steep decline in mutual respect between politicians, the American people should not follow in their footsteps.

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Column: UNC students should embrace their surrounding community

By Mary Thomas Watkins | September 2

"We’re often too busy calculating our GPAs to the nearest thousandth, hustling over class schedules and keeping our gazes low that we never look out of the ivory tower. We have to look outwards and recognize the impact we have on Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the entirety of North Carolina."

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Satire: UNC’s very own season of Big Brother begins

By Harry Black | September 1

"Public surveillance has oftentimes been critiqued for its invasion of people’s privacy, but we just don’t understand the controversy. What could possibly go wrong from the University tracking its students' every move?"

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Column: Studying abroad will broaden your horizons

By Eleanor Goldstein | September 1

"Whether it be studying abroad or another opportunity, put yourself in a situation that even when you may feel uncomfortable, allows you to grow personally, professionally and globally."

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Column: University Approved Absences must be expanded for illness

By Rachel Moody | September 1

"If you’re like me and happen to get both COVID-19 and the flu in one semester while taking a four-credit-hour class that meets four out of five days a week, three absences isn’t going to cut it."

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Column: The UNC System must not undervalue the humanities

By Maggie Mead | September 1

"You may not care about the Roman Empire, but a degree in Ancient Mediterranean Studies equips students with not only a greater historical understanding of the world, but also the skills to research, analyze, synthesize and communicate their findings and arguments."

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Op-ed: More than 900 students say Lee Roberts will never be their chancellor

August 29

"Lux, libertas — light and liberty, the UNC motto. Lee Roberts’ and the Board of Governor’s rule has cast our university in darkness and liberty has been systematically crushed."

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Column: In defense of dining alone

By Teo Almaguer | August 29

"Last semester, against the advice of my peers and parents, I canceled my meal plan."

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Column: Keep your door open to embrace new experiences

By Ellie Kollme | August 27

"Leaving the door open to different experiences and being excited about what can come from every opportunity or encounter will keep your life interesting and take you places you never expected to go."

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Column: You actually did look like that when you were a first-year

By Madelyn Rowley | August 27

"We are destined with hindsight blindness that leads us to attitudes of arrogance surrounding those who are less experienced than we are — a permanent refusal to admit that were likely just as cringe-worthy."

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