Letter: ​Why did we celebrate the state tax rating?

October 13

I feel compelled to respond to Friday’s strange piece by CJ Farris in the DTH celebrating the Tax Foundation’s tax ranking of N.C. Thanks to McCrory’s efforts in reducing corporate taxes and changing personal income tax to a flat rate, we’re now the 11th best state for taxes, 4th for corporate taxes and 15th for personal taxes. Hooray!

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Letter: ​NC tax rating was publicity for McCrory

October 13

When it comes to fiscal matters, The Daily Tar Heel has lurched to the right since last year. And nowhere is this more obvious than in CJ Farris’s Oct. 7, 2016 front-page article, “NC holds onto its favorable tax rating.”

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Opinion: UNC should hire a historian of American slavery

By Editorial Board | October 12

UNC’s own history has attracted tremendous attention in the past few years — especially its racial history. The campus was built partly by enslaved people and many of our older buildings are named after slaveholders; just because this is true of other Southern institutions doesn’t make it right.

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Opinion: Midterms can hurt the mind, body and spirit — take care of yourself

By Editorial Board | October 12

With midterm season upon us, the overwhelming burden of our academic and extracurricular lives rears its ugly head. So far, we have kept this monstrous beast at bay through procrastination, compartmentalization and ingestion of various sweets and substances.

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Column: Chapel Hill must be the place

By Evana Bodiker | October 12

“Home is where I want to be,” begins Talking Heads’ famous song “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody).” I recently heard this song on a road trip up to Pennsylvania; well, two different covers of it: The first by Kishi Bashi and the second by The Lumineers.

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Letter: Trump needs to step down from candidacy

October 12

I seldom comment publicly on political issues. However, the most recent video of Mr. Trump and Billy Bush discussing women in the most vulgar way possible is truly sickening.

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Opinion: Female celebrities deserve empathy

By Editorial Board | October 11

Glossy magazine covers, photoshopped photographs and over-the-top glam contribute to the image of celebrity women as so perfectly sculpted that they are not human.

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Opinion: Respect student voices in fee decisions

By Editorial Board | October 10

This year, we have seen a flurry of important fee proposals come before the set of fee committees that meet every other year at UNC. Composed of administrators and students appointed by student government, these committees hold the power to decide what student-wide fees are approved.

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Column: Don't get caught up in grades

By Tyler Fleming | October 10

Almost every time I turn in a midterm, I feel a sense of relief. I don’t like talking about the test, I don’t want to hear the answers — I turned it in and that’s that.

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Op-Ed: Why we should kick Aramark off campus

October 10

When I graduated from UNC three years ago, I was proud to have helped build a strong relationship between socially conscious students and Carolina Dining Services.

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Column: Live like a full-time tourist

By Kiana Cole | October 10

From the moment I landed in London, I’ve felt the need to calm the inner tourist that I know makes up probably 80 percent of who I am. I think museums are really fun and taking embarrassing pictures at weird angles is crucial, but I haven’t done a lot of that here.

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Opinion: Halloween is a time for good-natured, spooky fun

By Editorial Board | October 9

It’s the spookiest time of the year. 

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Opinion: Women can have hobbies, despite what men might say

By Editorial Board | October 9

As girls and women take their place in the world outside of the domestic sphere, they inevitably find hobbies that have historically had a male audience. 

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Letter: ​Hurricane conditions no good for football

October 9

Shame on you John Swofford, Bubba Cunningham and Carol Folt for allowing a football game to be played in Chapel Hill on Saturday.

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Letter: ​Shrinking the BOG spells out bad news

October 9

UNC’s wildly unpopular System President Margaret Spellings was quoted in the Charlotte Observer suggesting that the UNC Board of Governors, campus-level Boards of Trustees, and the UNC General Administration could all stand to be reduced in size.

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Letter: ​Two for Two stands for unity for UNC

October 9

In his letter to the editor Thursday, (Student Congress) Speaker (Cole) Simons corrected an issue from The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of Tuesday’s GPSF Senate meeting. However, the Speaker’s primary claims against the Two for Two campaign misrepresent the case for separation.

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Column: Don’t make a fallacy in 2016

By Annie Kiyonaga | October 9

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Kvetching Board for Oct. 7, 2016

October 6

While I hope nothing bad happens, I’m waiting for that Alert Carolina email telling me that class has been cancelled on account of hurricane so I can go kayaking in the Pit.

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Letter: ​Anonymity can help further safe spaces

October 6

TO THE EDITOR: While the views expressed in “Safe spaces don’t exist” largely resonate with me, an important point goes undiscussed: the trade-offs between your persistent identity and your willingness to freely express yourself.

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Letter: ​UNC football wins provide hope

October 6

For students at UNC, Nick Weiler’s game winning field goal did not just give us a win, it gave us hope.

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