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Quick hits for Sept. 8, 2016

September 8

We at The Daily Tar Worker reject all efforts to improve on campus housing. What students need is assimilation. We submit to whomever has control over this to tear down all dorms and build barracks. Just rows of tents, with one safe box to store your government-provided laptop and burlap UNC hoodie.

Letter: Consider the theme of entrepreneurship

September 8

TO THE EDITOR: Few students and faculty would disagree with the Sept. 6 editorial, “Fee would betray values,” about the fact that a $3,000 increase in fees in the Kenan-Flagler Business School would be unfortunate and at odds with the state’s oft-cited constitutional article extolling affordability. But the quoted rationale for the fee increase — that students “feel that they are getting more as a result of being a business major/minor than their counterparts and recognize that they have not yet had to pay for this” — indeed reflects many of the core values now openly expressed, if not praised, by the University’s use of the term entrepreneurship.

Column: You don’t have to be OK to be OK

By Alison Krug | September 8

“Why is everyone here crying?” I looked up from my bench in Coker Arboretum to see a small boy with both arms thrown in the air staring straight at me.

Viewpoints: Open discussion should triumph over civil silence

By Chris Dahlie | September 8

A large fuss is boiling over Jay Ellison’s communiqué scare quoting the phantom menaces of trigger warnings and safe spaces. Here he cheaply casts UC in the culture war against what almost always exist as benign, noncoercive practices.

Letter: What kind of Carolina do we want to have?

September 8

As an alumnus, I expected my main duty to be deleting emails from various arms of the UNC bureaucracy asking for money.

Letter: DTH should not publish PR pieces

September 8

I’d like to personally ask The Daily Tar Heel to stop publishing press releases for the University administration and passing them off as journalism.

Opinion: Take advantage of the Southern Oral History Program

By Editorial Board | September 7

Traditionally, the adage “history is written by the winners” holds true.

Opinion: Public art is needed to create political engagment

By Editorial Board | September 7

Art must play an active role in politics and in geography. Artists often relegate themselves to galleries or studios, commenting on politics through their work while residing in a privatized space.

Column: Pursuing racial justice despite costs is commendable

By Alexander Peeples | September 7

Georgetown University recently announced that, on the advice of its Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation, it will offer preferential admissions treatment to descendants of enslaved individuals whose “labor and value benefited the University.”

Letter: An environmental fight worth having

September 7

The Environmental Protection Agency has long reported the dangerous consequences of the global greenhouse effect; it has pointed to carbon emissions from coal, oil and natural gas as the primary contributors. Carbon dioxide emissions account for 80.9 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

Letter: Change can happen by being active

September 7

Occupy Wall Street had millions of people united and standing up in the cold across the nation. Occupy Wall Street did not make politicians change laws.

Letter: Let’s replace HB2 already, NCGA

September 7

House Bill 2 should be repealed and replaced with a law, or constitutional amendment, that states that all adult citizens have the exact same legal, political and civil rights.

Letter: Can we really afford burritos in Lenoir?

September 7

Last week, there was an article written about the addition of a burrito bar in Lenoir Dining Hall. This appears to be a gain for the students and faculty who frequent Lenoir.

Letter: New campus security app, PhoneFlare

September 6

Please consider sharing this volunteer-run app, PhoneFlare. I can send you hundreds of dust plugs if you like and cards to pass out. My son spent a year of his personal time devoted to this free campus security app. Please share.

Letter: Student Government hosting policing event

September 6

In light of police brutality against people of color, attacks on police officers and attacks on the LGBTQ community this summer, we seek to create an atmosphere of connectedness among students, safety officers and UNC administration.

Letter: Reasons why UNC did not do well Saturday

September 6

TO THE EDITOR: I am a Patriots fan in New England and while I am not used to losing, I am especially uncomfortable losing when I feel I have the best team. First of all, may I state that when we get a “Neutral Site” game, let’s not call one in the opposition’s capital city (Atlanta), at their biggest NFL stadium and 90 percent of the fans, A NEUTRAL FIELD !http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/09/press-coverage-unc-vs-georgia-football-preview I very sincerely felt that our play selection was horrendous. We have excellent receivers. A bunch of passes laterally 20 or 30 yards didn’t work on the first two plays (poor Ryan Switzer), but continued not to work the entire game — especially the infamous “touchback.” I’m convinced that Trubisky is an excellent quarterback, but the plays he was given to work with completely arrested his talents.http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/09/press-coverage-unc-vs-georgia-football-preview Maybe just a few more passes down the field or across the field would have helped both the receivers and Trubisky. I am also concerned over the defense. Not much has to be said. Great at times ... on break at others. My final comments are to Coach Fedora. A great coach, but “pick your battles.” Don’t blow up on every call.

Letter: Efforts to make better bathroom signs

September 6

TO THE EDITOR: An editorial in Friday’s The Daily Tar Heel (“One step forward, three steps back for inclusivity”) questioned the removal of the gender-neutral restroom signage at The Campus Y.http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/09/opinion-one-step-forward-three-steps-back-for-inclusivity To clarify and put the sign removal into context, the Campus Y was not targeted for sign replacement. Rather, it was one stop among many by Facilities Services staff to post consistent, compliant signage throughout campus to indicate gender-neutral facilities and to add to the campus inventory of gender-neutral facilities. Regardless of intent, however, we do recognize the sensitivity around this issue. In response to the concerns that were shared during the first week of the semester about signage, we are changing signs for all gender-neutral facilities to a pictogram of a toilet and the word “restroom,” which still follows federal government recommendations and is a clearly recognizable symbol used around the world. This news was shared in the Chancellor’s Aug.

Column: Sit back and listen, white women

By Zaynab Nasif | September 6

When walking into my Women’s Studies class, I feel a sense of community and comfort with the diverse group of women I get to listen to for an hour.

Column: A city of peace in the Middle East

By Mejs Hasan | September 6

I try to make time to watch the BBC Arabic TV channel — it shows a side of the Middle East that is not entirely hate and despair and offers a more complex view than most non-Arab viewers may expect.

Opinion: Kenan-Flagler’s proposed fee sets a bad precedent

By Editorial Board | September 6

Affordability and equity are hallmark values of our University. These values are even cemented in Article 9 of North Carolina’s constitution, which reads: “public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, (shall) be extended to the people of the State free of expense.”