Column: Liking your life, even when you hate your job

By Spence Whitman | September 5

"My day was roughly scheduled as follows: work from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. I realized that if I simply went home after work every day, that would be the only thing I did and I would be sad. I refused to let that be the end of the story."

---

Column: Student fear is not your entertainment

By Kennedy Cox | September 5

"True crime should never be turned into a spectacle, especially when those who are affected are actively sharing these online spaces that content creators post on. A professor losing his life is not your story to tell."

---

Letter: An open letter to people older than me

September 4

"No group of Americans has grown up with gun violence the way that Generation Z has. No group can possibly completely understand the solemness and anxiety that school violence produces for them. "

---

Column: Poor crisis communication hurts us all — especially those at risk

By Adrian Tillman and Aisha Baiocchi | August 30

"As a community, we need to remember him, as well as what his detainment foreshadowed. His wrongful detainment began the cycle of racism and misinformation that has plagued conversations about our campus surrounding this tragedy."

---

Column: Dear politicians, thoughts and prayers aren't enough

By Laney Crawley | August 29

"It is disgusting that six months after Senate Bill 41 became law, this tragedy occurred. It is disgusting, but it also feels directly related — and makes me wonder if it all could have been avoided."

---

A love letter to those grieving: You are not alone.

By Georgia Roda-Moorhead | August 29

"We are the Sandy Hook generation. We grew up crouching behind desks in pitch-black darkness, as our teachers barred the doors shut in case a 'scary person' stepped on campus.  This epidemic has only worsened over time: The Gun Violence Archive counted 645 mass shootings in 2022 alone. It is truly no wonder that my generation has become so desensitized to gun violence we make jokes about it."

---

Column: Monday’s tragedy is a sobering reminder about gun violence

By Zari Taylor | August 29

"While I’m sure the shooting will spark local and national headlines on gun laws and gun control, I have little faith that anything will come out of it. The investigation will make clear how much gun laws, or the lack thereof, shaped the destructive actions that took place this week."

---

Column: It’s always internship season somewhere

By Le Ha | August 27

"For many college students, especially soon-to-be graduates, the internship is ideally a return ticket to employment post-graduation. It seems like a logical option that should support us in entering the professional world — if we can access it."

---

Column: I belong at UNC

By Laney Crawley | August 25

"Regardless of how extensive my resume was when applying to schools, people still said I would not have to worry about rigorous admissions processes because my skin color would do all the work for me."

---

Satire: Tips for returning from your semester abroad

By Hannah Kaufman | August 24

"As I would soon explain to friends, family, or anyone who would listen, my experience abroad was a blur of new faces and Vueling seat buckles. It was that first bite of patatas bravas, the time I passed the cathedral while a man in a scarf serenaded the square with something that felt like a love song."

---

Column: Behind The Daily Tar Heel's website relaunch

By Emmy Martin | August 23

"As our first newspapers of the academic year sit in blue boxes around campus and the community, I’m excited to tell you that our new website is live."

---

Column: The official student guide to buses

By Samad Rangoonwala | August 22

So, you’re a new student and you don’t have — or don’t want —  a car, but you need to get places. Luckily for you, the Triangle has a robust bus network. Here's what you need to know to get around.

---

Op-ed: Why 'race-blindness' is counterproductive

August 22

"When I stepped foot on campus, I immediately recognized the profound contrast from my high school environment."

---

Column: Why the USWNT’s World Cup loss means progress

By Mary Blake Nobles | August 20

"The USWNT’s failure to secure another title can easily be written off as a massive coaching failure and a wavering team dynamic, but we’re missing an important variable here. We are not giving the United States’ opponents, and all of the other teams in the tournament, enough credit."

---

Office DJ: What The Daily Tar Heel sounded like this summer

By Adrian Tillman | July 27

"Together, this playlist encapsulates a summer's worth of muggy afternoons, walks around campus, rounds of Geoguessr and whiteboard drawings. Every time I get nostalgic about slideshow nights, beer cheese or arguments about Filet-o-Fishes, I know this playlist will bring me right back to summer at The Daily Tar Heel."

---

Column: Why you should get to know your local student journalist

By Ethan E. Horton | July 27

"We're students whose writing and editing and designing and photographing makes up one of the best student newspapers in the country, and the main print newspaper remaining in Orange County. And we hope to lay the foundations for the next generation of news. So, yeah – support student journalism."

---

Column: What I brought to move in my first year — and how much I actually used it

By Caitlyn Yaede | June 28

"I am not the first person to share this advice, nor will I be the last. Moving into your first college dorm room is a formative experience in your young adult life and I’m here to make sure you have everything you need to be a full-time Tar Heel."

---

Column: Making friends sucks. But then, it doesn't.

By Ethan E. Horton | June 27

"Let's be very clear — making friends sucks. It does. You have to be vulnerable. You have to be nice. You have to give a little to get a little. I've never been a big fan of any of that."

---

Column: Making Chapel Hill my home, and yours

By Walker Livingston | June 27

"I’ve grown pretty tired of Chapel Hill. After all, I have gone to elementary, middle, high school and college here. Despite this, I think I’ve gotten around to making Chapel Hill my home. And I hope you make it yours too. "

---

Office DJ: Songs for driving down Highway 54

By Eliza Benbow | June 27

"These are the songs that I always come back to that remind me of Carolina, whether it’s driving down Highway 54, taping memories to the walls of my first dorm room or laying on the quad."

---