Column: North Carolina needs a higher budget for education

"Public schools are essential parts of society, providing education and opportunities at a standard taxpayer cost. Teachers at these schools propel students' success. However, in North Carolina, a state with the most board-certified teachers in public schools nationally, the beginning teacher pay ranks 46th."

Column: Governments must treat the femicide crisis separate from homicide

"Femicide is the gender-related killing of women and girls. Although the terms ‘femicide’ and ‘homicide’ both describe the intentional killing of another person, they are not synonymous."

Column: UNC must adopt a standard policy for class content warnings

"A University-wide policy on content warnings in classes would not only bridge the disconnect between voiced support of content warnings and the failure of their implementation, but ensure consistency between classes and support professors in an environment void of shame."

Office DJ: This playlist is NOT about Jimmy Buffett

I love Jimmy Buffett and no one can stop me.

Column: Forcing the sale of TikTok ignores the bigger issue of cybersecurity

"Why is bill banning a popular app the only partisan thing our polarized Democratic and Republican parties can agree on, aside from passing funding so the country doesn’t shut down?"

Editorial: CDS must do better to serve students with dietary, religious restrictions

"When dining halls close their regular dinner hours at 8 p.m., it makes it difficult for students to find healthy and fulfilling options without paying out of pocket during these religious holidays, and it calls into question if UNC and CDS is making enough effort to serve all of their community."

Column: Questioning the Leandro Plan is dangerous for rural North Carolina

"By strangling school districts, legislators strangle the future. We cannot stand by and watch our future wrenched from us. We cannot stand by while the Republican Supermajority aims to turn the lights off on Rural North Carolina."

Column: Palestinian journalists are reporting for an indifferent world

"Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that could potentially result in a nationwide ban of TikTok, cutting off one key platform that families and journalists use to advocate for themselves and raise funds to seek refuge outside of Gaza."

Column: The 32 hour workweek could be a huge win for college students post-grad

"The work-life balance is something students begin to learn in college — many of us balance spending time with loved ones, jobs and our hobbies while also doing coursework — and this balance is often disrupted once they enter the job field because all of their time must be spent on their career and its growth."

Column: Students need study spaces on weekend evenings

"Student access to a 24/7 on-campus library would bring about an array of benefits that include the ability to accommodate all students’ vastly different schedules."

Column: Don’t let a class’ difficulty steer you away from taking something you enjoy

"When picking classes for your major, factors such as time, location, professor and level of difficulty are important to consider, but I encourage you to take the ones you’re interested in if you have the opportunity, even if they have a daunting reputation."

Satire: How I made a winning March Madness bracket

"So with these ingenious tactics, I have constructed the most promising bracket every basketball bro wishes they had."

Satire: 'Hey, quick question!'

"'Rough morning, okay?' you mumble, trying to escape the omnipotent eye of the camera. But it’s too late. You’ve been condemned to infamy by a TikTok street interview for eternity. Soon, the whole world will know that you are unconditionally and irrevocably uncool via short-form video content."

Column: Don't trade comprehension for consumption

"Yes, modern technology feels omnipresent and inescapable, but we don’t have to surrender our autonomy."

Behind the Mental Health Collaborative

Satire: If you weren't in Cabo over break, you're a loser

"Every American knows college is mainly known for three things: getting a degree, sports and spring break."

Op-ed: Make space to help those struggling with their mental health

"I wish I could say that was the last time I supported someone thinking about suicide."

Column: Mental health is generational in minority communities. Acknowledge it

"The way my parents raised me was a reflection of their own upbringing in India, where the stigma surrounding mental health is undeniably worse. My parents likely had little resources to turn to if they felt similarly in their youth. Suppressing their feelings was all they ever knew, so it’s no wonder I was raised to do the same."

Column: Remission from major depressive disorder is possible

"My teenage years had been an endless cycle of trying a medication, feeling 'okay' for a few weeks, feeling symptoms return and increasing my dosage. When the increased dosage didn’t work, I’d try another medication. By my first semester at UNC, I had tried and failed four different antidepressants and had given up on psychotherapy."

Op-ed: The Town of Chapel Hill pushes back on immigration bill

"It’s becoming increasingly clear that immigrants and refugees will be positioned as the partisan wedge issue for both state and federal races. It's a strategy designed to divide us with fear and it threatens to erode the trust and safety our local law enforcement has worked so diligently to cultivate within our community."