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Column: How to juggle being a full-time student and part-time employee

By Kailee Sullivan | March 20

"You might just surprise yourself with how well you can balance a job with your other responsibilities and make a few bucks to treat yourself along the way."

Editorial: The ultimate guide to first-year dorms

By Editorial Board | March 20

"The process is confusing, and new students are given little guidance on how to make their selection. This is especially true for those who have never been to campus or had an opportunity to tour the dorms. To help incoming Tarheels, the Editorial Board has put together the ultimate guide to first-year on-campus living."

Column: Where is the accountability to disabled students?

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | March 10

"UNC has shown that when it actually cares about something, then it can produce swift and deliberate change and accountability. So when it stalls on accessibility, racial justice initiatives, financial aid or paying reasonable wages to all of its workers, it is clear it simply does not care. It is time for UNC to put action behind its promises and make this campus actually accessible for all of its students."

Column: Brooding and badass, Reeves' slick noir thriller brings Batman to new level

By Guillermo Molero | March 10

"'The Batman' is easily one of the most complete superhero movies ever made, a cinematic triumph that uses everything at its disposal to provide a thoroughly engrossing, enriching experience for viewers lucky enough to see it in theaters."

Op-ed: Ways you can support my family in Ukraine

March 8

"You can help my family, Ukraine and the world. We defend our land and our democracy, and we are on the right side of history."

Column: The importance of raising awareness about Russia-Ukraine invasions

By Georgia Roda-Moorhead | March 8

"In the age of information, it has never been so easy to overlook conflicts the media has already covered in seeming abundance and instead focus on the new, oftentimes sensationalized, events which emerge. This harmful tradeoff should not exist."

Editorial: Things to do near Chapel Hill this spring break

By Editorial Board | March 8

"As you overhear talk of people going on trips to Cancún, Miami, Costa Rica or some other warm and tropical paradise, it can seem awkward knowing you don’t have any big trip planned for spring break this year. However, there’s still plenty to do while at home or in the Chapel Hill area that is both fun and affordable (or, better yet, free)."

Editorial: Give professors discretion over mask use in classrooms

By Editorial Board | March 8

"Some students, faculty and staff — especially those who are at increased risk for COVID-19 — find this change to be worrisome. With the inability to move classes online, class instructors should be able to regulate the mask requirements for their own classrooms."

Editorial: Student protests are absolutely necessary.

By Editorial Board | March 7

"In all of this, it is important to remember to speak out about injustices we witness. Even for us that our daily lives are relatively unaffected by the occurring injustice. It is our support that brings power to the cause. For when we don’t speak out, we let inequity run society."

Column: “Jeen-Yuhs” grapples with Kanye West’s complicated legacy

By Zari Taylor | March 7

"The internal struggles Kanye has dealt with, however, don’t justify the harm he has brought. They shouldn’t be forgotten, no matter how much we — and I include myself in this — love the old Kanye that hustled for the love of his craft and greatly impacted hip-hop music."

Editorial: It’s time for more local faces in national politics

By Editorial Board | March 6

"When our city council members, mayors and county commissioners represent us in the House, we can bring new ideas to the stagnant arena of federal politics. Ideas that have worked for us, especially here in Orange County, could have the potential to help people across the nation — but we wouldn’t know until our local leaders get their foot in the door."

Column: Chapel Hill should be for pedestrians

By Arul Gundam | March 3

"In its current state, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area is difficult to navigate by foot and car. And when these modes of transportation intersect, neither is properly managed or advocated for. But if the balance had to be shifted in the favor of one side, it should be the pedestrians."

Editorial: Hillsborough fails to combat climate change through clean transit

By Editorial Board | March 3

"The environmental benefit of this project now relies on one thing: time. And time is the thing that we no longer have. We can no longer afford to put carbon emissions in the atmosphere when we have alternative methods that are environmentally friendly."

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Column: The University isn’t ready to talk about its racial past

By Zari Taylor | March 3

"The University should be open to telling this story even if it’s not convenient for its brand. Further, the gross exertion of control over a Black artist does not honor their supposed commitment to supporting 'talented and visionary artists.'"

Column: The harm of how UNC dining halls display calories

By Georgia Roda-Moorhead | March 2

"It's far past time to push calorie monitors so they don't have to be right above food to a place where they are accessible to students who need them but not forced upon anyone trying to grab a meal at the dining halls."

Office DJ: Songs for life's road trips and pit stops

By Liv Reilly | March 2

"These are the songs that are played as I make my way through whatever this crazy life is. These are the songs that are played as I try to make it through my first year of college. These are also the songs that were played as my dad and I drove through Texas for thirteen hours in one day and the only thing that kept us alive was praline pecans."

Column: Bomb threats at HBCUs are another act of violence against Black students

By Charity Cohen | March 1

"Racism and hatred toward Black people who are seeking to better themselves intellectually still exists, and isn’t a remnant of the past, but rather a practice of the present. Knowledge is power and white supremacy functions best when that power is stripped from the individuals that it hopes to oppress."

Editorial: Undocumented students need more representation in N.C. universities

By Editorial Board | March 1

"While there are no technical legal barriers that bar undocumented students from college classrooms, financial barriers serve a glaringly similar purpose."

Editorial: Mitigating the effect of the pandemic on speech development

By Editorial Board | February 28

"Isolation caused by the pandemic has also created concern among educators and parents as we wonder what the future effects of social isolation and the comfort in it may have on these generations. In an effort to support all students, regardless of where they are in speech development, it is imperative that primary educators implement options such as plexiglass desks or clear masks in their classrooms. Only then can we begin to mitigate the social effects of the pandemic on student learning."

Editorial: The language requirement must be expanded for UNC students

By Editorial Board | February 28

"UNC must expedite the process for approving languages not offered at UNC — without doing so, we continue to value languages, and therefore cultures, differentially."