Column: Music in 2022 — the new 2013

By Ira Wilder | January 13

"So 2022 is here. It will be a year of new music to walk to class to. It will be a year of music that will inevitably define my nineteenth year. It will be a year of music by artists who remind me of simpler times — times when my mask loops didn’t interfere with my AirPods."

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Column: A look back at the winter break movie releases

By Guillermo Molero | January 12

"After all the craziness of the fall semester, Winter Break gave us time to sit down, relax and watch a movie. Fortunately, the holiday season is always filled to the brim with new releases — and this one was no different."

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Column: Athletics stock watch for the spring semester

By Josiah Townsend | January 11

"With another semester upon us, football season has come to a close and both men’s and women’s basketball have begun their conference play. It's time to check on some early (or late) season trends."

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Column: Ding, dong! The wicked Golden Globes are dead!

By Guillermo Molero | January 11

"Sure, awards shows are fun, but are they really as fun when they’re corrupt, blatantly racist and have no credibility whatsoever?"

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Column: Lessons from streaking in Davis Library

By Charlsie Doan | January 11

"I only have three semesters left at UNC, and I’m going into 2022 ready to make the absolute most of it. It may not be the best year of my life, but it doesn’t need to be. I’m just going to make sure that 2022 is the best that it can be."

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Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | January 10

"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up and administrators sticking their heads in the sand, and the only decision being delegated to me is whether or not I risk my life to attend my classes. That’s a difficult decision to make."

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Editorial: Pandemic highlights rural healthcare disparity

By Editorial Board | January 10

"The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated health care barriers for rural communities, including health care provider shortages, insufficient internet availability, geographic location and other issues."

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Column: UNC continues to research omicron as variant spreads

By Rajee Ganesan | January 10

"With research on omicron developing from here on out, new recommendations and policies are likely to emerge to protect the general public from the variant. For the next several weeks, it’s imperative that institutions and individuals take all the measures that they can to prevent the surge from affecting our local communities."

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Editorial: UNC's COVID-19 policies fall behind other elite institutions

By Editorial Board | January 10

"Should UNC have taken a similar approach to what the likes of Duke and Yale have done and postpone the start of the semester? Or even completely move instruction online for the first few weeks?"

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Column: UNC's spring plans delay the inevitable for graduate instructors

By Zari Taylor | January 9

"Remote learning isn’t fun for students or instructors, and the prospect of returning to Zoom is daunting. But I carry the burden of doing what I can to slow the spread and eliminate at least one site of potential exposure. This is a burden the University has allotted to myself and other graduate instructors and faculty."

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Editorial: UNC's lack of leadership isn't new, but it's still unacceptable

By Editorial Board | January 9

"We’ve seen it before — the lack of leadership to condemn racism and discrimination on campus, the lack of leadership to offer attendance flexibility during a global pandemic and the lack of leadership to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine."

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Editorial: Relaxing COVID-19 policies is dangerous – UNC does it anyway

By Editorial Board | January 9

"UNC administration cannot be the master of both worlds, although it may try, because there is only one right course of action – the one that protects students, faculty and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro communities we reside within. Anything else is negligent."

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Office DJ: Getting aux on the London Eye

By Madison Ward | January 9

"The combination of listening to music I deeply enjoy and acknowledging that embracing change will make me a stronger person is sure to make my "cuppa tea" seem far more than half full."

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Column: The "Carolina Experience" comes at a cost

By Rajee Ganesan | January 9

"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But if the “Carolina Experience” comes at the cost of the health of the community — I don’t want it."

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Op-ed: UNC isn't ready for the omicron variant

January 9

"When we do eventually return to the comforts of a residential experience, we must do so not because of loyalty to the past but rather because of a commitment to addressing the discomforts of our present."

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Editorial: How UNC can plan for a spring semester with COVID-19 variants

By Editorial Board | December 21

"History is repeating itself – as public health professionals warned us it would – and it’s up to UNC to ensure that we do not mirror the mistakes of the past."

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Editorial: Alleged interference in hiring endangers community trust in UNC

By Editorial Board | December 12

"After decades of unadulterated racism, violence and controversy across campus, hiring a new executive leader under the influence of a polarized political climate is a disservice — not only to the UNC community, but higher education across the board. Transparency about hiring decisions is only the first step in preserving universities as trusted institutions by all communities."

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Column: The biggest science headlines of 2021

By Rajee Ganesan | November 30

"Although these just scratch the surface of scientific discoveries over the past year, they are just proof that science prevails in times of funding losses, restrictions on travel and office work and through a pandemic. If this year was any indicator, 2022 looks bright."

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Quiz: Which Franklin Street bar are you?

By Editorial Board | November 30

"For all those over 21 (and as we head to Franklin Street for LDOC), take this quiz to find out which Chapel Hill bar you are."

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Farewell column: The necessary struggle of letting go

By Ben Rappaport | November 30

"The guilt of leaving this place will continue to haunt me, even after I am gone, but it is because of that sinking feeling, I know I have made my time in this beautiful town worthwhile."  

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