Editorial: Honor contributions of Black North Carolinians, even if our University won't

By Editorial Board | February 4

"As UNC students, we must recognize the handprints of enslaved labor impressed into the very foundation of this university, names in brick and stone of the unnamed ancestors of our classmates and colleagues."

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Column: Environmental injustice in North Carolina is often racial injustice too

By Hailey Rodriguez | February 4

"No matter where you look in the world, marginalized and low-income communities are disproportionately affected by environmental hazards."

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Column: Black people built our university. UNC must build to remember them.

By Savannah Clay | February 4

"We cannot begin to tell the history of our university without properly memorializing and monumentalizing the Black people who built and sustained this institution."

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Column: For UNC, institutional neutrality is complicity with Trump and ICE

By Maggie Mead | February 3

"If a student is admitted to UNC, which purports to prize meritocracy and institutional neutrality above all, their deportation would be not only an inexcusable act of violence against them, but a loss to the overall diversity of thought and academic excellence our university prioritizes."

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Column: New obesity guidelines give a needed change to our relationship with weight

By Anna Gage | February 2

"Excessive weight is not always a problem in itself; it can simply be a gateway to a host of other issues. So why unnecessarily treat individuals before these other issues present themselves?"

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Column: You aren't what you eat, but you are what you speak

By Arya Mehta | January 31

"Certain cuisines are only seen as generally palatable because they have a correlation with international power and racial superiority — the menu is written by the victors."

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Satire: Five Nights at Dookie's — my terrifying adventure in K-Ville

By Sydney Baker | January 30

"While most of them were away boogieing wit da Hoodie, I was renting their tenting, breaking into tents to see what I could find. This isn’t exactly how I pictured the living conditions of students who pay over $65,000 in tuition a year."

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Editorial: Protect your autonomy in the digital gilded age

By Editorial Board | January 29

"The content you absorb every day on your phone is not arbitrary; every word, picture and video was chosen for you by an algorithm, put in place under the supervision of these tech billionaires."

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Op-ed: Can't find housing? Neither can Orange County community members.

January 28

"UNC's staggering on-campus housing prices substantially inflate the housing prices in Orange County, which only ends in segregation along the lines of class."

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Column: The fragility of TikTok reveals the importance of physical media

By Rachel Moody | January 28

"The internet cannot replicate the egalitarian act of thumbing through a stack of randomized CDs, records, books or DVDs and selecting one with no idea if you’ll like it or not."

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Satire: Thank God TikTok is back — the morons can't get as smart as me

By Delaney Broderick | January 28

"'I just downloaded Goodreads!' one post read of a young girl smiling radiantly. Her eyes, once so familiar as barred and subdued, were full of color and life. I nearly threw up."

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Column: Stories about resistance against fascism are everywhere. Why don't we believe them?

By Harry Black | January 27

"Any good movie has something to say. It’s up to the viewer to look past artificial aesthetics and action sequences to garner such a message."

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Column: Alcohol is inextricably tied to cancer, but it's inextricably tied to college students too

By Harry Black | January 27

"Moderate drinking may have negative consequences on our health, but so too does a lack of social connection."

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Column: Pedestrian cities are the future. Carrboro is working toward that.

By Cooper Hall | January 27

"This new space could exemplify how we think about designing our towns and cities in a way that is directly beneficial to residents."

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Column: Politicians, pick one: TikTok or universal data privacy

By Cogan McMichaels | January 23

"The issue here is barely about national security or privacy, but rather about geopolitical posturing and leverage."

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Column: Feeling burnt out by your major? Try a CLE and learn for fun.

By Natalie McCarthy | January 20

"When you feel like CLEs are just another graduation requirement that eat up your valuable time, remember that they are also a great tool for exercising intellectual autonomy and refreshing the passion for learning."

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Column: LA wildfires are sparking a discussion on prison labor. It's long overdue.

By Mary Blake Nobles | January 20

"Prison labor that is not properly compensated, whether that is rescuing a community from a fire or manufacturing goods in a factory, should be seen and treated as a fundamental violation of one’s rights."

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Editorial: The admissions process is compromised by AI and the Board of Trustees

By Editorial Board | January 20

"Applicants deserve to be considered wholly by humans, not by artificial intelligence nor by meddling university higher-ups."

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Column: The University claims to meet full financial aid. Can it really say that?

By Delaney Broderick | January 20

"Meeting full financial need is not a fluctuating cycle of reducing grants and extending loans. Either meet students 100 percent as you claim, or find a new marketing point that more adequately suits your practices."

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Column: A eulogy to the Earth, signed by politicians and corporations

By Cooper Hall | January 19

"So, if it feels like you are fighting a losing battle every time you carry a reusable bag into the grocery store, it’s because you are, and, right now, you’re fighting it alone."

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