Editorial: 5 ways you can still have a happy birthday

By Editorial Board | March 15

The world has had an entire year to come up with some coronavirus-friendly ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are just a few.

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Column: Where’s my stimmy?

By Vance Stiles | March 15

"With the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, many college students may be asking, 'Where’s my stimmy check at?'”

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Old North State stories: The life of Ella May Wiggins and the 1929 mill strikes in Gastonia

By Michael Beauregard | March 15

92 years after the Loray Mill strike, inadequate wages, poor working conditions and automation continue to harm workers and their ability to live their lives to the fullest extent possible. 

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Column: Why Meghan Markle's interview isn't surprising

By Aditi Kharod | March 14

"Meghan is for us what Diana was for our mothers: an aspirational tale of someone who refused to take the unwarranted abuse she faced daily and instead decided to get out."

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Column: The pros and cons of standardized tests

By Raymond Pang | March 14

Should admission tests like the SAT and ACT should be permanently ignored when considering future applicants?  Here are the pros and cons of these tests.

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Column: First generation students deserve more from UNC

By Caitlyn Yaede | March 14

"Perhaps now more than ever, UNC should take first-generation students into consideration: the emotional and academic barriers they face, and how virtual learning has fostered a disconnect between first generations and campus culture."

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Editorial: A disappointing first year at UNC

By Editorial Board | March 10

While it is important to recognize that others have had it worse, losing jobs and loved ones, it does not invalidate the universal feeling of losing out on the college experience. 

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Column: A cruel summer, spring and fall of covering COVID-19 at UNC

By Maddie Ellis and Maeve Sheehey | March 10

Former University Editor Maeve Sheehey and current University Editor Maddie Ellis share their experiences covering the pandemic as student journalists. 

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Viewpoints: What we're looking forward to following the pandemic

By Editorial Board | March 9

With the Centers for Disease Control releasing guidelines that vaccinated individuals can congregate indoors without masks, the end of the pandemic seems closer than ever.  Here are things the Editorial Board is looking forward to once that time comes.

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Editorial: What a year of solitude has taught us

By Editorial Board | March 9

The Editorial Board reflects on their time alone during the pandemic.

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Column: American infrastructure is not doing well

By JC Leser | March 9

"The U.S. needs to invest more in infrastructure nationally, and individual states need to put the money to good use, addressing the needs that their respective communities have."

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Column: What COVID-19 taught us about science this year

By Rajee Ganesan | March 9

COVID-19 has radically impacted and revealed things about science in many ways this year.  Here are just a few things that we have learned over the course of the pandemic.

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Editorial: Sexual assault allegations against Madison Cawthorn highlight broader issue

By Editorial Board | March 9

"The University has the power to lead the charge against sexual assault on campus, adequately punish perpetrators and create a safer campus community for its students. It has refused to do its part."

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Editorial: Losing senior year to a pandemic

By Editorial Board | March 9

"We still have two months until graduation, but it feels like we left college a long time ago."

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Column: Thoughts almost 365 days into the pandemic

By Asad Yusuf | March 9

"I just hope that before daily commutes, traffic and waiting in lines again stow away any recently discovered pockets of free time, we’re able to save our institutions before we succumb to some strain of permanent chaos."

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Column: How technology trapped Britney

By Elisa Kadackal | March 9

"The spread of misinformation, and the technology that enables it, has contributed to the chaotic spiraling of a young woman whose entire life has been picked apart and devoured by us."

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Column: It's time to go back to school

By Josiah Townsend | March 8

"Students need to return to the classrooms, and with many parents and lawmakers wanting students back, now is the right time to open our schools."

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Column: The wheels on the bus need more money — now

By Ben Rappaport | March 7

"More projects like BRT and increasing bus frequency mean reducing our carbon footprint, stimulating the local economy and ultimately making Chapel Hill a more desirable place to be."

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Column: Student loans, explained

By Vance Stiles | March 7

Attending college has become an increasingly expensive proposition. How are students supposed to pay for their education, and what risks are associated with this rapidly expanding market?  

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Editorial: Study abroad and other missed opportunities

By Editorial Board | March 4

"Instead of exploring new places and learning hands-on, we joined virtual tours and conference calls."

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