Editorial: UNC going virtual is inevitable

"We can learn from UNC’s past mistakes and how certain policy decisions might make virtual learning inevitable this semester."

Office DJ: Music for being swept out to sea

"With that, who wants to pitch in so we can buy this $600 giant flamingo pool floaty and float into the Gulf of Alaska?"

Op-ed: Dean King's impact on "J-school kids"

"Thank you, Dean King. My entire experience as a journalism student at UNC was what it was because of you. It is a gift of the community that is evergreen. Your legacy will allow more and more young journalists, especially young women journalists, to shine."

Column: Deconstructing the straight-A student mindset

"In a university surrounded by brilliant minds and self-described overachievers, I know I’m not the only one that falls prey to this mindset. Having this perception of academics linked to self-worth can cause serious damage to a person’s physical and mental health."

Cartoon: Returning to campus

Op-ed: The risks are too high

"Rushing back to the classroom this week puts us all at risk — for that reason, we are publishing an open letter requesting online classes for 4-6 weeks, signed by over 500 faculty members."

Quiz: How should you prepare for FDOC?

Take this quiz to determine what you need to do to prepare yourself for a fantastic semester!

Editorial: Dispatches from the eye of UNC's COVID-19 storm

"Be cognizant of mayhem around, but take solace in the fact that we are in this together. We will stay calm in the eye of the storm because we have one another."

Editorial: The long-term effects of COVID-19 on education

"The start of the 2021-22 school year will see some aspects of education return to normalcy. Despite this, the effects of the pandemic on education — both positive and negative — will linger for years to come."

Editorial: Zoom University — gone, but not forgotten

"Let’s remember to grant everyone some grace as we ditch our pajama pants for jeans and Zoom University for a true UNC experience."

Column: UNC's missing piece is accountability

"The honor system can’t work when students have proved, time and time again, that they do not honor the system. This is a chance at a semblance of normalcy, and it’s being disrupted by students and administration that have avoided responsibility at every corner."

Editorial: How UNC's fall sports teams are evolving

"As we prepare for the 2021-22 school year, a special time is upon us — athletic season. Although classes begin on Aug. 18 for students, UNC athletic teams have been preparing for the fall athletics season for months."

Op-ed: Returning to campus safely requires mandatory vaccination

"If the UNC System really wants a successful fall semester, then provide this campus with delegated authority to make our own public health decisions. The clock is ticking, and we are waiting."

Op-ed: Let's create a Coalition for Carolina

"Most importantly, the current governance structure means that we are unable, as an institution, to live our values. The faculty, staff and students cannot change this situation alone. We need all those that love Carolina to come to our aid in a concerted, organized, sustained effort to reform the way our campus is governed and chart a forward course."

Op-ed: Dean Susan King's message to the UNC community

"This has been a long and disconcerting year of pandemic, social strife, partisanship and personal loss. It is also a year when we have come together to stand for the ideals that originated this university."

Op-ed: The Power of Pell and Senator Richard Burr’s Opportunity

"By advocating to double Pell, Senator Richard Burr can invest in the future: current and prospective low and middle-income students who depend on financial aid to enroll in higher education would be able to do so without being a burden to their families. Additionally, more students could obtain college degrees and have a chance at financial mobility with much less debt."

Op-ed: Set a date to review Hannah-Jones for tenure

"Should it become clear that Ms. Hannah-Jones will not be given a fair hearing and vote as has every other candidate for the position she will hold, faculty will no doubt leave this university. Why stay when promotion or tenure may be delayed or denied because of someone else’s politics?"

Column: Denying Hannah-Jones tenure devalues Black student journalists' degrees, work

"I’m not sure how I’m supposed to attend journalism classes next semester when I know that the opportunity to be taught by a Black journalist who is one of the most seminal writers of all time has been put on the line in the name of conservative politics and white feelings."

Farewell column: Something to be proud of

Digital Managing Editor Will Melfi reflects on his time at UNC. 

Farewell column: The people of the DTH made me better

Editorial Managing Editor Brandon Standley is leaving The Daily Tar Heel — armed with wisdom, Taylor Swift lyrics and an emotional playlist.