Column: Meet your new opinion editor

By Paige Masten | August 9

"I’m honored to serve as The Daily Tar Heel’s opinion editor for the 2020-21 year. To me, the opinion page is the heart of the community, a place where we can have important discussions about issues relevant to UNC and the larger Chapel Hill population. These conversations, however difficult they may be, are critical as we determine how to move forward as a desk, as a newsroom and as a community."

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Column: COVID-19 testing is essential for UNC to reopen safely

By Rajee Ganesan | August 9

"One of the more questionable decisions made by the UNC administration in recent weeks was the choice to not require COVID-19 testing for students upon return to campus under the premise that it 'could create a false sense of security.'"

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Column: Removing Native American imagery from sports is long overdue

By PJ Morales | July 22

"The next time you see someone dressed up as a chief with a headdress and painted skin at a Kansas City Chiefs game, or doing the Tomahawk chop at a Braves game, ask yourself: is it OK to use that imagery and represent Native Americans the way we do, despite their demonstrated anger at those stereotypes and the tragedies they suffered as a result of American colonialism and expansion?"

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Op-ed: White tenured faculty must strike now to save lives and jobs

July 20

"Those who will be most affected by UNC reopening this fall are those who have already risked so much to make campus safe and just for everyone. It is wrong for the most protected workers to risk the least and the least protected workers to risk the most."

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Op-ed: We delivered the UNC Title IX petition. The administration answered.

July 20

"For years, the University has swept sexual violence under the rug while making empty promises to confront the issue. UNC has the opportunity to break the pattern of institutional betrayal and do right by their students. It is time for accountability, transparency and urgency of action to be prioritized in order to dismantle Carolina’s culture of sexual assault."

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Op-ed: Five reasons why we all should reject in-person instruction

July 8

While UNC’s administration paints all-online instruction as a radical and unrealistic measure, here are five reasons why I, a UNC graduate student worker, think this is in fact a more-than-reasonable, actually necessary, option. 

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Column: The ignored nuance of Black people

By Adejuwon Ojebuoboh | June 21

"We must adjust our 'diversity' initiatives to take this important distinction into account, because recent descendants do not have to face the same generational trauma that long-standing descendants experience every day. All Black people experience racism in America, but descendants of recent African immigrants may not always face the systemic injustice long-standing descendants do."   

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Editorial: The University that doesn't care

By Editorial Board | June 18

What Chancellor Guskiewicz and the administration fail to realize is that UNC is certainly not the University of the people — and it never has been, not even a little bit. But this is not news. Students and activists have been sounding the alarm for decades. Every time, the University has been indifferent.

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Letter: Statement from the elected people of color of Orange County

June 17

"In honor of those who came before us, and for the sake of those who will come after us, we, being unapologetically people of color, commit to sustaining the fight until justice is achieved."

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Op-ed: UNC has poor record of protecting Black and minority workers

June 16

"As a longtime University employee in Facilities Services, I have zero confidence in the University’s capability or willingness to do what is needed to keep workers safe from COVID-19."

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Column: Black America is tired of fighting for something we shouldn't have to fight for

By Isaiah Lucas | June 14

If you claim to not be racist because you have Black friends, it is time to show it. If you claim to support diversity and inclusion, it is time to show it. If you claim to be against white supremacy, now is the time to show it. If you are not willing to put actions behind your words, please stop talking. Black Americans are tired of hearing it.  

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Op-ed: Chapel Hill must put its money where its mouth is

June 8

"A gradual defunding of the police department paired with investments in expansive social services will make our town safer, healthier and more equal. If the Town Council decides to not pursue this plan of action, it is only perpetuating the conditions of injustice that have characterized our nation from the very start."

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Column: As social media activism evolves, our actions must also evolve

By Amena Saad | June 7

"I started writing this column early last week, with renewed hope that this culture of online performativity could have positive results. A few days ago, however, I woke up to the Blackout Tuesday trend on Instagram and felt like we’d all taken a step back."

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Column: Racism is a public health crisis

By Rajee Ganesan | June 3

"Black Americans endure racial discrimination, microaggressions and antagonization from nearly every American institution. It’s visible in the disproportionate incarceration rates, unemployment statistics and home ownership demographics. Unsurprisingly, this disparity appears, too, in one of the systems most vital to public safety — health care."

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Editorial: Black lives matter

By Editorial Board | May 31

The Editorial Board stands in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis and across America. 

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Column: In memory of Babes Who Blade

By Mary King | May 18

A requiem, written in iambic pentameter, for Babes Who Blade, the Facebook group with over 7,000 members that moderators shut down this past weekend. 

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Op-ed: Loud words, silent university

May 11

"Words have consequences, and events like the IFC speaker impact our community in immeasurable ways. These words are reflective of a broader culture of violence and oppression — they normalize violent actions in our community. We are righteously outraged at this behavior by the IFC. The system must be held responsible and face consequences."

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Column: Computer science isn't all that scary

By Elisa Kadackal | May 5

The world of computer science is daunting. But we don’t often get a bigger picture of the compassion, creativity and collaboration that is seen in this world — something I have gained from my experience in the computer science department at UNC.

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Column: Zayn and Gigi are having a baby and I am so emotional

By Ramishah Maruf | April 30

"How can I put such profound, earth-shattering news into one article? How can I sum up every emotion I’m feeling in a mere 700 words? How can my life ever continue on in the same way, knowing a human being with Gigi and Zayn’s genes is going to exist soon?"

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Letter to the editor: UNC administration misunderstands graduate student struggle

April 30

"If the University really cared about how productive we are at this time, the best thing they can do is make those assurances. Secure our funding, secure our healthcare and guarantee our jobs for the duration of the pandemic."

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