Farewell Column: Buy-in to The Daily Tar Heel
"I owe so much to The Daily Tar Heel. It allowed me to establish myself professionally while immersing myself in my community in a way unlike any other."
"I owe so much to The Daily Tar Heel. It allowed me to establish myself professionally while immersing myself in my community in a way unlike any other."
"I know that I have created memories, safe spaces, and planted seeds for the people that come after me to thrive and make the DTH a better place.""
"I will forever be grateful to the people who leaned in when things got tough. The people who were ready to drop everything to chase a story. A piece of my heart will always remain at 109 E. Franklin St. once I hand over my keys and clean out my desk."
"While it’s finally time to finish out my years at the newsroom, I can’t seem to find a way to finish up this column. How to wrap up three years of bylines and dozens of bell dings that ring through the office after print is submitted."
"Putting dozens of college students in a room together for hours on end guarantees you’ll hear some great music — some you know, some you’ve never heard of before."
"I never liked farewell columns when I was at The Daily Tar Heel. They always seemed too self indulgent — no offense to my wonderful peers that have written plenty of these over the years — considering that most of our readers don’t know or care about who is producing the news they read."
"The job hasn’t been perfect, and as my friends know, my hours are irregular and my weekends have been filled with sports — but I wouldn’t change it for the world."
"If our campus wasn’t open, we wouldn’t have our own personal emporium to venture through after class."
"Everyone in the DTH office has taught me something. I barely knew how to get to the office before I was an editor, and now walking in feels like home."
"Many lifelong American citizens who demand that their opinion be heard first have never experienced true oppression — the type of oppression that plagues other parts of the world in real, tangible ways."
"A reluctance to have hard conversations with each other doesn’t preserve “polite company,” it only serves to ignore — and therefore perpetuate — harmful systems and barriers to community."
"I think this battle would begin with Monopoly Man on offense."
"Although the adjustment period had its ups and downs, living in an eight-person suite ended up being the best part of my first-year experience."
"As the academic school year comes to an end, it is valuable to take a step back and reflect on the past year."
"Columbia University received nationwide attention for their multi-day Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which has led dozens of schools, including UNC, to follow suit."
"As a representative of the Jewish community on campus, I call upon interim Chancellor Lee Roberts to take action to protect Jewish students on campus."
"I really thought that this experience would translate into success with other applications and interviews, but I gained no tangible career benefits."
"DEI programs represent more than empty symbols for institutions to win points for being progressive; these programs are essential to fostering a community that makes everyone feels safe and heard."
"Administrators and the chancellor are hiding behind facilities workers to disguise their intentions. They want to quash dissent and protest but without using UNC Police because that might look bad."
"I throw the word 'home' around a lot — I use it when I’m leaving campus, but I’ve also caught myself using it when I’m in my hometown and refer to coming back to my dorm. And so I’ve come to realize: I have no idea where 'home' actually is."