Letter to the editor: An apology for the bell tower climb

April 16

"The GAA regrets that any of these beautiful days were marred in your memory of this place. We hope that your many interactions with us in the future will replace this negative experience."

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Column: Why we need to stand with Ilhan Omar

By Claude Wilson | April 16

"If we do not fight against these attacks, then we are surrendering ground to the continued expansion of violent reactionary politics. This is why we must stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar." 

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Column: A love letter to Kevin Durant

By Abhishek Shankar | April 16

"As a lifelong Warriors fan, I’ll be sad and disappointed to see KD go. But as a lifelong basketball fan? I wish him nothing but the best. I am eternally thankful for his contributions to the game and grateful for the privilege of seeing him play in our colors for our city. From the bottom of my heart, I cannot wait to see what #35 accomplishes next."

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Column: Mohammad Abu-Salha deserved better at congressional hearing on hate crimes

By Ramishah Maruf | April 16

"Well, since the U.S. House of Representatives was OK with having Abu-Salha represent all of Islam, I guess I will, too."

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Column: "Beto is a furry" and other tales from his UNC campaign stop

By Alec Dent | April 15

Beto O'Rouke's campaign stop, much like many political campaign events, was met with a few upstarts by the crowd, including interruptions and signs suggesting O'Rouke is a "furry." 

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Guest Column: Believe me

April 15

"I’m going to invoke my 20-year service plaque and ask a few things of my campus community:"

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Editorial: Thanks to those who keep us safe

April 15

We however should also be thankful not only for what and who are visible in disaster response, but what and who are invisible as well.

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Column: "Unplanned" promotes a dangerous narrative

By Elisa Kadackal and Paige Masten | April 14

"These anti-abortion tropes, many of them generalizations and misrepresentations of the truth, matter."

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Column: Boss behavior shouldn't be a generational divide

By Chris Dahlie | April 14

"While direct verbal abuse by a supervisor may become less common as we all move forward, shaming culture may simply move the abuse from individual to collective (and less accountable) agency."

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Column: Lightskin privilege and its place in activism

By Devon Johnson | April 14

"Thanks to the toxic ways in which race defines and structures our interactions with one another, I felt trapped in a lightskin purgatory feeling both privileged and marginalized and not knowing how to reconcile that."

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Editorial: Anti-Semitism has no place on this campus

April 14

"The administration’s complicity in this hatred is exactly why it continues to occur so frequently."

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Letter to the editor: Love thy neighbor

April 14

"Recently, pro-life campaigners have taken to the UNC campus, holding signs of graphic images and yelling words filled with anger and hate."

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Column: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is democracy

By Alec Dent and Paige Masten | April 14

"Or, as "Veep" calls it, bipartisan-shit."

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Column: Chapel Hill needs a Publix

By Ramishah Maruf | April 12

Chapel Hill doesn't just need a Publix, it deserves a Publix. Editorial Board's Ramishah Maruf shares her thoughts on why a Publix would fit right in with the Chapel Hill vibe. 

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Letter to the editor: Nothing beats a Carolina spring

April 10

The University has changed since UNC graduate Blais Hickey walked down the quad, but the unchangeable nostalgia of the is forever with this Carolina alumna. 

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Column: How to be an advocate for mental health

By Paige Masten | April 10

Not everyone has a mental illness – but we all have mental health. Editorial Board speaks on why Mental Health Awareness Week serves an important role on the University's campus. 

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Editorial: Arts Everywhere needs to address institutional neglect

April 10

The arts are already a part of Carolina's community, but they aren't heavily invested in. Editorial Board shares why the Arts Everywhere initiative and day is not a solution to the larger arts problems at hand. 

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Column: Superlatives don't belong in politics

By Chris Dahlie | April 8

"My advice to our political leaders is the same as to my students, to everyone: TONE DOWN YOUR CLAIMS."

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Column: Save the trailer parks

By Chris Dahlie | April 8

"I am willing to dream that the most vulnerable among us can be included in the American Dream of homeownership. If the trailer is the gateway to that, bring it on and defend those residents already in them."

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Column: Some Berry good news

By Paige Masten | April 7

"The Elevator Queen has decided to abdicate her throne, and we should all rejoice. Last week, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry announced she thankfully won’t run for a sixth term in 2020."

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