Bye Chelsea boots, hello sweatpants: Fall fashion shifts in quarantine

As the leaves change colors, it is clear that autumn is here and people are ready to pull out their fall fashion favorites. With COVID-19 isolation, students ...

UNC undergrads form Students for Rare club to raise awareness of rare diseases

The club hosts two guest speakers a month, who share their experiences over a Zoom call with the club members. The guest speakers are either living with ...

UNC student filmmaker named finalist in study abroad film festival

Michael Sparks' film "My Trip to Japan" has been selected as one of three finalists in this year’s IES Abroad Study Abroad Film Festival. The filmmaker ...

'Even for a day': Students plan Mental Health Day self care

After Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz encouraged professors to cancel Oct. 9 classes in favor of World Mental Health Day, a flurry of opinions arose surrounding ...

Music makes me lose control: Albums students can listen to front to back

Every student has their go-to Spotify or Apple Music playlist for studying or driving, but that feeling you get when you find an album you enjoy from ...

Carolina Union event space reservations to be available starting in November

Starting Nov. 5, student organizations can reserve event spaces in the Student Union for the spring semester. But, some students have expressed concerns ...

Carolina For The Kids continues its annual 5K fundraiser virtually

Carolina For The Kids will hold a virtual 5K, called Kilometers For The Kids, from Oct. 9 through 11 to raise money for patients and families at UNC Children's ...

Zoom party games provide students with entertainment and much-needed connections

Students at UNC note the importance of online gaming in their modern college experience during a pandemic. With the shift to remote learning, more students ...

First-years turn to virtual platforms to make friends

How are first-years making friends away from campus? “Like any other year, there are Facebook groups," Ryan Phillips, a first-year UNC student said, ...

Music, the Olympics and Pokémon Go: students reminisce on summer 2016

The internet is obsessed with the year 2016. The eventful year, filled with record-breaking music, the Olympics and Pokèmon Go is considered by many ...

'I think it makes them really happy': Students start their own sticker businesses

UNC students have used their time in quarantine to get into the sticker business.

Students customize homescreens in iOS 14 update

The update has been an outlet for self-expression for students everywhere, to the point that reorganizing your home screen has become a TikTok trend. ...

Students look ahead to an uncertain internship application season

With the traditional summer internship season approaching, students are navigating the challenge of finding summer career opportunities amid COVID-19.  ...

'It’s a creative source for me': How social media is making thrifting a movement

While thrifting is simply an outlet for creating and repurposing for some, others have a necessity for these reduced-priced items due to financial limitations. Many ...

Student Government demands accountability from the University in memorandum

Members of the UNC Student Government undergraduate executive branch cabinet and the student safety and wellness committee wrote a memorandum to Chancellor ...

UNC student finds TikTok fame, joy through coding

“I was so happy in the video, and that resonates with a lot of people,” UNC sophomore Ibrahim Shakhtour said.” People could connect to the fact ...

Weekly Quiz for the Well-Read News Whiz: Sept. 18

Back in time: students reflect on their lives before the coronavirus

Many students are experiencing more free time than usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this spare time, they are able to reflect upon their most ...

'Not reformable': Members of UNC Epsilon Eta abolish the honors fraternity

Members of UNC’s chapter of the environmental honors fraternity Epsilon Eta announced the abolition of the group in an Instagram post on Sept. 2 after ...