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Here are some protest songs to get you through inauguration

By Tyler Fleming and David Farrow | January 20

This is a special Swerve playlist written by Tyler Fleming, opinion editor, and David Farrow, editorial board member. The opinions reflected in this column ...

One of St. Anthony Hall's parties last year had the theme "Deathgasm" (courtesy Rachel Blythe)

St. A's brightens the mood with a nostalgic party theme

By Jacquelyn Melinek | January 19

Rainbows, ponies and kittens, oh my! Is it the Wizard of Oz on drugs? No, it’s St. Anthony Hall’s Lisa Frank-themed party, taking place Friday night. ...

A squirrel runs down a tree in the quad.

A tribute to the campus squirrels for National Squirrel Day

By Karyn Hladik-Brown | January 19

Squirrels are super relatable animals. Whenever I see them, they’re either eating or looking for food, and honestly, I get that.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14th.

Inauguration Week: Hello, President Trump

By Trevor Marks | January 19

Well, eight years sure did go by quickly.

Inauguration Week: Remembering President Barack Obama

By Trevor Marks | January 19

It snowed the night before his inauguration in 2009. I was in the 5th grade; snow was a BIG deal.

Michael Figueroa, an ethnomusicologist, gives a speech at the Humanities Happy Hour: Protest Music event on Wednesday night at Top of the Hill.

Professor gives lecture on protest in music ahead of Trump's inauguration

By Lily Lou | January 19

Two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump, Michael Figueroa, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology, hosted a Humanities Happy Hour on protest ...

In memoriam: RIP Vine (2013-2017)

By Zach Goins | January 19

We’re less than three weeks into the new year and I’ve already lost one of my closest, dearest friends.

The V.F.D. insignia featured in the books is a prominent Easter egg throughout the Netflix show.

Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' proved to be anything but

January 18

If the world needs to know anything about me it’s that I love A Series of Unfortunate Events. I’ve read the series six times and watched the movie ...

Quiz: how is your spring semester going to go?

By Alli Ehrman | January 18

It's no secret that 2016 was hard for a lot of people, and fall semester was no exception. But that's okay, because it's 2017 now and it's officially ...

"The science is ready, it seems to me."
"At small town hall meetings, the way to get a laugh was always to say, 'I'm from the federal government and I'm here to help.' Really and truly, though, I am from the federal government and I'm here to say - we need advice on how we can be more helpful," said Vice President Joe Biden while at a panel at Duke University discussing his cancer moonshot efforts.

Inauguration week: an ode to Joe Biden, America's BFF

By Trevor Marks | January 18

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is many things.

We asked a psychologist why 2016 was so bad so we can do better in 2017

By Paige Connelly | January 18

Feelings about 2016 are subjective — everyone feels differently.

Post-Its represent ideas formed at the TedX talk.

TEDx talk on maternal and child health shows there's womb to grow

By Joseph Held | January 18

With TED’s mission to “spread ideas” in mind, speakers from various fields of study gathered to address the topic of child and maternal health at ...

Lauren Zitney had a poem written for her about kale.

A Veggie Tale for the ages

By Maria Mullis | January 17

The sophomore was sitting in the Undergraduate Library at the end of last semester when she encountered a unique situation.

Page 401 of the 1979 Yackety Yack, the UNC yearbook

Column: Change means remembering the past

By Michelle Dixon | January 17

In elementary school, I was taught those four words that stirred our nation into a whirlwind of civil right movements. Those same civil right movements ...

The Milky way rises above the Appalachians Mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina.

A psychic reading of 2017

By Terrance Hudson | January 17

This article was going to be about what psychics have to predict about 2017, but it turns out that psychics want you to pay them, as though the shackles ...

Inauguration week: 5 takeaways from “Barry”

By Trevor Marks | January 17

As Jan. 20, the day of the inauguration, draws closer, it seems fitting to look back at the best media moments from Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady ...

A left turning traffic light was installed at the intersection of Raleigh Street and East Franklin Street.

Thank you, town of Chapel Hill, for the new left turn light

By Sarah Vassello | January 17

Chapel Hill is not the easiest place to drive. Between the fact that this town was probably not designed to hold so many people and the fact that students ...

NEW LONDON, CT 7/8/09 Connecticut College professor Stuart Vyse (Psychology) photographed at Bill Hall.

Q&A with Friday the 13th debunker Stuart Vyse

By Krupa Kaneria | January 13

Behavioral psychologist Stuart Vyse is an expert on superstition and irrational behavior who has been published on The Atlantic, the Observer and Medium. ...

Well$ performs at Motorco Music Hall Friday evening.

Waka Flocka, Charlotte rapper Well$ take the stage this weekend

By Nicola McIrvine | January 13

Unlike the weather this past week, Chapel Hill is in for a hot weekend at Cat’s Cradle. Waka Flocka Flame and Well$ are taking the stage this weekend ...

Get spooky with our Friday the 13th playlist

By Karyn Hladik-Brown | January 13

Despite its spooky reputation, I’ve always considered Friday the 13th to be my lucky day, especially in middle school.