"Halloween may just be essential to preserving Americans’ trust, respect and admiration for one another."
"As the death toll climbs and all many can seem to talk about is the marring of natural beauty or the stagnation of key industries, speaking of human loss with humanity can be hard to find."
"If a candidate is to win over the hearts, minds and votes of North Carolinians, they have to know our political power is fired with smoke and wood."
"Every North Carolinian, regardless of race, socioeconomic status or county, deserves the tools they need to be competitive applicants for any UNC system school. DEI is a means of providing that."
"We’re often too busy calculating our GPAs to the nearest thousandth, hustling over class schedules and keeping our gazes low that we never look out of the ivory tower. We have to look outwards and recognize the impact we have on Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the entirety of North Carolina."
"On Tuesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 3-2 in favor of allowing the mobile UNC One Card to qualify as voter ID, a rare win for voting accessibility for students."
"The subjectivity and sensibility the humanities are characterized by is not a computer’s strong suit. The studies of English, philosophy, religion and ethnic diaspora all require not mere objective truth, but subjective opinion and interpretation."
"By strangling school districts, legislators strangle the future. We cannot stand by and watch our future wrenched from us. We cannot stand by while the Republican Supermajority aims to turn the lights off on Rural North Carolina."
"Rural areas, and rural youth, show remarkable promise. But, they are often neglected by the very platforms that claim to champion them."
"Prevention is everything and vigilance is essential. Big corporations and the EPA must work hand in hand to take the crucial steps forward to update safety protocols and refuse to take the cheap way out, not when the health of communities and citizens is on the line."
