Column: People need justice, too
By Nikhil Umesh | April 15Since my senior year of high school, I’ve been vegetarian.
Since my senior year of high school, I’ve been vegetarian.
The March 25 Board of Trustees meeting left me with an unexpected comfort — UNC was at last acknowledging the Real Silent Sam Coalition’s Hurston Hall campaign.
On March 8, a video surfaced showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant. The university swiftly cut ties with the chapter, Waka Flocka Flame canceled his show on campus and news media were salivating over the series of events.
“Where were you on 9/11?” The question is embedded in the national consciousness.
Last week The Daily Tar Heel ran an edition focusing on issues of race. It left me with a central question: Why should one compromise when talking about racial justice?
The question for UNC’s Board of Governors still remains: Why did you fire UNC-system President Tom Ross out of the blue?
Increasingly, Americans should feel compelled to question what it means to love football while reconciling its reality as a violent and aggressive national pastime.
On Monday, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. filed a federal lawsuit against UNC and Harvard University.
The epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses continues to need an honest diagnosis as to the root cause — a culture that encourages men’s violence and supports violence against women.
Before you head out to Halloween on Franklin Street this year, think twice about what you are wearing and ask yourself a few questions: