Op-ed: Hillel is here
UNC Hillel is our home. It built us into student leaders and deepened our connections to Jewish culture and community.
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UNC Hillel is our home. It built us into student leaders and deepened our connections to Jewish culture and community.
As a soon-to-be “triple Tar Heel” who has benefitted from education in STEM and the humanities from UNC, I am in a unique position to comment on House Bill 259, which limits funding of distinguished professorships within the UNC System to only STEM fields.
Editor's Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Editor’s Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Editor's Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Editor’s Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Editor's Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Editor’s Note: This op-ed is part of a series of contributions related to the Israel-Gaza war. Letters and op-eds are sent in by community members and do not represent the beliefs of The Daily Tar Heel. The other op-eds related to this conflict can be found here.
Growing up in Miami, I saw the grueling physical and mental toll that housekeeping placed on my mother and tías. They fled violence in Colombia seeking a better future for their children in the U.S. Instead, they were exploited by employers who took advantage of them because of their status as non-English-speaking immigrants.
Advocacy to support mental health and well-being at UNC-Chapel Hill so our students can thrive is a critical endeavor. There is an acute need among our graduate and professional students for mental health and well-being support. Many of our students come to Carolina with a variety of life experiences and diverse backgrounds, and as a University for all, we are committed to their success.
A significant number of the conservative students at UNC censor themselves during political discussions on campus, according to a survey published in August 2022.
To the Board of Governors of the UNC System,
As dean of The Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I am grateful to Provost Chris Clemens, to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, to the Board of Trustees, to the University’s Faculty Council and to Theodore Nollert, who is serving as President of the Graduate and Professional Student Government, for working together to support our graduate students through increasing graduate student stipends. That support is crucial: it is tangible proof that — together — we are not only committed to the success of our current students, but to bringing the best and brightest to UNC.
We have the chance to help nurses around the country. Nurse burnout and shortages have increased during the pandemic, but the pandemic also brought awareness. A bill has been introduced in the Senate that seeks to create minimum nurse staffing ratios that takes acuity into account – the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2021. Patients are sicker than ever and need more time and attention from their nurses. A minimum staffing ratio means that there is a limit to the number of patients that a nurse can be assigned. California has had mandatory minimum staffing ratios since 1999, and evidence shows that it results in better patient outcomes, less nurse burnout and turnover. Despite this evidence, no other state has this rule in place. The ‘Nurse Staffing Standards’ bill has the opportunity to help nurses and patients alike across the country. Unfortunately, this bill has become sequestered in a committee since the day it was introduced AND the term for consideration is rapidly ending. Our current Senator’s term is ending, and he is not seeking re-election. We can let our next senator know that the health and wellbeing of our nurses and patients matter to us. And maybe they will help reintroduce this bill for 2022-23 consideration.
To the Editor:
It is an impossible task to fit the life of Wynn Burrus into one page, or any number of pages for that matter. However, we hope that these testimonies from her friends and family will paint a small portrait of the brilliant life that she lived. Our thoughts and prayers are with Wynn’s family, friends and anyone who was lucky enough to know her. If you would like to celebrate and honor Wynn’s life, there will be a candlelight vigil tonight at 8:00 p.m. on Polk Place. All are welcome.
To the editor,
A hundred years have passed since the guns of the Great War fell silent. Last weekend, my home region of Savoie joined the rest of Europe in mourning those four years of machine-augmented carnage. Once a Franco-Italian Kingdom of the Alps, Savoie was still a newcomer into the French Republic by 1914, yet seemed eager to enlist her youth into the French army. For their familiarity with rough terrain, Savoyard mountaineers were thrown in numbers at German forces dug into the hilly range of the Vosges, where they earned the moniker of (wait for it) blue devils. A full third of them never returned to the Alps, and joined the millions of fallen on the green fields of France.
After Silent Sam was toppled, I was elated to see the news. Months ago, I had signed the petition to have it removed. As a UNC graduate, I understood that — despite the remarkable achievements of many Black faculty and students — Black students have not always felt completely welcome on campus and that symbols of the Confederacy contributed to the problem.
TO THE EDITOR: