UNC food policies need to change
At a recent student talk, Chancellor Holden Thorp responded to a question about UNC’s food policies by telling the audience he wished he could “issue a school-wide ban on french fries.”
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At a recent student talk, Chancellor Holden Thorp responded to a question about UNC’s food policies by telling the audience he wished he could “issue a school-wide ban on french fries.”
Turning green for the holiday season shouldn’t make anyone feel like a Grinch. It might actually be the best present you can give to planet Earth.
Lassie may be a lot more cute and cuddly on your front lawn than your neighbor’s giant yellow Hummer, but his carbon foot, or paw, print might be just as painful to the planet.
As evidenced by last night’s festivities, Chapel Hill isn’t your average small town. It doesn’t think small, whether it’s thousands crowding Franklin Street for Halloween or a national championship — or, as it turns out, when it comes to the environment.
If God were one of us, one thing’s for sure: His carbon footprint would be miniscule.
It’s impossible to walk around the UNC campus and not notice the monumental number of students rushing (or maybe just struggling) to class holding their morning, afternoon or evening cup of coffee. Whether in a cardboard cup or plastic thermos, students cannot get through their admittedly long and difficult days without that extra caffeine boost.
There is a way to inspire environmental-consciousness in almost everything UNC students do on a daily basis. Eating, studying and even football games at the University have become sustainable. However, what might be overlooked is the tradition that takes over campus before every game — the tailgate.
The past decade has watched the University put together quite the environmental resume. And, with Chancellor Holden Thorp’s commitment last year to end the University’s use of coal by 2020, there’s plenty of reason to think that resume will only grow greener with time.
Imagine my surprise when I walked into Chipotle Mexican Grill last week and found myself paying more than I ever had for my chicken burrito bowl.
A new “green” restaurant will join about 60 other local small businesses that have committed to maintaining environmentally sustainable practices.
Despite a nationwide economic slump, the industry of turning trash into treasure has room to grow.
Muriel Williman never thought she would make her living in garbage. But for more than a decade, that’s what she has been doing.
By late March and early April, snow has usually stopped falling in Chapel Hill. But the spring sun brings other flurries to UNC’s campus: tree pollen.
By summer, Chapel Hill employees will have a new a clinic aimed at providing them with basic and preventative health care in order to cut insurance costs for the town.
Nine months after opening, a nonprofit targeting the Latino population in Carrboro is expanding services to aid its local youth population.
On-campus housing is an increasingly attractive option for upperclassmen. In the last four years, many more undergraduates have requested to live on campus.
A group of Chapel Hill teens will soon explore their artistic side by combining visual, performance and musical art forms.
A place to call their own.
As the effects of Halloween have finally worn off and exams loom in the not-too distant future, there is a lull in our typical fast-paced lives as students.
After months of planning, preparation and practice, every chapter in the National Pan-Hellenic Council will showcase their original stepping routines in the hopes of winning a $1000 prize for their chapter.