Column: Thanks for everything, DTH
When I first sat down to write this farewell column, I thought it was going to be about what an incredible experience it was to cover UNC athletics, specifically the men’s basketball team.
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When I first sat down to write this farewell column, I thought it was going to be about what an incredible experience it was to cover UNC athletics, specifically the men’s basketball team.
Kent McDonald (Tar) and Annie Kiyonaga (Heel) are the writers of UNC’s premier (only!) satirical advice column. Results may vary.
Recently, a group of friends and I laughed and all shared our “lunchbox moments.” For the uninitiated, the “lunchbox moment” is a ubiquitous experience for Asian American schoolchildren: the first time our parents pack for us delicious jiaozis and dandanmian to eat for lunch, only to have our classmates sneer, “Gross, what is that?” and, “Is that dog?” Mortified, we threw our lunch boxes away and asked our parents that night to prepare us things like PB&J to bring to school.
Twenty years ago, I graduated from the University of Southern California. Things were seen, jobs were done. I moved through London, New York, June Lake, California, Auckland and Los Angeles again, doing mostly live audio engineering with a two-season stint as a ski instructor thrown in for fun.
When I sat down to write this column, which is my last for the Daily Tar Heel, I decided to re-read my first piece, “SOS: I have a crush!” Reading it again transported me back to the day I wrote it. I was at my beloved Open Eye Cafe, half-expecting my crush to walk in at any moment. I remember imagining him reading my column and realizing he felt the same way. He would become so overwhelmed by my eloquent words that he would have to ask me out.
Morehouse College, an all-male, historically black college, recently announced that they’ve updated their gender identity policy to allow for the admission of transgender students.
Dear trees,
To the Editor:
I keep a lot of things on my dorm room desk, but perhaps my most prized possession is a birthday present from a few months ago. It’s a cute little teddy bear with a grey Golden State Warriors jersey, the shining golden Bay Bridge embossed front-and-center. For me, it’s an aspect of a home I once knew, whose essence and pride still flows through my veins. I’ve lived in North Carolina for the past 13 years, but I still feel connected to the Bay Area through this one venue: basketball.
I can no longer stand by while the good men and women of the University’s Police Department are assaulted, both literally and figuratively.
Since being elected to Congress last year, Ilhan Omar, a naturalized Somalian refugee and representative from Minnesota, has been under almost constant attack. This began when Omar was cast as “anti-Semitic” for her criticisms of Israel’s human rights abuses and settlement-building in occupied Palestine, as well as her criticism of the lobbying influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on American foreign policy. These accusations rely in part on equating the state of Israel with the global Jewish diaspora.
Earlier this month, Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, Yusor and Razan’s father and Deah’s father-in-law, testified at a congressional hearing about white nationalism and hate crimes. And based on the way he was treated on the stand, America has learned nothing from the shootings four years ago.
“Excuse me, what is a furry?” A young woman asked at the Beto O'Rourke campaign event in the Student Union on Monday.
Last Tuesday, at a lovely dinner at the Carolina Club, I received a plaque recognizing 20 years of service as a UNC employee. (I’m a faculty member at the law school.) Beforehand I pooh-poohed the ceremony – almost didn’t go – but in the moment I was surprised to feel so touched, so much a part of this beautiful campus.
HBO’s "Veep" is a masterpiece far ahead of its time. Selina Meyer is, technically, a Democrat, but her political views and morals might as well be nonexistent. Meyer could be a Democrat, Republican, Green Party member, whatever. The humor arises not from her beliefs, but from the dysfunction common to politics in general. It’s for this reason that "Veep's" spiritual predecessor "The Thick of It" was able to utilize the same style of humor in its portrayal of both the British liberal and conservative parties.
After reading a letter to the editor this week questioning the place of biracial students in campus activism, I thought it was an important question that deserved to be expanded upon and hopefully answered to some degree. So I've reflected on my race, specifically how my race is perceived by others and how, if at all, it impacts the ways in which I form my racial identity.
“You thought. Do me a f*cking favor. Shut up, listen and learn….You don’t really know how things work around here, so I will tell you. You. Have. No. Brain. No judgment calls are necessary. What you think means nothing. What you feel means nothing. You are here for me. You are here to protect my interests, and to serve my needs. So while it may look like a little thing to you, when I ask for a packet of Sweet ‘N’ Low, that’s what I want. And it is your responsibility now to see that I get what I want. Am I clear?” - "Swimming with Sharks," 1994
Abortion has been a deeply controversial topic in American politics for decades, and now, it’s coming to a theater near you. The faith-based film “Unplanned” tells the story of Planned Parenthood worker turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson — one of the youngest clinic directors in the country until she resigned after witnessing an abortion on ultrasound.
I’m from Florida, in case I haven’t mentioned it before. There are many, many great qualities about my home state, but nothing quite gets me as nostalgic (and passionate) about my childhood than Publix, a supermarket chain founded in Florida.
This week, UNC Student Government and the UNC-Chapel Hill Mental Health Coalition will host its first Mental Health Awareness Week to promote mental health awareness and education on campus.