Column: The Student Fan Disillusionment
It almost feels like UNC athletics has a fear of cultivating a culture that is outside of the commercial persona that its teams have nationally.
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COLUMN: The Details
As Ozzy Osbourne’s “Centre of Eternity” blasted through a high school gym in South Plainfield, N.J., Troy Heilmann stood in the darkness.
COLUMN: Find your bread
I was homesick, still hunting for friends and a fairly good baker. It was bread time.
COLUMN: Carolina Covenant elevates UNC in educational equity, but there’s still work to be done
For students just above the near poverty line, UNC’s claims of affordability and exceptional Carolina Covenant program do not ring true.
COLUMN: Join the club! Or don't
The pressure to form an identity after losing one you built your entire life can lead students to forcing originality and involvement.
COLUMN: Sports is more than a team, its a lens to view life
One of the most beautiful things about sports is that it can take on so much meaning.
COLUMN: Ed Werder, you missed the point about diversity in sports media
As a young journalist who fits the bill of an "aspiring young male sportswriter," I can say that I don't need Werder to defend me. By making it about us, the ones who already have a place at the table, he distracts away from the real issue at hand.
VIEWPOINTS: Inequality itself isn't the problem
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
VIEWPOINTS: Newsrooms must reflect the communities they serve
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
COLUMN: The Marketplace of Ideas is failing the journalism industry
"People are biased. Career journalists often work for years to train their biases out of themselves, to keep emotions from spilling into the work. But no matter how much effort is put into this task, it is fruitless."
COLUMN: We've reached the summer sports sweet spot
This time of year might be my favorite. Even as I sit here writing this, I can almost smell the freshly cut grass at a baseball stadium and hear the crack of a wooden bat hitting the stitched leather ball.
Farewell column: Poetry cured my writer's block
Writing has always been there. Writing has always kept me. No matter what, writing has always loved me back.
Farewell Column: So long, static UNC
My hope for this paper and this University lies in the minds of its students.
Farewell Column: Esse quam videri
Our state motto is Esse quam videri. To be rather than to seem. These words have been playing in my mind as I look back at my college experience.
Farewell Column: Leaving Carolina
For those like myself who are graduating, now is a time to reflect on where we’ve been, and more importantly to look forward to where we are going. No matter where life may take us, we will all think again of Chapel Hill and — thinking — come back home.
Farewell Column: Don't Remove Silent Sam
The consensus among the majority of people at UNC seems to be that Silent Sam should be removed. Some believe that it should be put in a museum somewhere, while some think that perhaps it should merely be disposed of.
Column: Maybe we're all moving on
And you know what? I am so happy that I am replaceable. I’m happy this place can go on without me. What a self-absorbed thing to say, as if this place needed me to make it so wonderful. Here’s to knowing what comes next will matter as much as these last four years of letting go have been.
Farewell Column: The eternal conversation
Like all of us, I am the product of institutions. I hope to graduate with a doctorate from UNC in communication this August. While I have been well educated in the specifics of my discipline, the most important thing I take from this place is a better way of being a human in community with others.
Column: UNC must not stop progressing
As we enter the final week of the spring semester, another class of seniors is beginning to wistfully reflect on UNC. As pictures of the Old Well, Bell Tower and South Building fill campus social media feed they feed a certain kind of UNC mythology, UNC as an avatar for Public Higher Education.
