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Today it hit me: there are 60 days before my time as a UNC student ends. There’s nothing like a quarter-life crisis and a concert in the Pit to bring ...
Read More »Today it hit me: there are 60 days before my time as a UNC student ends. There’s nothing like a quarter-life crisis and a concert in the Pit to bring ...
Read More »This column was originally given as a eulogy on March 18, 2008. When I met with Eve to discuss the possibility of me serving as her vice president, ...
Read More »For the three years that Eve and I dated, we agreed happily on just about everything. Eve got me, and I got her. When I said something which I knew to ...
Read More »The fourth anniversary of Eve’s death leaves the current student body with some tough questions. How do we commemorate someone we never knew?
Read More »This time last year, a few of my best friends and I set off for a “Deep South Road Trip” with the idea that, in 10 days, we could pay some kind of ...
Read More »They’re the words you didn’t learn in English class. Honeyfuggle. Pinkwink. Schnickelfritz. They might sound like gibberish, but you can find them ...
Read More »You really shouldn’t be reading this. No, I’m not telling you to stop reading my column.
Read More »On Jan. 26, Gov. Bev Perdue surprised North Carolinians by announcing that her current and first term would be her last.
Read More »We recently led a seminar on journalism and citizenship, and when we asked our classmates how many of them had been misquoted by The Daily Tar Heel, about ...
Read More »The real issue at stake is whether or not civil society ought to be subservient to the all-encompassing state.
Read More »My generation is anything but naïve. Embittered by news media, as well as Comedy Central, we cannot accept purported truths with a nod and smile.
Read More »During tuition discussions at the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting this month, a student spoke of the jobs she holds to pay tuition, and a board ...
Read More »Until a few months ago, Dumpsters outside UNC’s sorority and fraternity houses were filled every weeknight with wasted food from that day’s meals. ...
Read More »Thirty-three percent of African-American males will end up in prison at some point in their life. Why isn’t anyone confronting the problem?
Read More »Too often, it seems to me, negativity carries the day. Our existence is filled with exposure to dire messages, usually designed to incite us to take action ...
Read More »Amid floral bathing suits and the overpowering smell of chlorine, I learned this summer that when I took the kids I babysit to the pool, there were guaranteed ...
Read More »Why are Greek people fatter than other Europeans? Why are some cultures more frugal than others? Because it’s built into their language.
Read More »Artsy. What does that even mean, “artsy?” It’s pretty artsy. He’s all artsy. Don’t be so artsy-fartsy.
Read More »Last week, my roommate sent me a link to a YouTube video in which a white comedian in blackface interviewed students at Brigham Young University about ...
Read More »At Thursday’s Board of Governors budget and finance committee meeting, UNC-system President Thomas Ross’s tuition plan passed by a vote of 5-1. But ...
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