"As ex-swimmers of the UNC swimming and diving teams, we want to tell other athletes: You are more important than your performance."
"Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts claims his chancellor role is nonpartisan. Yet, for the last three years, he’s been receiving income from Variety Wholesalers, a business owned by ultra-conservative mega-donor Art Pope, while both served on the UNC Board of Governors."
"But in this scenario, where it may feel that this choice will determine your entire future, choosing just anything to study may be just as terrible as choosing nothing at all."
"Do something you care about because it will make you happier. This seems obvious, but it is often forgotten in the midst of following the perceived trail of academic and life 'success.'"
"Friendship can and should be celebrated all year round. Rather than succumbing to the pressures of Galentine’s Day, let’s instead remember that appreciation for your genuine connections stem from everyday moments, and are not simply a replacement for a romantic partner."
"Maybe Swift’s fans should spend less time calling her “mother” and devote a little more time focusing on the mother who actually matters — Mother Earth."
"These are students from US News' fourth-best public university in the country, and the best they could come up with was, “You paint nails?? But you boy?! You gay?! Burn!” If anything, it is a testament to how boring and uncreative someone has to be that they can’t come up with anything better."
"Another Academy Awards show, the Oscars, also lacks representation of Black women and women in general for their powerful director roles. Even though the Oscars have been operating for 95 years, in 2002, Halle Berry became the first (and so far only) woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress."
"Last year, over 85 percent of UNC students did not vote in their student elections. This year, we will change that number."
"Finally, I realized the true value of going to UNC. It wasn’t for trivial pursuits like education, social growth, or professional development, but something far more important."
"UNC is a beautiful place, but if that's all you know it for, then it's time to dig up the skeletons."
"Creating a more inclusive and supportive environment requires more than just symbolic gestures during Black History Month."
"When your entire presence in the legislature is built around preventing other ideologies agendas, then you’re not actually pushing your own. This defensive strategy is pathetic. It isn’t mobilizing, it's banking on voters hating Republicans more than they like, or even dislike, Democrats."
"The question left is clear: how do we reconcile personal moral responsibility with the reality of the unethical systems we need to engage with?"
"Shoutout to Kyle Filipowski for giving Tar Heel nation a new Dookie to hate," DTH Sports Editor Shelby Swanson writes.
"As I wait to receive my professor’s decision as to who I’ve been grouped with, I enthusiastically daydream about my future project partner. And soon to be BFFL."
"Privilege and complacency are personal feelings, but their influence on your voting habits impacts all Americans."
"With the Grammy's rapidly approaching and nominations for coveted awards like Album of the Year officially out, here are my predictions for everyone's favorite winter award show."
"I found out that Lee Roberts was being knighted as UNC's interim chancellor on my recent 38 hour plane ride to New York, where I was stuck next to a 32 year old Harry Potter fan and her six newly adopted kids (all from different continents, except Antarctica — they don't have kids there.)"
