"The decision to move to appointment-only asymptomatic testing is emblematic of how UNC students, faculty and staff have to handle this pandemic: We are left to figure things out on our own."
American studies is one of the most exciting fields of study at UNC-Chapel Hill.
"This Ramadan, I feel like I’m entering a new stage in my life where my faith and practice are not just something I was born into — but something that becomes my own."
"The upcoming days are so important in curbing the spread of COVID-19. Now is the time to step up and be responsible for our own lives and the lives of our peers. UNC didn’t do it, so we have to."
"Both my parents work in the healthcare industry, and the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. has posed a significant challenge to the two of them. My father is an infectious disease doctor in Dallas. He and other health care providers are working constantly to test and treat patients with the virus. My mother works with hospice and home health care companies, and her work, too, must continue amid coronavirus concerns."
Remembering Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, three lives lost in a hate crime five years ago.
"Sure, I probably won’t grow 10 inches by 2030 and I don’t have middle school to look forward to anymore, but I am by no means a finished person yet. As I am sitting here writing this, just two days into the new decade, I am setting five goals for myself for the next 10 years."
Reckoning initiative courses allow students to learn and understand UNC's controversial history and how it seeps into the present.
We’ve all been there. Someone in class confidently shoots their hand up in the air, ready to answer a question. The professor picks them out of the crowd, awaiting the student’s response. The student answers, and the response is, simply put, wrong. The professor might outright say the student is ...
"If you say you love your community, take ownership and respect the history of that space. Only then can we heal and move forward, together."
