Farewell column: Reflecting on my complicated relationship with the DTH
I’ve dreaded writing this column since senior year began.
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I’ve dreaded writing this column since senior year began.
We’re less than a month into a new school year and it’s starting to feel like deja vu in a lot of ways. Rising COVID-19 cases and calls to move to remote learning are reminiscent of the uncertainty and fear from last fall.
After a year of mostly virtual learning, students will finally be met with a tentatively more traditional semester as UNC begins in-person classes. And for many in the UNC community, this fall marks the long-awaited return — or in some cases, the very first arrival — of students to campus in Chapel Hill.
For the longest time, I’ve felt conflicted about my relationship with The Daily Tar Heel.
Fourteen years ago, amid the steady beeps of a heart monitor in a hospital in Indiana, Amy Snyder spent Christmas Day preparing for a funeral. Snyder’s husband Todd, who has severe heart complications, laid blissfully unaware only a few feet away, in a medically-induced coma after his third emergency surgery in three weeks.
Editor's note: The Daily Tar Heel delayed publishing this story at the request of the Campus Y over fear of the safety of the organization and its members. This was not intended to downplay the seriousness of the incident, but to prioritize the safety of those involved.
December was a busy month for Greek life at North Carolina colleges.
The University defended its use of a race-conscious admissions process in federal district court this week, six years after the lawsuit was originally filed on behalf of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.
Orange County is home to the oldest public university in the country. And throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, it was the location of multiple racial terror lynchings.
Mauricio Salazar-Saenz should have been preparing for the start of the fall semester.
For the longest time, sophomore Luke Johnson felt as though he had “one foot out the door and one foot in” with his Asian American identity.
UNC System employees filed a class action lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper and the entire school system on Aug. 10. Nearly a month later — following COVID-19 outbreaks and several campus closures — plaintiffs say they’re still fighting for workplace safety.
As an undergraduate student at UNC, newly-elected UNC System President Peter Hans attempted to stop funding from going to the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, according to a 1988 Daily Tar Heel article.
After a flurry of reported COVID-19 clusters, UNC-Chapel Hill shut down in-person classes and told residential students they need to leave campus. Similarly, N.C. State University announced in an email to students on Thursday that as of Aug. 24, undergraduate in-person classes would be moving online. The school cited the identification of three COVID-19 clusters in two days and infections in Greek life as reasons for the change.
Editor's note: This story is the first of a two-part series on faculty concerns with the University's reopening plans.
Update Aug. 10 at 10:32 p.m.: UNC System faculty and staff members officially filed the lawsuit Monday in Wake County Superior Court. Plaintiffs across nine different constituent institutions are represented in the class action complaint against the entire UNC System and Gov. Roy Cooper.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify that both Charles Aycock and Josephus Daniels played a direct role in the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, a violent coup d'etat that resulted in the murder of at least 60 Black individuals.
Updated July 14, 9:59 p.m.: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security are rescinding guidance that previously prevented international students on the F-1 visa from taking full online course loads during the fall semester while in the U.S., The Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday.
On June 12, former East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton filed a lawsuit against the UNC System, alleging that a “misinformation campaign” by former Board of Governors chairperson Harry Smith led to his “pressured resignation” in March 2019. Here’s what you need to know.
The University has yet to release sexual assault records as ordered two months ago in a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling.