Op-ed: An open letter to my fellow Tar Heels
"I’m not asking you to support Israel, but I am asking you to care about your Jewish peers."
"I’m not asking you to support Israel, but I am asking you to care about your Jewish peers."
"The line between animated public discourse and hate speech can sometimes be difficult to identify, especially when participants in that discourse understandably feel anger, fear and an urgent need to support their local and global communities."
"You can't have it both ways, Hillel. Either you're a home for all Jewish students, including those of us who support Palestine, or you're a Zionist organization."
"However, Johnson’s policy plans seem amoral in themselves. Some of his biggest, most threatening takes are rooted in a significant cut in federal funding for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and children's health coverage."
"If you are registered to vote in Orange County and did not early vote for Tuesday’s local elections, check your voter registration at https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ (or go to ncsbe.gov and navigate to Popular Topics > voter search.)"
'We need to shift toward language that describes the situation and include people experiencing homelessness in the conversation. Because our word choice matters, but the people matter more.'
"When I consulted friends for advice on how to perform best in these interviews, I found out they also had been introduced to interviews using AI."
"Recently, the Board of Governors approved a new policy for the state budget that non-STEM professors in the UNC System can no longer receive distinguished professorships. These awards give them a pay raise and a funding boost for research. From now on, only professors in STEM departments will be up for the coveted spots. Quite frankly, I don’t know why people are surprised and upset over the news."
"As a current student looking to take the LSAT exam, worrying about the exam is nothing new. What is most worrisome is that one of the most learnable aspects of the exam is gone. "
"It looks like you still have 50 general education requirements left; It's almost like they keep adding new ones every year. Before you know it, you’re talked into changing your pre-med track to an English major with a creative writing concentration. It looks like you’ll graduate only five years after you intended!"
"Elected politicians should be held to the same expectations as the rest of us — the average retirement age in the U.S. is about 64, and more than half of our senators exceed this age. This should not be the case, and isn't normal in most jobs."
"When deciding what to be for Halloween, I’ve felt like I either have to look super sexy or be super unique, which is an experience I’m sure many others share. Ultimately, it felt like choosing a costume came down to how I thought others would perceive me."
"The allure of a brand-new costume is hard to resist, but the consequences of buying something new every year, just to wear one time, has a great toll on the environment around us — even if we may not live to see it."
"Candidly, I never thought I would say goodbye to the honeymoon phase of college. I had to acknowledge some good things may not stay the same, but there's also still so much good to come."
"In recent years, instead of quality screenplays being supported and selected for production, more emphasis has put on things already familiar to a wider population, whether it be childhood toys, or live-action remakes of well-loved cartoons. This should not be how it is. "
"Two very important elections are occurring this academic year that greatly affect students and the entire community."
"I’m already tired of the spectacle of politics, despite not having even been old enough to vote in the last election."
This November, voters will choose their municipal representatives in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The Editorial Board, composed of 15 undergraduate students, has made its endorsements for the upcoming mayoral and town council elections.
"Election day is fast approaching. As English speakers, this information seems almost unavoidable. Do those with limited English proficiency share this experience?"
"The point is, don't go in blind. While you're in Chapel Hill, you owe it to the community to let your voice be heard. You owe it to democracy."