Column: Print may be stopping, but we aren’t
"We know how uncertain and overwhelming the current news cycle is, and we thank our readers for their continued support."
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Column: What to expect when you're expecting (a pandemic)
There are two things that are going to mark the end of social distancing. One, enough of the population will have caught the virus and developed antibodies against it. Two, a vaccine will have been developed and available to the public. Although the first option would likely result in more fatalities, the second option isn’t exactly the go-to choice at the moment.
Column: Tell us your coronavirus stories
"We want to know what you’re up to, how you’re coping, your at-home workout plan, which philanthropic causes you’d recommend supporting and so on."
Guest column: OK, Zoomer (and other ways to avoid social isolation)
"Phones buzzed everywhere Wednesday afternoon when students received the (very expected) COVID-19 email from the University. All at once, thousands of eyes scanned the page, and mixed feelings flooded the student body. It was this moment that sealed our impending enrollment in, as recent internet discourse has called it, Zoom University."
Column: The student journalist experience
We are students. And we’re also journalists. The ways in which these identities converge are uniquely and joyously difficult, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Column: Bye bye, Buttigieg
While this middle-of-the-road ideology is understandable in an effort to cast a wide net, it left a lot of us wondering if his willingness to take a backseat to outspokenness on queer issues — particularly those that impact queer people of color — would translate to his time as president.
The odd traditions of the Nacirema: Nacireman to English dictionary
"I must say that I am not yet fluent in Nacireman, but I am now able to hold a conversation. So here are some quick translations that any English speakers can use when they arrive in this exotic land."
Column: At UNC, sexual assault has always been a problem
In Oct. 2019, the Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct announced that one in three female undergraduate students at UNC has been a victim of sexual assault during their time in college. However, sexual assault has been a problem at UNC for decades.
Column: Graduate workers deserve livable wages
"You could argue that activism is voluntary, but the alternative is sitting by while our colleagues, students and ourselves are subjected to repeated institutional violence that, without organizing, will continue to be perpetuated in our workplace."
Column: Penny Rich understands student needs
Josh Mayo, a graduate student at the Department of City and Regional Planning, wants you to support Penny Rich for County Commissioner.
Column: Democrats' division could be their demise
But it’s the question no one can objectively answer that will decide this primary: who has the best chance at defeating Donald Trump and Republicans down-ballot?
Column: Those who can't teach, do
"Although some individuals act as teaching assistants for courses or mentor undergraduates during rotations and thesis work, doctoral programs very rarely require curriculum on how to prepare for and teach a lecture course, how to effectively mentor trainees or even how to manage grant money outside of individual projects and among larger groups."
Old North State stories: Catholics ... we've been here awhile
"So, this year when you see a bunch of folks walking around today with ashen crosses on our heads, just know we aren’t some alien force. We’ve been here awhile, and a lot of us like to call this place our home."
Column: An ode to the basketball heat check, the most beautiful thing in sports
For my money, no moment beats the most beautiful one across all of sports: when a basketball player catches fire and the world (including everyone else on the court) has no other choice but to sit back and watch magic happen.
Column: Hockey, soccer big news for North Carolina
"It’s an exciting time for sports fans across the state, and it’s something to definitely keep an eye out for as plans for soccer and hockey solidify over the next few months."
Column: Why Yayoi Kusama captures our imagination
I walked into a mirrored abyss lit by innumerable lights that brighten, fade, change their colors. I let myself become absorbed in the moment and felt simultaneously whole and void, full and without meaning.
Column: The intersection of technology and human rights
"I firmly believe that technology is intersectional; it embraces change, impact and different world views."
Column: Why I'm voting for Mark Dorosin
Allison De Marco talks about why we should vote to re-elect Mark Dorosin to the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Column: What is an editorial board?
"At the end of the day, The Daily Tar Heel belongs entirely to its readers. It always has."
Stripped: The personal (and sexual) is political
"And yet, having those choices, difficult though they may be, is still fundamentally better than having no choice at all."
