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A tale of two states

By Alex Keith | February 12

If you’re inclined to believe the protestors who descended on Raleigh this past Saturday, North Carolina is in serious social and economic trouble. ...

Our online echo chambers

By John Guzek | February 10

While the Super Bowl may be over, the high-cost television advertising that accompanied it is back once more with the start of the Olympics. I’m not ...

Congress pigs out once again

By Graham Palmer | February 10

Last week, the members of today’s famously divided Congress got together for a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, passing the Agriculture Act. The ...

The Rosa Parks of Rosa Parkses

By Memet Walker | February 6

I wasn’t going to do a Black History Month column, but since I’m quarter Turkish, I’m technically the 6th or 7th blackest person on this campus. ...

Obama makes it to the end zone

By Michael Dickson | February 5

Making sports analogies is like being political on Facebook. It gets you a lot of attention, and you can be saying intelligent things, but it’s nothing ...

Black history of North Carolina

By Trey Mangum | February 4

In honor of Black History Month, I’d like to take a look at some accomplishments by African-Americans that are often overlooked. It seems as if every ...

Ignore all the awards

By Meredith Shutt | February 3

The Grammy Awards are my greatest frenemy.

When pool sharks attack

By Brendan Nally | February 2

I consider myself a highly competitive individual, especially at games I know I’m good at. In the past, I may or may not have threatened the lives of ...

There is value in simple living

By Caroline Leland | January 31

Drinks, snacks and sex toys: I couldn’t help but laugh at the combination of products I saw on display in that vending machine on the street. The bright ...

Game theory of finding a Valentine

By Glenn Lippig | January 29

February is winter’s worst phase: just when we’ve survived January’s bitterness, along comes a colder month with no holidays to cheer us up. Indeed, ...

One rate does not equate

By Alex Keith | January 28

In the wake of his letter last week regarding undocumented students and in-state tuition rates, Attorney General Roy Cooper received the most crucial ...

The networks that make us

By John Guzek | January 27

We like stories with heroes and heroines who lead, succeed and inspire. There’s a natural appeal to seeing individuals overcome their environment, whether ...

Half measures vs. full measures

By Graham Palmer | January 27

In September, I wrote a column on the dangers of allowing the growth of the surveillance state in America to proceed unchecked.

Reading level playing fields

By Memet Walker | January 24

At Carolina Athletics, we’ve always had a simple philosophy: When you become a Tar Heel, there’s literally no wrong way to spell “Put me in, coach.” ...

Of gray areas and gazpacho

By Michael Dickson | January 23

It was pink and smooth, a peaceful sea populated by roaming herds of bell peppers and stale bread. It was also gazpacho, and I was supposed to eat it. ...

Finish what King started

By Trey Mangum | January 21

On Monday evening, I attended the 34th Annual UNC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture, where famous actor and best-selling author Hill Harper was ...

In defense of Kanye West

By Meredith Shutt | January 21

I unashamedly love Kanye West. The man, the music, the unfiltered and often brash declarations, they all inspire me. Journalists and critics consider ...

The Carolina Way to Spain

By Caroline Leland | January 17

My early attempts at crowdsourcing on Facebook for clever column tagline ideas gave me gems like, “In My Mind I’m Going to Caroline” and “LeLand ...

New year, full gym

By Glenn Lippig | January 15

Last Friday, I suspended my postclass routine of heading to the Student Recreation Center, which I attend weekly with one purpose: to lift heavy objects ...

Wage war on wage mandate

By Alex Keith | January 15

A minimum wage essentially says that an hour of work, no matter how unskilled or unimportant, is worth at least $7.25. That’s not a lot of money, but ...