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TEDxUNC celebrates 'the joy in trying'

By Mark Laichena | January 23

“What if” — these words defined Saturday’s TEDxUNC conference.

Be proud of UNC’s teacher output

January 23

A recent story in the news, displayed on the UNC website, reported the large number of Carolina undergraduates who serve as Teach For America teachers. ...

Central NC isn’t the only NC

By Allison Hawkins | January 22

Tiffany Hensley was valedictorian of the class of 2008 at Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville. She ran cross-country, volunteered for the Special ...

TEDx, Creativity and Carolina

By Hudson Vincent | January 18

This Saturday, Carolina Creates will host its inaugural TEDxUNC conference at 1 p.m. in the FedEx Global Education Center. In keeping with the mission ...

Race and grades: a point of contention

By Will Doran | January 17

Questions of race and civil rights have been on everyone’s mind this week as UNC celebrated the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth. Sadly, ...

In the face of cuts, why are we here?

By Maggie Zellner | January 16

Why am I in college? The answer seems obvious: to get an education, of course. The hard questions come next. What, exactly, does it mean to be educated? ...

Searching for the hangover Holy Grail

By Andrew Moon | January 11

Like us mortals, NFL stars get hungover too. Not even Tebow has a magical cure for them. He probably sips Gatorade while “Tebowing” over his toilet. ...

A critical moment for the University

By Mary Cooper | January 10

In this column space yesterday, you read a column from Mark Laichena, who reminded you that even though the Board of Trustees voted to raise UNC’s in-state ...

Sometimes nine heads are better than one

By Maggie Zellner | January 9

Writing opinion pieces is rewarding for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the idea that I might articulate an idea well enough to persuade ...

Crunch time for tuition increases

By Mark Laichena | January 9

Remember the $800 in-state tuition increase announced last fall, with thousands more in increases planned over the next five years?

North Carolina’s forgotten corners

By Allison Hawkins | January 8

I’m from the mountains. In my almost four years at UNC, that phrase has earned me more knowing smiles and high-fives over the exchanging of area code ...

It’s not always about the money

By Patricia Laya | December 6

We’re so used to saying it that it’s become a representation of who we are, right behind our names and our birthplace. We use it constantly to categorize ...

What’s behind the name game?

By Mark Abadi | December 4

We’ve all seen the effect “Twilight” has had on America’s teenage girls.

All day I dream about sex?

By Perry Tsai | December 1

Men think about sex every seven seconds, or so they say. While this factoid has spread far and wide, masquerading as fact, it needs a big, blue Wikipedia-style ...

Not so activist here at UNC

By Mark Laichena | November 30

There’s no doubt that UNC has a history of activism. Last year, we celebrated 150 years of the Campus Y, and in October, a commemorative plaque was ...

A reason to hate on the holiday season

By Linne Green | November 29

It’s the Diversions Grinch, and I’m here to smash your love of holiday music to smithereens.

World AIDS Day: Feel hono(red)

By Julian E. Wooten | November 29

Each year, on this first day of December, organizations and individuals around the world plan events to participate in World AIDS Day.

The JNF troubles in East Jerusalem

By Ben Elkind | November 28

In just more than a month, thousands of Jewish students from across the country, including 16 from UNC, will depart on winter Birthright trips to Israel. ...

Don’t Scrooge over the planet

By Holly Beilin | November 27

Turning green for the holiday season shouldn’t make anyone feel like a Grinch. It might actually be the best present you can give to planet Earth.

A ?urry of ways to say one thing

By Mark Abadi | November 22

British singer Kate Bush released her new album Monday, and linguists everywhere held their breath.