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Protecting ?nancial aid at UNC

By Mary Cooper | February 9

At Thursday’s Board of Governors budget and finance committee meeting, UNC-system President Thomas Ross’s tuition plan passed by a vote of 5-1. But ...

College kids and trendy candidates

By Taylor Hartley | February 7

You want my vote for president? Show me a political platform. Amid growing election buzz, it’s easy for students to get behind a trendy candidate without ...

Risks and rewards of disease research

By Andrew Moon | February 6

If Vegas took bets on the next worldwide pandemic, the safe money might be on H5N1, better known as the bird flu. Since 2003, the H5N1 virus has killed ...

Lux, libertas and the liberal arts

By Anthony Dent | February 6

When you meet someone new at college, the invariable question — “What’s your major” — is generally followed up by asking, “So, what are you ...

Where American Muslims went wrong

By Amna Baloch | February 5

This column is part of a series written by seniors from the pilot senior seminar on American citizenship. The class is led by its students, whose interests ...

Schools and the future NC governor

By Will Doran | February 2

This gubernatorial race could have far-reaching consequences for the future of this state’s schools.

Column: The other bene?ts of being bilingual

By Mark Abadi | February 1

What do you call someone who speaks several languages? Multilingual. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone ...

Training students for skills that pay

By Ian Lee | February 1

Working at The Daily Tar Heel, one often hears a great deal about the plight of the modern journalism student. But I was shocked to learn that starting ...

Different, not doomed

By Allison Hawkins | January 31

At midnight on New Year’s Eve this year, Thom Tillis, the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives — and a man who is rumored to be ...

Creativity, originality and the tech age

By Lucie Shelly | January 26

On Jan. 20, the iconic blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll singer Etta James passed away at the age of 73. And to be honest, nobody really said that much. ...

Public space should be for all

By Callie Bost | January 26

Ever since Occupy Chapel Hill set up camp in Peace and Justice Plaza, the town has learned a great lesson about what measures people will take to have ...

UNC food policies need to change

By Holly Beilin | January 25

At a recent student talk, Chancellor Holden Thorp responded to a question about UNC’s food policies by telling the audience he wished he could “issue ...

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 ...