Reasons why I still hate those Dookies
By Ian Williams | Feb. 8, 2011I always hated it when alumni came back and waxed rhapsodic about their undergraduate years.
Read More »I always hated it when alumni came back and waxed rhapsodic about their undergraduate years.
Read More »ove your body. At least that’s what the National Organization for Women says you should do. Its ongoing campaign for positive body image encourages women to see through the smoke and mirrors and Photoshop used in the media, and to celebrate their own natural bodies. But has anyone told you lately to love your vagina?
Read More »Sometimes I have a very Southern accent. Other times, it’s practically undetectable. And really it just depends on where I am and who I’m talking to. But it doesn’t stop at minor alterations in dialect, and it’s not only me. We all change various things about ourselves to adapt to a slew of very different social contexts.
Read More »Here in the South, when we say “Moonshine,” we’re probably not talking about the cosmos. “White lightning,” as many have called it, is not uncommon in liquor cabinets and comes from a tradition older than the United States.
Read More »Most students go straight from high school to college. It’s the expected path, the recommended path — maybe even the safest. And there’s nothing wrong with it; this trajectory is exactly what many students need.
Read More »Three weeks ago when I packed to study abroad in Cairo, I could never have imagined the experience ahead. I have recently returned to the U.S. after being evacuated from Egypt.
Read More »What many people, including that guy downing CNN, fail to realize is that Egypt isn’t just some random desert nation, conveniently located thousands of miles away. The reality is that events in Egypt have had a direct effect on people you and I see every day. For some, the Egyptian revolution hits very close to home.
Read More »Next to a Tar Heel victory, the most popular development in the college basketball season for UNC fans is a resounding Duke loss. During and after a drubbing such as the St. John’s victory on Sunday, Tar Heel fans usually take a moment (or several) to relish in the vulnerability of our nearby nemesis.
Read More »Happy Anniversary! It was one year ago this week (Feb. 5) that New York Times ‘Styles’ reporter Alex Williams waltzed into Chapel Hill and gave his depiction of the life of a UNC woman. His article was troubling, to say the least.
Read More »When was the last time you A: stepped outside your comfort zone, B: surprised yourself with what you could do or C: were truly proud of yourself?
Read More »It may be true that Facebook is taking over the world — today, there are more than 500 million active Facebook users.
Read More »Every year, the Super Bowl serves as a defining moment about what is right in the United States. Inside a Super Bowl party, every viewer may have a different reason to watch the game.
Read More »There’s a whole page in the nightlife section of the Fodor’s guide for D.C. about interns, and how to recognize them by the eager expressions, intern badges – and hangovers. It sounds cynical, but the truth is worse. Securing an internship in D.C. requires stellar references, resumes, writing samples, interviews and more, all for a chance to work in the American capital.
Read More »Ah, the female G-spot. The stuff of sexual legend. Does it exist? Does it not exist? Do you just need better directions to find it, or a “G”PS? Well, a 2010 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine has thrown in and says that while it may be in some people’s jeans, it’s actually not in their genes.
Read More »For a lot of us, the start of a new semester brings countless applications for various merit organizations and internships.
Read More »Roy Williams’ controversial remarks after the UNC basketball team’s 55th straight win at home against Clemson were a perfectly justified — if harsh — response to equally harsh criticism. Coach Williams has taken heat after making remarks, not about the Tuesday night’s victory, but about his radio show conversations with fans last Monday in regard to the loss to Georgia Tech.
Read More »I’ll be honest, Vimala Rajendran looked a bit tired. Not in a hungover, unshowered, Post-P-Bob’s-night kind of way with which we are all acquainted.
Read More »It’s lunch time at Lenoir — and you are hungry. Maybe you’ve set your eyes on a caprice chicken sandwich, the well-dressed specialty of a new local vendor in Lenoir; or perhaps you packed a colorful salad today with organic greens, even including lettuce’s weird liberal uncle — arugula?
Read More »Professors in Chapel Hill have been bemoaning the state of our grades for at least as long as I have attended school here.
Read More »Like anybody here on campus, I indulge in a day off from school. I love lounging around, eating what I want, and pretending I don’t have homework.
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