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NCAA rulings hardly consistent

By Sam Ellis | January 13

Help me with this. It took the NCAA a staggering four years, with nearly unlimited investigative authority, to arrive at the inevitable conclusion that ...

In D.C., there's plenty at stake

January 12

Washington, D.C., President Andrew Johnson said, is 12 square miles bordered by reality — or so one apocryphal quotation goes. Real or unreal, spring ...

Here's to a very sexy new year

By Perry Tsai | January 11

It’s twelve days into the new year.

Because everyone else is doing it

By Hinson Neville | January 10

It happened again. It came and it went. As expected, “the most wonderful time of the year” left untold millions of dollars in credit card debt and ...

Each year, a chance to reflect

By Cameron Parker | December 7

The Year in Review issue is perennially one of our paper’s most important. I’m not saying that because I get paid to work here. I say it because ...

I can't fake this feeling anymore

By Perry Tsai | December 6

It is well-accepted that women can and do fake orgasms. Meg Ryan did her part in establishing this fact for all of posterity with her delighted delicatessen ...

Try a fantasy league of politics

By Sam Perkins | December 5

On Friday, the president’s 18-member, bipartisan deficit commission failed to get the 14 votes it required to send its plan to Congress, though it still ...

To dream the possible DREAM

By Ron Bilbao | December 2

This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., re-introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would afford ...

Finding faith in study abroad

By Kyle Olson | December 1

Today is the last day of the study part of my time abroad. Not that I spent much time studying or that my classes were difficult, but, like all of you, ...

The inherent value of learning

By Nick Mykins | November 30

When I graduated from high school, there was one complaint I thought I would never have to hear from my classmates again: “When am I ever going to use ...

Taking one step back and two steps forward

By Matthew Boddie | November 30

I graduated with a philosophy and psychology major two years prior. During exam time, I was much more devoted to the construction of the moat in my fraternity ...

Why I'm not a 'first-year' student

By Saffa Khan | November 29

Freshman or first-year? Our class will probably never reach a consensus on the issue of our collective status. The reason for this polarizing debate is ...

We can't go 'home' again

By Hinson Neville | November 28

Thomas Wolfe said it best: “You can’t go home again.” We all tried over Thanksgiving break. We made our strongest efforts to integrate ourselves ...

Can you pass the humble pie?

By Sam Perkins | November 22

The media has overly sensationalized the rough economy in which we live. For many families, this economy has indeed created dire times. But our quality ...

Sex and the older woman

By Perry Tsai | November 21

It’s no secret that society wants older men to be the same sexual stallions that they were in their 20s. With Jimmy Johnson (Extenze), and Hugh Hefner ...

The immigrant economy

By Ron Bilbao | November 18

Fresh off their victory in the midterm elections this month, Republicans in Congress are prioritizing their agenda for the 112th session. At the top: ...

Soda tax: A solution to a big problem

By Sarah Dugan | November 17

Beyond our nation’s borders, we are known as a country of fatties. When I was studying abroad in Argentina last fall, my host family thought they knew ...

Fighting indifference, through tea

By Ben Elkind and Elizabeth McCain | November 17

When Elie Wiesel recently came to UNC, he argued that our generation needs to work together better. And according to Wiesel, that requires “getting ...

Seeing red: being desi(RED)

By Julian E. Wooten | November 17

Recently, I had the privilege of shooting a HIV/AIDS public service announcement. This advertisement featured scenes of other activists and me answering ...

3-year-old illiteracy not a problem

By David Bierer | November 16

Did you know that children who begin reading earlier perform better in school as students, are more successful as young adults, have higher self-esteem ...