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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 ...

I'll be a United States-er abroad

By Kyle Olson | November 15

As soon as I said the word I knew I had made a mistake. I watched uneasily as formerly friendly faces morphed into more hardened countenances. As I frenetically ...

A bigger problem than registration

By Hinson Neville | November 14

Last week’s registration brought back painful memories of CTOPS. Luckily, we have developed quite a bit since that awkward two-day period. We are no ...

Reflecting on our journey, half way

By Hogan Medlin and Holly Beilin | November 11

As the effects of Halloween have finally worn off and exams loom in the not-too distant future, there is a lull in our typical fast-paced lives as students. ...

This is your brain on love

By Perry Tsai | November 10

What is love? The question has been contemplated throughout the ages by authors, philosophers and Haddaway alike. But now science is entering the conversation. ...

HIV myths: being empowe(red)

By Julian E. Wooten | November 9

On a routine trip to Wal-Mart, I found myself on an aisle with a rather loud woman on a cellphone. For those of us who frequent Wal-Mart, this is no surprise. ...

Testing diversity by nixing race

By Sam Perkins | November 9

Three years ago, the NAACP buried the N-word. The word isn’t as forgotten as Middle English, but it did seem to alleviate some racial tension. Yet I ...

The population we can all hate

By Saffa Khan | November 8

In the quaint little town of Chapel Hill, nestled in the bucolic milieu, is a population of millions that are oft neglected, or at least until they cause ...

Shedding light on the nature of light

By Nick Mykins | November 7

As a student of physics, I’ve noticed that a lot of times, it’s helpful to think of certain difficult concepts in terms of simple things with which ...

Crazy crowds change to crazy cops

By Hinson Neville | November 4

A line of heavily armed men on motorcycles simultaneously rev up their engines preparing to push civilians out of their way. The intimidation factor is ...

Lawsuit is about more than football

By Evan Rose | November 4

Since news broke that the Daily Tar Heel and seven other media organizations have filed suit for the release of several records related to the investigations ...

Got tested? Being inspi(RED)

By Julian E. Wooten | November 2

It is estimated that 1 out of 500 college students (0.2 percent) is infected with HIV/AIDS. This shows an alarming trend primarily fueled by three factors: ...

Don't let stress get you down

By Sarah Dugan | November 2

It’s that time of year again—the leaves are changing, it’s getting cold (kind of) and the holidays are slowly creeping closer. But along with ...

American politics is going South

By Kyle Olson | November 1

As any good college student does on a daily basis, I procrastinated the other day. While squandering untold precious hours of my quickly dwindling time ...

A 'teachable moment' in LGBT health

By Perry Tsai | October 31

Our campus, our community and our country have been gripped in recent months by the harrowing number of gay teen suicides reported in the media.

Why we are suing UNC

By Sarah Frier | October 29

A lawsuit is a last resort. But it is in everybody’s best interest to know if the University has handled an investigation into the football team the ...

Sticks and Stones: Let's erase the I-Word

By Ron Bilbao | October 28

In a globalized world in the midst of a social media revolution, the things we say have become increasingly impactful. Words may start as just that, but ...

New recommendations, if approved, would make for better undergraduate curriculum requirements

By Editorial Board | October 28

Proposed revisions to the undergraduate curriculum would go a long way in addressing problems with the current requirements. The most significant — ...

When Bambi ceases to be cute

By Sam Perkins | October 27

I have come to think that if Michael Vick had been running a deer-fighting ring, even PETA would have been tempted to place a bet and cheer on. Deer ...