"After a year of an empty campus and Zoom classes, the return to campus was highly anticipated. While, like any college experience, there are difficulties to manage. Still, the return to campus has been all I expected— plus some."
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"As of right now, the omicron variant is something to simply keep your eye on, and not something to worry about contracting on a trip to the grocery store. Keep masking up, social distancing and washing your hands — especially with flu season in full swing."
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"I’m excited to attend my first in-person press conference, just as excited as I was to get back to my first in-person class in three semesters."
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"With so many places named for the Kenans, it is important to acknowledge from where their influence and power originally came. It did not come from William Rand Kenan Jr.'s entrepreneurship or inventiveness, but from the intergenerational wealth first built in the 1700s on the backs of enslaved labor."
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Truthfully, many popular artists have “hidden” gems in their discography that the casual fan likely knows, but only their most dedicated listeners can tell you what their best songs actually are. Today, I’ve compiled a few dark horse songs from some popular artists that I think deserve some shine.
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"For all of the positivity surrounding Friendsgiving, the celebration still revolves around the most controversial American tradition: Thanksgiving."
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"Rittenhouse did nothing wrong in the eyes of the law — and his lack of punishment reflects that. It doesn’t represent a flaw in the system because it was rigged to protect him."
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The success of Harry Styles' beauty line, Pleasing, highlights a problematic tendency within the beauty industry and other female-dominated fields.
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"Gary the Pit Preacher better step aside because UNC had a new sheriff — or should I say, hate-spewing, self-resenting, God-fearing, unwelcome loudmouth — in town last week."
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"I certainly won’t be leaving this album behind anytime soon. Showcasing her colossal vocal talent and raw lyricism, '30' has made me fall in love with Adele all over again, like an old friend that comes around every five or six years."
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"It’s a privilege to even have the opportunity to have these issues explained rather than learning as you go as someone who lives with the consequences of not being an able-bodied, cishet, rich white man in this country."
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"In a bid to make sure their message reaches and stays with people, many groups and individuals often resort to very extreme messaging or incendiary phrasing, which, while memorable, also tends to drive people away from the original goal."
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"Rittenhouse’s actions are just one brush stroke in the larger picture of white vigilante violence that paints much of American political culture — and we are not untouched by this violence in North Carolina, or even on our own campus."
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"I started to think that religion, all types of religion, is humanity’s attempt to keep the faith. So many of us need to believe that life isn’t random, and religion provides us with rituals and stories to help us keep believing that. Religion helps us keep the faith."
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"Here is a quick rundown of what’s new in COVID-19 research and development, and what to keep an eye out for in the upcoming months."
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"While there is nothing inherently wrong with a desire for green space in our community, the issue of the Greene Tract is not simply about parks and trails, it’s about a historically marginalized community in Rogers-Eubanks being continually silenced — a silence perpetuated by the idea that Chapel Hill is somehow devoid of green space entirely."
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"Infections like STIs are a public health issue, and we need health services to be easily accessible in order for people to actually use them. Campus Health is getting easier to access, but it still needs work."
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"The UNC-CH Parents Helping Parents Facebook group is made up of 4,800 concerned Tar Heel moms, full of critiques and comments about everything from their child's wake-up routine to the inner workings of the UNC Board of Governors. After months of closely studying this group, we have found numerous posts so significant it would be a detriment to the UNC community not to share them."
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"While it’s impossible to separate Christmas and spending money on gifts, we need to remind ourselves that material goods aren’t everything and shouldn’t be your main priority for the holiday season."
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"To combat inequalities in graduate admissions and academia as whole, it’s imperative to re-evaluate the cost of applying for degrees in higher education — and making pointed decisions to make the process more equitable for all those involved."
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