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Column: "Abbott Elementary" proves it's long past time to invest in Black creators

By Zari Taylor | January 16

"The tradeoff for investment in these two Black women are not only high ratings for the networks and sharing their brilliance with the world, but the ...

Column: New year, new me!

By Layla Peykamian | January 13

"Rebranding yourself for the new year is both great for your mental health and to ensure you have an authentic and enjoyable 2022. Visualizing yourself ...

Column: You don’t have to be perfect in 2022, or ever

By Caitlyn Yaede | January 13

"It’s my annual reminder that we have such a fractured image of what self-care and self-improvement are. We are surrounded by the belief that our goals ...

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Column: Music in 2022 — the new 2013

By Ira Wilder | January 13

"So 2022 is here. It will be a year of new music to walk to class to. It will be a year of music that will inevitably define my nineteenth year. ...

Column: A look back at the winter break movie releases

By Guillermo Molero | January 12

"After all the craziness of the fall semester, Winter Break gave us time to sit down, relax and watch a movie. Fortunately, the holiday season is always ...

Column: Athletics stock watch for the spring semester

By Josiah Townsend | January 11

"With another semester upon us, football season has come to a close and both men’s and women’s basketball have begun their conference play. It's time ...

Column: Ding, dong! The wicked Golden Globes are dead!

By Guillermo Molero | January 11

"Sure, awards shows are fun, but are they really as fun when they’re corrupt, blatantly racist and have no credibility whatsoever?"

Column: Lessons from streaking in Davis Library

By Charlsie Doan | January 11

"I only have three semesters left at UNC, and I’m going into 2022 ready to make the absolute most of it. It may not be the best year of my life, but ...

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | January 10

"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up ...

Column: UNC continues to research omicron as variant spreads

By Rajee Ganesan | January 10

"With research on omicron developing from here on out, new recommendations and policies are likely to emerge to protect the general public from the variant. ...

Column: What happened to UNC football this season?

By PJ Morales | January 10

"The question about the Tar Heels is: what happened to derail this season? First off, I’m going to let you in on a little secret, one that Brown hinted ...

Column: UNC's spring plans delay the inevitable for graduate instructors

By Zari Taylor | January 9

"Remote learning isn’t fun for students or instructors, and the prospect of returning to Zoom is daunting. But I carry the burden of doing what I can ...

Column: The "Carolina Experience" comes at a cost

By Rajee Ganesan | January 9

"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But ...

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Column: The biggest science headlines of 2021

By Rajee Ganesan | November 30

"Although these just scratch the surface of scientific discoveries over the past year, they are just proof that science prevails in times of funding losses, ...

Farewell column: The necessary struggle of letting go

By Ben Rappaport | November 30

"The guilt of leaving this place will continue to haunt me, even after I am gone, but it is because of that sinking feeling, I know I have made my time ...

Column: Advocating for better sex education in NC

By Savannah Bradley | November 30

"Sexual health is a critical component of overall health, and when we deny students the right to unbiased, transparent health information, we put the ...

Column: What I'll miss about UNC over winter break

By Hannah Kaufman | November 29

"Maybe it’s a specific flower you pass on the way to your 10:10 am. Maybe it’s that guy you always find yourself walking at an uncomfortably similar ...

Column: The duality of politics in higher education

By Caitlyn Yaede | November 29

"Uprooting inequities in over 200 years of academia is too tall of a task for any one student body on any one campus, and it means also uprooting the ...

Column: A review of my first real semester on campus

By Josiah Townsend | November 29

"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 ...

Column: The omicron variant, explained

By Rajee Ganesan | November 28

"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. ...