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Column: Wear what works for you!

By Evana Bodiker | September 17

The “Athleisure” look used to baffle me. As a first year, I remember being shocked at how many women wore oversized shirts that covered their Nike ...

Snowflakes melt in California

By Kirk Kovach | September 14

Ben Shapiro is Berkeley bound and the college is buckling down as if a natural disaster were incoming. UC Berkeley is even facing the prospect of canceled ...

Whatever Trevor: 13 thoughts on the opening scene from "It"

By Trevor Marks | September 13

Personally, It was the most entertaining horror film that I’ve ever seen, and it left me with plenty of thoughts about its many memorable moments, beginning ...

Column: But what about Venezuela, Claude?

By Claude Wilson | September 12

Whenever I bring up socialism, whether in columns or in conversation, someone will inevitably butt in with the same tired point: “But what about Venezuela, ...

You don't have to be lukewarm to be moderate

By William J. L. Parker | September 11

Growing up, I considered myself a conservative, but the starch finally washed out of my views in high school after repeated cycles of internet libertarian ...

Free speech is more than just speech

By Alexander Peeples | September 10

When free speech becomes only literal speech it ceases to exist for everyone that isn’t already being heard.

Ningún ser humano es ilegal

By Cameron Jernigan | September 7

On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the government would begin the process of terminating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, ...

Ending DACA hurts student journalism

By Tyler Fleming | September 6

As the editor of this newspaper and leader of a student organization, I cannot remain silent as powers well above my own aim to limit the people who could ...

My defense of cultural federalism

By William J. L. Parker | September 6

America needs more cultural federalism. In a very real way, the internet has made culture global. As long as I have wi-fi and a working device, ...

The unsung founders deserve better

By Angum Check | September 5

With the current conversation around Silent Sam and its removal, I thought I’d write about the monument that stands in juxtaposition to Sam — the ...

Column: Your voice, not ours

By Tyler Fleming | September 4

Print space is prized amongst my staff now. Giving up a whole paper to mostly non-staff made content isn't something we would normally do.

Column: Write what's right

By Emily Yue | September 4

This Labor Day marks just the beginning of the third week of classes at UNC. In those three weeks, The Daily Tar Heel has received over 100 letters to ...

No Place Like UNC

August 31

I‘m sure I’m not the only UNC student whose friends seemed to be all over the place this summer. As for me, friends of mine were in NYC, New Orleans, ...

Whatever, Trevor: the summer's biggest winners and losers

By Trevor Marks | August 30

Not everyone can win — someone has to lose. That’s just how the world works. This is especially true for the many people involved in this summer’s ...

Not My Liberals

By Kirk Kovach | August 29

When most Americans had their introduction to antifa, or anti-fascist, groups, it was an overwhelmingly peaceful collection of disparate peoples who opposed ...

The end of the world isn't nigh

By William J. L. Parker | August 28

There are too many people, now. That’s what I thought when I read that UNC had 40,792 applicants to the class of 2021 (a 14 percent increase from ...

Column: Light, liberty and why I protest

By Claude Wilson | August 27

Why do I protest? Because I believe in Lux Libertas, the motto of our university. These words have deep meaning to me: Lux Libertas. Light ...

Welcome to our opinion page

By Emily Yue | August 25

The opinion section of The Daily Tar Heel functions as a sounding board for what the public has to say and as a platform for great student writers to ...

COLUMN: This is the golden age of ACC football

By Brennan Doherty | July 13

Like a proud father ready to brag about his children, John Swofford had a lot to talk about as the Atlantic Coast Conference kicked off its football media ...

Column: Virtue or vice: lessons from a used car lot

By Chris Dahlie | April 28

This tale is about pride and humility. It begins with me being an uncomprehending jackass and ends with me being an insensitive one. This won’t be a ...