COLUMN: Here's to Aussie Rules Football
This is Australian rules football, and if you ever do experience it in person, you won't regret it.
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Guest Column: Pauli Murray and Silent Sam
"UNC has had a long tradition of making African Americans unwelcome on campus. Silent Sam symbolized that desire to keep the school a place for those with considerable privilege."
Column: Sam is down and I am hopeful
Every day hundreds of our fellow Tar Heels of color walked past a statue dedicated to those who declared war against the United States in defense of slavery. The debate on whether to remove this blemish from our campus is now more heated than it has been in many years. The University spent nearly $400,000 protecting it last year alone due to strong opposition to its continued presence at UNC.
Column: Change the culture at DTH and apply for staff
Opinions assistant editor Ramishah Maruf on a new year of learning and leading the DTH voice.
Column: Welcome to the Opinion Page
Opinion Editor Alec Dent shares his goals for this year at the DTH and expectations to embrace diversity in the newsroom.
Column: Dispelling Silent Sam Myths
Silent Sam has been commanding the attention of students, faculty and lawmakers as one of the hot-button issues still to be resolved. Here's a quick breakdown of the controversy so far.
Column: The Student Fan Disillusionment
It almost feels like UNC athletics has a fear of cultivating a culture that is outside of the commercial persona that its teams have nationally.
COLUMN: The Details
As Ozzy Osbourne’s “Centre of Eternity” blasted through a high school gym in South Plainfield, N.J., Troy Heilmann stood in the darkness.
COLUMN: Find your bread
I was homesick, still hunting for friends and a fairly good baker. It was bread time.
COLUMN: Carolina Covenant elevates UNC in educational equity, but there’s still work to be done
For students just above the near poverty line, UNC’s claims of affordability and exceptional Carolina Covenant program do not ring true.
COLUMN: Join the club! Or don't
The pressure to form an identity after losing one you built your entire life can lead students to forcing originality and involvement.
COLUMN: Sports is more than a team, its a lens to view life
One of the most beautiful things about sports is that it can take on so much meaning.
COLUMN: Ed Werder, you missed the point about diversity in sports media
As a young journalist who fits the bill of an "aspiring young male sportswriter," I can say that I don't need Werder to defend me. By making it about us, the ones who already have a place at the table, he distracts away from the real issue at hand.
VIEWPOINTS: Inequality itself isn't the problem
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
VIEWPOINTS: Newsrooms must reflect the communities they serve
THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota.
COLUMN: The Marketplace of Ideas is failing the journalism industry
"People are biased. Career journalists often work for years to train their biases out of themselves, to keep emotions from spilling into the work. But no matter how much effort is put into this task, it is fruitless."
COLUMN: We've reached the summer sports sweet spot
This time of year might be my favorite. Even as I sit here writing this, I can almost smell the freshly cut grass at a baseball stadium and hear the crack of a wooden bat hitting the stitched leather ball.
Farewell column: Poetry cured my writer's block
Writing has always been there. Writing has always kept me. No matter what, writing has always loved me back.
Farewell Column: So long, static UNC
My hope for this paper and this University lies in the minds of its students.
