Sleepless nights aren't unheard of for most college students, but that doesn't mean it should be the norm. For students, the ongoing pandemic, workload and mental health struggles have added to restless nights.
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“I Care a Lot” is an entertaining dark comedy, but feels shallow and overstuffed enough to keep the experience from being truly satisfying. (5/10)
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“It gives you a different perspective,” book club member Roger Goldstein said. “And all of a sudden you think, 'You know that was worth reading,' because of the discussion.”
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“I think one of the best things we can do as performers is to perform the music by these composers,” Pratt said.
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“It really just depends on what you’re looking for,” Gilbert said. “Spotify is better if you’re looking to discover new music, but if you have music that you already like, I feel like Apple Music has a better library and is easier to navigate.”
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The Race, Racism and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium will hold its third virtual event, “ARTivism: Using Arts-based Scholarship to Interrogate and Dismantle Racism,” on Feb. 24 from 3-4:30 p.m.
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"After 17 years as a writer, Lyons has published over 15 children’s books with people of color serving main character roles."
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“I think there's always going to be an advancement of culture just with having representation and recognition, because Black love is not always necessarily portrayed,” Kumi said.
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“Given I never went to college and then just thinking about the fact that my daughter is not only in college, but is about to graduate is just something amazing,” Oczaveus X, father of a UNC student, said. “I learned a lot that day, even though I didn’t know anything her professor was saying,” he added with a smile.
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“Around the latter half of my first year in I.B. Art, I stumbled across artists like Hannah Höch and Barbara Kruger who made social commentary,” Michelle Castellanos, an I.B. Art student at Cedar Ridge High School, said. “I was inspired to address these messages of women’s issues and racial issues since it's something that affects me as a Latina.”
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This will be AnnaBanana Jewlery's third year contributing to the Jewels of Hope fundraiser, which is organized by Carolina Women in Business and benefits the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.
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“People can quote popular Vines or TikToks in everyday conversation or when meeting new people,” Blackburn said. “I think quoting Vines in fitting, funny situations is one of the most unique but awesome icebreakers."
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“When we have things like movies and shows, it gives us a chance to go into a different world," UNC psychology professor Jonathan Abramowitz said. "It distracts us from the stress of school, the stress of the pandemic and whatever other stressors are going on in our lives."
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Lawrence Dunmore, a historian and storyteller from the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, will be telling stories from his tribe as well as others from the Southeast and Nations from Turtle Island as part of the Orange County Historical Museum's virtual event.
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“Our brains are now really wired for narrative as the memorable way for us to take in information, sort it out, and store it with meaning,” storyteller Milbre Burch said. “So why not devote yourself to the most effective way to communicate with people, especially if you're trying to do it for the betterment of a culture." The series will be livestreamed from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21.
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“History is important to us,” Randi Emerman, the co-founder of the drive-in, said. “No matter where we are or who we are—film tells that story.”
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Honors Carolina’s C-START, which stands for “Carolina Students Taking Academic Responsibility through Teaching," allows undergraduates to design, develop and teach their own courses. These include topics ranging from literature to the environment.
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For artist Loren Pease, the program is a way to unite the community and encourage residents to support local businesses. “Considering the times we’re in, I figured it was a good, inclusive term to use, so I designed the art around the term ‘Stronger Together'," Pease said.
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After being postponed due to COVID-19, the release of the new film "Saint Maud" produced a gripping and discomforting experience full of great acting, directing and visual imagery.
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Beverly Scarlett recently released “The Harris Family of Orange County, North Carolina,” which chronicles the history of a Black Indigenous North Carolina family as they continue to triumph through centuries of oppression.
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