Tuition hikes hurt. For a lot of students they're going to hurt even more this year than usual. But no one can deny that the need is there. The University is between a rock and a hard place as it grapples with being both a leading institute for higher learning and maintaining its status as the University of the people.
Read More »It's a bad idea for student body president and vice president candidates to run together. Last week a bill discussed by the rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress would allow the student body president and vice president nominees to campaign together.
Read More »When the Orange County Commissioners narrow the potential locations for the new waste-transfer site site 779 — 1 mile west of Orange Grove on N.C. 54 — should be considered for the final round of decisions.
Read More »After the tragic deaths of several North Carolina high school athletes legislation has been proposed that would require high schools with high-impact sports to hire full-time athletic trainers. Atlas Fraley Matt Gfeller and Jaquan Waller all died as a result of football-related injuries this past year.
Read More »In preparation for a night of partying not only must you pick out an outfit and determine which parties deserve your attendance but you also should have a solid contingency plan for getting home safely.
Read More »The Honor Code once called for punishment for students stealing their professors' horses dueling and not attending church. In recent years it operated with a protocol that resulted in 100 backlogged cases from the summer months and previous semesters that had to be prosecuted in the fall.
Read More »We joined the University community in honoring Holden Thorp's official installation as UNC's 10th chancellor on the University's 215th birthday. Thorp's tenure so far has been marked with honesty pragmatism accessibility and excitement.
Read More »As the details of last week's Concepts of Colors controversy trickle in it has become increasingly apparent that certain members of Student Congress wanted nothing more than a public witch-hunt. They wanted a fiasco — and they got one.
Read More »With Halloween fast approaching UNC student government is working to make this year's celebration a safer event. They recently announced plans offer some thoughtful new measures. But ultimately if we are truly committed to a safer Halloween students must take responsibility for themselves.
Read More »For avid fans of the Avett Brothers Saturday's campout in the Student Union didn't just provide tickets to the Nov. 2 concert; it revived fond childhood memories. There were midnight snacks board and card games and sore backs waking up in sleeping bags on a hardwood floor. Oh yes it was a slumber party.
Read More »The Board of Elections the body responsible for ensuring the legality of campuswide elections is breaking N.C. law. On Sunday the BOE refused to let Daily Tar Heel reporters into a meeting in which it discussed fines to be levied on potential student body president candidates for campaign violations.
Read More »Last night's Student Congress meeting was full of anticipation complexity and confusion. There were questions raised about a funding request presented by Shaniqua McClendon acting as treasurer for Concept of Colors a campus modeling troupe.
Read More »UNC has more than 8000 graduate students but as members of the University community these students are often overlooked. Some are even struggling to make ends meet. This is unacceptable.
Read More »Chances are when reminiscing about UNC's two dining halls Lenoir and Rams Head positive memories are not the first to come to mind. In fact the most likely response is despair and misery knowing that you still have 80 dining hall meals left this semester.Complaints about Carolina Dining Services are abundant.
Read More »It seems everybody has a blog these days. Who's next Chancellor Holden Thorp? Well yes. Thorp has begun typing away at his computer to give us updates about his daily activities along with pictures. And yes he writes his own entries.
Read More »J.J. Raynor has taken on a project that seemed too big even for the student body president. She and Trustee John Ellison have embarked on an ambitious campuswide effort to review the major issues the University faces and then find solutions. A primary goal seems to be to talk to as many people as possible.
Read More »Somebody finally did what a lot of us have thought about doing for a long time: making the Pit preacher turn the other cheek — by slapping him. But resorting to violence is not an effective way to retaliate against any offensive comments.
Read More »When it comes to sustainability UNC is making the grade. UNC earned a B-plus overall in the annual Campus Sustainability Report published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute which grades the 300 schools in the U.S. and Canada with the largest endowments.
Read More »The new airport authority chosen to oversee the relocation of UNC-Chapel Hill's Horace Williams Airport has too much power and should think twice before using it. We support the spirited resistance of community members who are speaking out against the proposed use of eminent domain to allocate a sight for a new airport.
Read More »As the November elections approach substantial efforts have been aimed at increasing youth voter turnout. However in recent weeks scare tactics and misinformation have led to the disenfranchisement of many young voters in important swing states such as Colorado and Virginia.
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