EDITORIALS

Editorial: Four million North Carolinians' healthcare is being neglected

By Editorial Board

Rural health centers suffer from a lack of funds and healthcare professionals, and as a result people who live in rural areas cannot get the prompt medical care they need.

Editorial: Keep your hands to yourself

By Editorial Board

"Women are conditioned to believe that microaggressions are an integral part of living as a woman in this world."

Editorial: Lt. Gov. Dan Forest must speak against Islamophobic North Carolinians

By Editorial Board

"By keynoting this event, Forest legitimizes those who spout Islamophobia in the public sphere and into the consciousness of radical supporters."

Editorial: Wherefore art thou, chancellor?

By Editorial Board

With the search for UNC’s next chancellor now underway, here are some suggestions for whoever is brave enough to take the job.

Editorial: Women should feel safe at night, too

By Editorial Board

Nighttime safety is something already guaranteed to most men — for women to receive the same luxury shouldn’t be too much to ask. 

Editorial: On-campus safety resources at UNC

By Editorial Board

Due to recent events on campus, the editorial board has assembled this short list of resources for anyone who may be at-risk of interpersonal, sexual or gender-based violence. This list also includes two proactive trainings that anyone can complete to help create a safer environment on campus for us all.

Editorial: The Triangle is holding elections soon. Please vote

By Editorial Board

Voter turnout has historically been incredibly low for municipal elections, despite their importance.

Editorial: Police violence, gay penguins and Pride parades: Banned Books Week at UNC

By Editorial Board

Books are banned for a variety of reasons, from LGBTQIA+ content to being "anti-cop." Here is a selection of must-read books off the banned book list.

Editorial: Leave the Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies alone

By Editorial Board

The U.S. Department of Education wrote a letter to the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies, ordering it to revise its curriculum or risk losing federal funding.

Viewpoints: Should UNC allow athletes to be paid?

By Editorial Board

"Given the rising popularity and huge profits being pocketed by administrators in the NCAA, it’s time to begin compensating student athletes for their time and effort that they pour into the industry."

Editorial: Make the student football ticket system a lottery

The new first-come, first-serve system for football tickets that starts at 9 a.m. leaves students with obligations during that time without tickets to games.

Editorial: Consequences of e-cigarettes are hazy, so put down your Juul

By Editorial Board

With that in mind, the best remedy to this is time to further investigate. Whether the problem be specific to one e-cigarette or all of them, knowledge begets better policy. 

Editorial: In N.C. politics, the glass is half-empty and so is the House

By Editorial Board

"Never has it been more apparent that North Carolinians deserve better than these representatives who, though skilled in deceit and self-preservation, betray the basic ethics underpinning functional democracies."

Editorial: Welcome to the Crowded Table

By Editorial Board

This album is not easy listening like most country music. It’s not about drinking beer with your friends or girls in short shorts. This is protest music — protesting the death of these women and women being silenced.

Editorial: UNC police chief must listen

By Editorial Board

"Perry must actively listen to and learn from student leaders from every corner of the University."

Obituary: Eno the emu

By Editorial Board

Eno ran so we, too, could run. And boy, could Eno run! 

Editorial: A meaningful ballot

By Editorial Board

We love North Carolina. We are proud to go to school here. Moreover, we love having our voices heard and our votes matter ⁠— thankfully, this is becoming a possibility. 

Editorial: Will the real conservatives please stand up?

By Editorial Board

Politics is about finding solutions that satisfy as many people as possible. Only through an open debate will we learn what those are. Let’s create a school of not just diversity of gender, race and sexuality, but also of political views. 

Editorial: A thank you

By Editorial Board

UNC is full of students, professors and faculty members who have served, are serving or will serve in the military. We owe them a thank you for their service.