Balancing the need for luxury and affordable housing is hard enough, but Chapel Hill also has thousands of students competing with working class families for cheap housing options. In context, it is no wonder the area has challenges finding housing for everyone.
The town got it right this time and actively made students’ commutes home safer. Still, students have a responsibility to voice their concerns to local governance.
"I hope all of our MJ-school women and men will be prepared when the next unwarranted and unwelcome “come on” is mixed up with a professional media request."
The Chapel Hill Town Council decision to continue with plans to displace a mobile home community in place of a luxury apartment complex in January was met with much criticism from organizations like the Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town. The Town Council did not do much to accommodate those that were going to lose their homes, but this is a lesson that students can learn from because helping community members who need it most is more important than town development.
The opioid epidemic continues to outpace the policies meant to lessen its hold on our communities.
Recognizing that white people should avoid using the N-word is not an attempt to be politically correct for the sake of being politically correct.
It may be time to shed your winter bae to prepare yourself for the next season which involves just as much unrequited love, rejection and, on rare occasion, affirmation. Internship Season is upon us. Here are some guidelines for navigating these next few stressful months!
Mockery during March Madness is an expected part of the game. At times, however, it can get way out of hand.
If you’re stuck in Chapel Hill this spring break, have no fear. There are tons of fun, affordable and exciting things to do outside of the Chapel Hill bubble.
There’s definitely a way to balance social prominence and proximity to UNC’s legacy in our dream team of potential speakers.
Following the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida that took the lives of 17 high school students, the debate surrounding gun control erupts yet again.
The Triad Foundation gave over $56,000 that year to the Media Research Center, a nonprofit whose self-proclaimed sole mission is “To expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media.”
The message? Revolution is sexy, democracy is a mediocre compromise.
Building up male-dominated sports as more exciting than women-dominated sports brings up the complicated history of the exclusion of women in society.
One does not have be an Olympic athlete to set a powerful example — you never know who you are inspiring by simply having the courage to be yourself.
Last year, student government and other groups lobbied the Board of Trustees to shut down the Kenan-Flagler Business School’s proposal to impose additional fees for business school majors and minors.
Football participation rates are on the decline, with star parents such as Mark Cuban, Justin Timberlake and Barack Obama saying they wouldn't want their children to play football. What does this mean for the sport's future?
Valentine’s Day can be a special day to celebrate love. Make sure to be safe, and enjoy the day!
If you’re reading this, you probably (statistically and realistically speaking) don’t care about the student body president election tomorrow.
HKonJ, which starts at 8:30 a.m. in Raleigh, represents the coming together of people concerned about the direction our state and country are going in. Last year was a high mark for HKonJ, with over 80,000 people in attendance. That is wonderful, and hopefully, that number will rise this Saturday.
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