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UNC Chancellor, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, speaks during the UNC Board of Trustees full board meeting held at The Carolina Inn using COVID-19 protocols limiting the in-person attendance to 25 and having some participate via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Photo courtesy of Jon Gardiner.

Editorial: Let's not do this again

By Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2021

UNC should avoid another embarrassment and cancel in-person instruction altogether.

South Building, home to the Office of the Chancellor, as pictured from the Old Well on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2020.

Editorial: Our predictions for the year ahead

By Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2020

The Editorial Board proudly presents our 2021 predictions. Please, don't take us seriously.

A group of students wearing masks study together at the quad, Polk Place, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020

Editorial: What got us through 2020

By Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2020

Here's what helped the Editorial Board weather the storm that was 2020.

Editorial: Our soundtrack to 2020

By Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2020

The Editorial Board is proud to announce our non-comprehensive soundtrack to 2020, featuring our favorite tunes that got us through the year.

DTH Photo Illustration. With online classes forcing unfamiliar working habits and adding a new level of stress, UNC hopes a switch to a pass/fail option for all undergraduate classes will ease that stress.

Editorial: How to survive finals season

By Editorial Board | Nov. 15, 2020

Whether it’s your first finals week or your last, these tips will help you make it through the week.

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a rally ahead of Super Tuesday at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Later that day, Biden won the South Carolina primary.

Editorial: We have a long way to go

By Editorial Board | Nov. 15, 2020

"A return to the pre-Trump status quo might feel good for a moment, but there is still work to be done before we truly achieve equality and justice for all."

Protestors hold signs in front of the Wake County Courthouse in downtown Raleigh during the Black Lives Matter protest on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020.

Editorial: Let's talk about white allyship

By Editorial Board | Nov. 12, 2020

If there is one takeaway from this election, it is that white people must practice better allyship to communities of color, especially Black Americans.

Items from a student's dorm sits in a pile outside Hinton James Residence Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Students began to move out of various residence halls on campus after the announcement that all undergraduate classes would be moving online for the Fall 2020 semester.

Editorial: Carolina Housing, do better

By Editorial Board | Nov. 12, 2020

"This compromising position that Carolina Housing is forcing upon hundreds of students is wildly unfair, as it is nearly impossible to foresee the future of classes before you can even register for them."

DTH Photo Illustration. Mental health expert, Dr. Alan O'Barr, tells UNC students to carve out time for themselves by doing things such as reading books as they near the semester's end.

Editorial: What to do over Winter Break

By Editorial Board | Nov. 8, 2020

Wondering how to spend the long Winter Break? The Editorial Board has some ideas.

DTH Photo Illustration. On Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in the face of rising COVID-19 cases on campus, UNC announced it was suspending in person classes that Wednesday and making the immediate transition to an online format. The transition came with little flexibility and no required pause in instruction, a decision that frustrated many students and instructors.

Editorial: UNC's pass/fail failures

By Editorial Board | Nov. 5, 2020

When it comes to compassion and support for its students, UNC does not pass — it fails.

A cardboard cutout of president Donald Trump is propped up on the podium during the NCGOP election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

Editorial: North Carolina is seeing red

By Editorial Board | Nov. 5, 2020

"With Republicans winning a significant number of down-ballot races, it appears N.C. politics will be as divided as ever, with several more years of gridlock sure to come."

Volunteers at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church polling location take a break during some down time on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

Editorial: Take care of yourselves, and each other

By Editorial Board | Nov. 4, 2020

"The coming days and weeks will be hard for many of us. There’s a lot that’s out of our control — but the one thing we can do is be gentle and kind, with ourselves and with others."

A UNC Chapel Hill police officer stands outside the Student Stores building on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020.

Editorial: Don't trust UNC in a crisis

By Editorial Board | Nov. 1, 2020

"The situation proves we simply can’t trust UNC to be transparent, not even when danger is imminent."

UNC students Anna Monocha, Laurel Thomas, Marina Perez, and Wid Alsadoon work together on a group project before Fall Break in Davis Library on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Editorial: Group projects suck (now more than ever)

By Editorial Board | Oct. 29, 2020

All our homies hate group projects.

Editorial: Will UNC ever learn?

By Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2020

"Rather than trying to achieve the impossible, the administration should spend the next few months finding ways to radically improve the online learning experience, so students aren’t left hanging (again) when things inevitably go awry."

DTH Photo Illustration. A student sits at their desk with their head down in frustration.

Editorial: The Daily Gamecock's mental health break reminds us to put ourselves first

By Editorial Board | Oct. 25, 2020

"It’s easy to forget that we can (and should) exist outside of our roles as reporters and editors, that it is possible to wear all the hats a student journalist is asked to wear and still take the time to put ourselves first."