Letters -

Op-ed: Trump’s refusal to address COVID-19 is failing North Carolinians

September 3

"I don’t want to graduate from UNC from my bedroom, but if we continue down the path of failed leadership from the Trump administration, Zoom may be ...

Op-ed: Who I am

September 3

"Being closeted is extremely isolating and difficult, and I am sharing this to provide myself as a confidant for anyone who has ever felt the same."

Op-ed: Chancellor Guskiewicz must act to protect workers

September 1

"Maybe the Chancellor is waiting to form another committee on the need to form a committee to create a working group to pretend to hear campus worker ...

Op-ed: Local response to a global pandemic

August 30

"Local public health and emergency services officials have stepped up their efforts even more in response to the spike at UNC-Chapel Hill. Likewise, we ...

Op-ed: Why COVID-19 compels us to vote

August 27

"As NextGen’s UNC-Chapel Hill Fellows, we’re committed to helping our peers navigate the voting process, which like everything else, has become more ...

Op-ed: How COVID-19 has impacted international students

August 23

"Ultimately, it is not just international students, but also colleges who lose when they are unable to host some of the brightest minds from across the ...

Op-ed: Changing the system from the inside out

August 16

"We have an obligation to leave the world much better than we found it, but the only way we can do that is to ensure we eradicate the very system that ...

Op-ed: UNC furloughs international graduate workers amid coronavirus pandemic

August 11

"We quietly accept these indignities while American institutions use us to build their 'global' brand. We cope by focusing our attention on other Americans ...

Op-ed: White tenured faculty must strike now to save lives and jobs

July 20

"Those who will be most affected by UNC reopening this fall are those who have already risked so much to make campus safe and just for everyone. It is ...

Op-ed: We delivered the UNC Title IX petition. The administration answered.

July 20

"For years, the University has swept sexual violence under the rug while making empty promises to confront the issue. UNC has the opportunity to break ...

Op-ed: Five reasons why we all should reject in-person instruction

July 8

While UNC’s administration paints all-online instruction as a radical and unrealistic measure, here are five reasons why I, a UNC graduate student worker, ...

Op-ed: UNC has poor record of protecting Black and minority workers

June 16

"As a longtime University employee in Facilities Services, I have zero confidence in the University’s capability or willingness to do what is needed ...

Op-ed: Chapel Hill must put its money where its mouth is

June 8

"A gradual defunding of the police department paired with investments in expansive social services will make our town safer, healthier and more equal. ...

Op-ed: Loud words, silent university

May 11

"Words have consequences, and events like the IFC speaker impact our community in immeasurable ways. These words are reflective of a broader culture of ...

Op-ed: How COVID-19 has affected UNC's class of 2024

April 9

"I fear that I will miss out on the significant milestones in this new chapter of my life. Living away from my family, experiencing the difficulty of ...

Op-ed: Education and health care are never free

March 18

"Anyone who believes that giving away more health care and education without requiring dramatic changes in governance and cost controls will improve these ...

Op-ed: Hot tips and a hotline for voting in the primary

February 25

From a hotline to answers to your questions on voter ID, the former executive director of Democracy North Carolina, Bob Hall, outlines tips and ...

Op-ed: What can the Board of Governors do with Silent Sam?

February 17

"The Board of Governors can — and should — leave it in storage."

Op-ed: North Carolina students deserve better than Thom Tillis

February 7

U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham on education reform.

Op-ed: Lawyers' creativity could have saved us $2.5 million

December 18

The Silent Sam settlement looks to be the rare exception of lawyers getting creative to help their clients pay more. Two and a half million dollars ...